CONTENTS. PART r. Pagt. Sect. I. Preparation for the Expedition — - X II. Voyage from Cadiz to the Strait of Magellan .... A III. Occurrences in the Navigation of the Strait ..... 12 IV. Return to Cadiz ....... .... ....... 51 PART II. Sect. I. Description of the Strait of Magellan.—Division of the Country into high and low.—Temperature: Qualities of the Soil.—Productions of the Strait: Herbs, Plants, Flowers, Shrubs, and Trees.—De scription of the Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, and Insects ........ ............. ....... <)4 II. Of the Inhabitants of the Strait of Magellan ........ 84 HI. Of the Indians of the Strait of Magellan ........... 94