Chapter XII

Alphonse Island--Pearl-shell--Providence Island--Method
of planting Cocoa-nuts--Edible Turtle--Flora--Red
Coral--Cerf Islets--St. Pierre--Du Lise Island--Flora and
Fauna--Erratic Stones on Coral Reef--Glorioso Island--We
sail for Mozambique Island--And sight East Coast of
Africa--Trade at Mozambique--Inhabitants--Caju--Shells
of Foreshore--The Survey concluded--Homeward Bound--Cape
of Good Hope--Egg of the _Epiornis_--Arrival at Plymouth 230-245

GENERAL INDEX 246

INDEX OF NATURAL HISTORY TERMS 253

_LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS._

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H.M.S. "ALERT" AT ANCHOR IN TOM BAY, WEST COAST OF PATAGONIA _title_

FUEGIAN AND AUSTRALIAN IMPLEMENTS 34

CANOE OF CHANNEL FUEGIANS 50

FUEGIAN "PORTAGE" FOR TRANSPORT OF CANOES OVERLAND 60

FUEGIANS OFFERING THEIR CHILDREN FOR BARTER 65

OUR FUEGIAN FRIENDS AT TILLY BAY, STRAITS OF MAGELLAN 104

FUEGIAN HUT AT TILLY BAY 120

FOOT OF GLACIER, AT GLACIER BAY, STRAITS OF MAGELLAN 124

FISH-HOOKS OF UNION ISLANDERS 143

WOMAN OF TAHITI 144

FISHERMAN OF TAHITI 148

KING CACOBAU OF FIJI, WIFE, AND RATU JOE 160

TOTOONGA VALLEY, OVALAU, FIJI 166

ANCIENT STONE MONUMENT AT TONGATABU 174

FACSIMILES OF DRAWINGS BY AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES 192

ABORIGINES OF NORTH-WEST AUSTRALIA 204

"TRAVELLERS' TREES" IN GARDENS AT SINGAPORE 210

"COPRA" CRUSHING MILL AT SEYCHELLES 218

CRUISE OF THE "ALERT."