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Chapter 4 takes Darwin from July 24, 1833 to August 6, 1836.

Contents.

Rio Negro.
Estancias attacked by the Indians.
Salt Lakes.
Flamingoes.
R. Negro to R. Colorado.
Sacred Tree.
Patagonian Hare.
Indian Families.
General Rosas.
Proceed to Bahia Blanca.
Sand Dunes.
Negro Lieutenant.
Bahia Blanca.
Saline Incrustations.
Punta Alta.
Zorillo.

For details see the About Darwin site.

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Chapter 3 covers the year starting July 1832 during which the Beagle’s crew were busy surveying the extreme southern and eastern coasts of America, south of the Plata and Darwin was observing the natural world. The contents are:

• Monte Video.
• Maldonado.
• Excursion to R. Polanco.
• Lazo and Bolas.
• Partridges.
• Absence of Trees.
• Deer.
• Capybara, or River Hog.
• Tucutuco.
• Molothrus, cuckoo-like habits.
• Tyrant-flycatcher.
• Mocking-bird.
• Carrion Hawks.
• Tubes formed by Lightning.
• House struck.

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Voyage of the Beagle Chapter 3

For more details about this part of the voyage visit the About Darwin site and scroll down.

This Chapter sees Charles Darwin and the rest of the Beagle crew in Brazil, from Rio April 4 to July 4 1832.

The contents are:

• Rio de Janeiro.
• Excursion north of Cape Frio.
• Great Evaporation.
• Slavery.
• Botofogo Bay.
• Terrestrial Planariae.
• Clouds on the Corcovado.
• Heavy Rain.
• Musical Frogs.
• Phosphorescent Insects.
• Elater, springing powers of.
• Blue Haze.
• Noise made by a Butterfly.
• Entomology.
• Ants.
• Wasp killing a Spider.
• Parasitical Spider.
• Artifices of an Epeira.
• Gregarious Spider.
• Spider with an unsymmetrical Web.

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Chapter 2 

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