INDEX. 



Adventure with bear, 245 — ele- 

 phant, 247, 249 — rhinoceros, 250, 

 251 — buffiilo, 251 — kangaroo, 254 

 — alligator, 263 — serpents, 265- 

 269— bees, 269. 



Africa, night in, 33 — elephant in, 

 56— beasts of, 119, 246, 284. 



Alatou j\Iountains, 46. 



Alligator, voi-acity of, 263. 



Altaian, snnset in, 23. 



Andes, scene in, 49. 



Animalcules, 159. 



Animals, jealousy of, 197 — combats 

 with, 241 — undiscovered, 279. 



Anuraa, 170. 



Arachnodiscus, 154. 



Arctic regions, 1. 



Aurora boreulis, 1. 



Autumn in America, 10 — Alps, 12. 



Banyan, 133. 

 Baobab, 135. 



Bees, encounter with, 269. 

 Beagle Channel, 47. 

 Bear, brown, 244 — Syrian, 244 — 

 grizzly, 246. 



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Beaver pond, 13. 



Bird of paradise, 183 — of Washing- 

 ton, 184. 



Birds, voices of, 4 — awakening of, 

 17 — oceanic, 81 — planting forests, 

 103 — tameness of, 195. 



Bison, Russian, 203. 



Bittern, boom of, 227 — American, 

 228. 



Blind Fauna, 76. 



Brine, life in, 73. 



Buffalo, fury of, 251. 



Burrell, 54. 



Bushmaster, 267. 



Butterflies in sjiring, 5 — in Brazil, 

 59— king of, 189. 



Cachalot, common, 116, 223 — 



high -finned, 316. 

 Cactus, giant, 130. 

 Cane, length of, 129. 

 Carchckium, 162. 

 Caves, blind animals of, 76. 

 Chamois, 208. 

 Chuck-will's widow, 173. 

 Churchyard, adventure in, 181. 



