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GENERAL INDEX TO VOLUMES I. IL 



A. 



Abbot, Capt., mentioned, i. 



345. 

 Abraham, P. S., paper on 



moUusks referred to, i. 141. 

 Abraham, the oath of, ii. 274:, 



689. 

 Abrus seeds, used as weights, 



ii. 503. 

 Abyssinian remedy for tape- 

 worm, ii. 246. 

 Abyssinian War (1S68), the 



indirect cause of, ii. 485. 

 Acantbacete, ii. 308-317. 

 Aconite poison, ii. 669. 

 Acotyledonous or Flowerless 



Plants, ii. 15 et seq. 

 Acrogens, ii. 36 el scq., 92. 

 Actinolite, i. 13. 

 Adam, allegorv of the fall of, 



ii. 689. 

 Adam, in the Legend of the 



Cross, ii. 218. 

 Adam, fall of, the account of, 



not to be understo(jd in a 



literal sense, ii. 274. 

 Adams, II. and A., tlieir 



' Genera of Recent Mol- 



lusca,' quoted, i. 123 ct seq. 

 Adjutants, C. T. Bingham 



on, i. 346. 

 Adonis, the rose sprung from 



the blood of, ii. 488. 

 Afi'ican elephant, i. 447. 

 African rhinoceros, i. 452. 

 Agar Agar, an edible sea- 

 weed, ii. 30. 

 Agassiz, quoted, i. 4 74. 

 Agates, i. 13. 

 Agave, its uses, ii. 147. 

 Agnosticism, ii. 671. 

 Ahmedabad, whence the name 



of Amadavat or Avaduvat, 



i. 383. 

 Ahriman, ii. 687. 

 Air-breathing fishes, i. 185. 

 Air-plants, ii. 148. 

 Alab:i.ster, Oriental, i. 14. 

 Alga;, or the Algal AUiance, 



ii. 16. 



Algales, ii. 15 et seq. 



Alismacc:r, ii. 144. 



AUan-myo, adventure with an 

 elephant at, i. 449. 



Alligator pear, ii. 288. 



All-spice, ii. 474. 



Almond, ii. 485. 



Alumina, native, i. 11. 



Aluminate of Magnesium, i. 1 2. 



Aluminum, Silicate of, i. 14. 



AmarantaeeiE, ii. 290. 



Amber, i. 15. 



Ambergris, i. 445. 



Amentacea?, economic pro- 

 ducts of, ii. 528. 



Amentales, ii. 256 et srq. 



American beef, some, i. 341. 



American calumba root, ii. 

 334. 



American water weed, ii. 210. 



American wild ipecacuanha, 

 ii. 338. 



Amethyst, i. 13; Pliny's ac- 

 coimt of the means re(|uired 

 to produce a dve resembling, 

 i. 145. 



Amherstia, ii. 491 ; discovery 

 of, ii. 536. 



Ampelidetc, ii. S61-5GS. 



Amphibia, i. 288. 



Amphibole, i. 13. 



AnacardiaceoD, ii. 547 : use- 

 ful products of, ii. 553. 



Andaman pig, i. 454. 



Andamans, cliraate of, i. 480. 



Andamans, flora of. i. 480. 



Andamans, inhabitants of, i. 

 479 et seq. 



Andaman Islands, Catalogue 

 of Orcliids gathered in tlie, 

 ii. 202. 



Andamanese : chastity of ^ 

 brotherly love of — their 

 racial affinities, i. 482 ; 

 their manners and customs 

 — burial ceremonies — food 

 — habitations, i. 483 ; pot- 

 tery — savage races, i. 484. 



Anderson, Dr. J., quoted, i. 

 171, 290: erroneous asser- 

 tion of, i. 292 ; on the 



BkuUs of turtles, i. 339 ; 

 errors regarding Trionices, 

 i. 340; on mammalia,!. 413; 

 on shrews, i. 439 ; infeli- 

 citous attempt to correct 

 Dr. Jerdon, i. 464 ; on 

 monkeys, i. 476. 



Anderson, Dr. Thomas, che- 

 mical experiments on Ka- 

 mala, quoted, ii. 245, 246 ; 

 his arrangement of the 

 Acauthace.T, ii. 308. 



Angiosperm.s, ii. 219. 



Aniseed, ii. 439. 



Anomales, ii. 203 et seq. 



Anonacea;, ii. 660-667. 



Ant-cow, i. 38. 



Ant lion, i. 48. 



Ant thrushes, i. 363. 



Ants, i. 46, 116. 



Ants "milking" aphides, i. 

 37. 



Anthropoid apes and man, 

 comparisons between, i. 

 478. 



Antidotes to snake poison = 

 " Bosh," i. 316. 



Anti-fat, a quack medicine, ii. 

 31. 



Antimony, sulphide of, i. 10. 



Apetalous Plants, ii. 219 el 

 seq. 



Aphides, i. 37. 



Apocynea>, ii. 342 ; the use- 

 ful products of, ii. 351. 



ApoUon, the Pythian and 

 Delian, ii. 685. 



ApoUonius Ehodius, quota- 

 tion from, ii. 217. 



Apples, cognate senses of the 

 words for, ii. 485. 



Apricot, ii. 485. 



Aquatic fern, ii. 69. 



Aquatic snakes, i. 304. 



Arachnida, i. 33. 



Arakan earth-oil, i. 1 5. 



Arakan mountains, adventure 

 with elephants in, i. 448. 



Arales, ii. 129. 



Araliacea;, economic value of, 

 ii. 433. 



