THE MINERVA LIBRARY OF FAMOUS BOOKS
Edited by G. T. BETTANY, M.A., B.Sc.

JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES

INTO THE
NATURAL HISTORY AND GEOLOGY OF THE
COUNTRIES VISITED DURING THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S.
"BEAGLE" ROUND THE WORLD,
Under the Command of Capt. Fitz Roy, R.N.

BY
CHARLES DARWIN, M.A., F.R.S.

(FROM THE CORRECTED AND ENLARGED EDITION OF 1845.)
WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION.
EIGHTH EDITION

WARD, LOCK AND CO.,
LONDON, NEW YORK, AND; MELBOURNE.
1890.