Desire, Port (_see_ under Port). Desolation Bay, 15 Diaz, Don Rui, Spanish Captain, 192 _Dido_, S. S., sent to Spaniard Harbour, 84 Dragon fly, called "the son of the southwest gale," 246 Ducks, uncounted hosts at Cape Horn, 75; enormous quantities at Staten Island, 140; near Chubut, 173; prey of panther, 195; curiosity of wild, 206; shooting too easy, 206; quantities of, in interior, 207; favorite breeding places, 208; curious air dance of, 212; color and curiosity of, off Santa Cruz, 288 Dugouts, canoes used in Caribbean Sea, 55 E Eggs, methods of gathering, 68; methods of cooking, 76, 238; panthers eat, 195; ostrich, 202; size of ostrich, 238 Elephants formerly existed in Patagonia, 157 Elizabeth Island, sheep thrive on, 31 El Paramo (_see_ Paramo). _Endeavor_, Captain Cook's ship, 209 Eskimos, Yahgans compared with, 49 Extradition treaty between Chili and Argentine of little value, 286 F Fables of Tehuelches, 159 (_see_ Tehuelches). Falkland Islands, 27, 150, 222 Famine, Port (_see_ under Port Famine). Farina, a ground root, 222 Fauna of Patagonia, 68, 75, 76, 83, 140, 157, 173, 183, 184 _et seq._, 194 _et seq._, 198-200, 206 _et seq._, 212, 288 _Felis Concolor_ (_see_ Panther). Ferns, 45 Figue, Adolph and Louis, merchants at Ushuaia, 22, 115, 297 Fish, native methods of catching, 59, 60; sea filled with, 75, 83 Fitzroy, Captain, 67, 73, 81 Flints and agates abound in the Ona country, 132 Flora of Patagonia, 11, 43, 45, 49, 50, 68, 75, 76, 83, 115, 157, 178, 183, 200, 222, 238, 289 Flores Island, quarantine station of Uruguay, 228 Flowers in great profusion in Punta Arenas, 45 Fossil, mastodon's jaw, 21; of opossum, kangaroo, and monkey, 64; in Tierra del Fuego, 125; of glyptodon, 201, 295 Fox, gray, flourishes in Patagonia, 198 "Friend of Man," gaucho term for panther, 246 Frondrey, village of, 177 Fruits, small, 76 Fuegians (_see_ Alaculoof). Fuegian Islands, mountains of, 50 Fuego, Tierra del, 7; placer gold found on, 1, 7, 22; explored by Popper, 9; Bay of Port Pantaloons in, 17; peaks of coast range on, 47; magnificent vegetation of, 49; prairies of, 124; climate and fertility of, 124; size and shape of island, 125; contrast to Patagonia, 125; bones of animals found in, 125; rainfall and frosts of, 125; sheep raising introduced into, 126; the industry spreads, 127; three Argentine stations in, 127; origin of name, 128; ships wrecked on, 254; Ona Indians of, 296; scenery through channels of, 298 Fungus, yellow, vegetable food, 75, 157; eaten by Indians and gauchos, 238 Fuschias, 45 Future Bay, near Punta Arenas, 10 G Gable Island, in Beagle Channel, 62; sheep ranch of Mr. Bridges on, 118