INDEX. 



371 



Locust-tree, size of, 138. 

 Locusts, ravages of, 105. 



MAMilOTH-TREE, 141. 



Manoota, 268. 



Mclicerta, 150. 



Methuen, peril of, 251. 



Moose, caution of, 205. 



Monkeys, voices of, 237. 



Morning in Newfoundland, 13 — in 



Jamaica, 16 — in Venezuela, 18 — 



in the Oural, 19. 

 Moss in Africa, 192. 

 Mothing, 24. 

 M'Qvihce, Captain, sees sea-serpent, 



315 — repHes to Owen, 332. 

 Musquito, 112. 



Newfoundland, morning in, 13. 



Noon, winter in England, 20 — in 

 Brazil, 21. 



Notommata, 165. 



Night in the Alps, 26 — in Jamaica, 

 27 — sounds of, 28 — on the Ama- 

 zon, 32 — in Africa, 33 — among 

 fern-owls, 186. 



Oak, large, 137. 

 Ocean, depths of, 290. 

 Ornithoptera, 188. 

 Ostrich, shyness of, 201. 

 Oswell, adventures of, 248, 250. 

 Oural, morning in, 19 — sunset in, 



22. 

 Owen, Professor, on sea-serpent, 322. 

 Owls, voices of, 227, 231. 

 Oxen, wild, 201. 



Park, M., moss of, 192. 



Plesiosaur, characters of, 357 — ^re- 

 vived, 358. 

 Pool in America, 213. 

 Polypes, coral, 90. 

 Prairie wolves, 237. 



Ratan, size of, 129. 

 Reindeer, 50. 

 Rhea, 201. 



Rhinoceros, rage of, 250. 

 Rotifera, 165-170. 



Salpina, 165 — e^g of, 167. 



Sculpture of Rotifera, 169. 



Sea, deep, 64, 290, 295— dust at, 72 

 — insects at, 84 — streaks at, 99 — 

 clearness of, 295. 



Sea-weeds, long, 128. 



Serpent, the great sea, 300 — in 

 Norway, 300 — in N. America, 

 306— seen by five officers, 311 — 

 of the Bcedalus, 314, 317, 332, 

 343— seen by Mr Stirling, 318— 

 identified with Plesiosaurus, 320, 

 331, 357-368— seal, 325, 347-353 

 — ribbon-fish, 338, 354 — sea-weed, 

 339, 342— whale, 353— shark, 353 

 — eel, 354 — snakes, 354 — seen by 

 Davidson, 334 — Steele, 336 — Her- 

 riman, 339 — Harrington, 341 — 

 Smith, 342 — characters of, 345. 



Serpents, great, 122 — venom of, 264 

 — marine, 354. 



Sequoia, 141. 



Shark, capture of, 218 — countenance 

 of, 221 — instinct of, 222 — vora- 

 city of, 261. 



Sheep, wild, 54. 



Shrew, water, 215. 



