400 



INDEX. 



Voltaire, 22, 108. 



Von Tscliudi on hybrids 



Vosges, 14, 63. 



W 



342. 



Walcott. C. D., cited, 177. 

 Wallace, A. R, 178, 180. 

 Wall, The Great Chinese, 161. 

 Ward, H. A., natural history 



establishment of, 234. 

 Warren, General, cited, 131. 

 Warring, C. B., cited, 186. 

 Waverly group, 279. 

 Well, artesian, in Illinois, 170. 

 Weser river, 167. 

 West India islands, 138. 

 West Indian continent, 139. 

 Wheeled vehicles evolved, 315. 

 White Sea, 157. 

 Whitestone point, 265. 

 Whitne}^ J. D., cited, 169. 

 Whittemore, C. H., 265. 

 Wild, 18. 



Wilkes, Commander, cited, 198. 

 Wilkes' Land, 198. 

 Wilkinson, Miss, 84. 

 Wilmot, W. H., cited, 170. 

 Windham and Chamonix, 61. 

 Windham and the Mer de Glace, 



36. 

 Winds and currents correspond, 



191. 



Winds, effect of, on climate, 200, 



206, 213. 

 Winds, prevailing direction of, 



213, 219. 

 Winkart, 81. 

 .Winnipeg, 131. 

 Wiuslow, cited, 169. 

 Wisconsin, 131. 

 Wisner, Governor Moses, 260. 

 Woeikoff, A., cited, 162. 

 Woldley, 96. 

 Woman, beauty of. 111. 

 Women of different nations, 35. 

 Wood, cited, 157. 

 Worn out lands, 124, 130, 139, 



140, 141. 

 Wurmbrand, Count, 82. 

 Wurtz, H., cited, 178. 

 W3^oniing territory, 148. 



X 



Xeniades on creation, 324." 

 Xithuthrus, 158, 159. 



Yang-tse, 162. 



Yellow river, 160. 



Yellow Sea, 160, 162, 163, 166. 



Young brothers, 87. 



Yucatese civilization, 141. 



Yu, The Great, 161. 



Yverdon, 21. 



