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The Voyage of the Beagle Charles Darwin Public domain text from Project Gutenberg. THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE BY CHARLES DARWIN About the online edition. The degree symbol is represented as "degs." Italics are represented as _italics_. Footnotes are collected at the end of each chapter. THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE PREFACE I have stated in the preface to the first Edition of this work, and in the Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle, that it was in consequence of a wish expressed by Captain Fitz Roy, of having some scientific person on board, accompanied by an offer from him of giving up part of his own accommodations, that I volunteered my services, which received, through the kindness of the hydrographer, Captain Beaufort, the sanction of the Lords of the Admiralty. As I feel that the opportunities which I enjoyed of studying the Natural History of the different countries we 1 visited, have been wholly due to Captain Fitz Roy, I hope I may here be permitted to repeat my expression of gratitude to him; and to add that, during the five years we were together, I received from him the most cordial friendship and steady assistance. Both to Captain Fitz Roy and to all the Officers of the Beagle [1] I shall ever feel most thankful for the undeviating kindness with which I was treated during our long voyage. This volume contains, in the form of a Journal, a history of our voyage, and a sketch of those observations in Natural History and Geology, which I think will possess some interest for the general reader. I have in this edition largely condensed and corrected some parts, and have added a little to others, in order to render the volume more fitted for popular reading; but I trust that naturalists will remember, that they must refer for details to the larger publications w…

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CHAPTER II Page 19
CHAPTER III Page 38
CHAPTER IV Page 60
CHAPTER V Page 77
CHAPTER VI Page 101
CHAPTER VII Page 116
CHAPTER VIII Page 134
CHAPTER IX Page 167
CHAPTER X Page 192
CHAPTER XI Page 217
CHAPTER XII Page 238
CHAPTER XIII Page 257
CHAPTER XIV Page 275
CHAPTER XV Page 295
CHAPTER XVI Page 317
CHAPTER XVII Page 350
CHAPTER XVIII Page 378
CHAPTER XIX Page 405
CHAPTER XX Page 425
CHAPTER XXI Page 453

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