/x /}/■:. v. 



7C>0 



Arfjo, the first ship, ii. 216. 

 Ar^'oimutic vo_va",'e, De 



GuhtTuatis' remarks on the, 



ii. 217. 

 Arjjonauts. i. 182. 

 Arsrus pheasants, i. 389 ; 



habits of, i. 3'JO. 

 Arhar, a substitute for peas, 



ii. 491, .514. 

 Aristolocliia, medicinal vir- 

 tues of, ii 229 ; u.sed for 



a curious purpose, ii. CSS. 

 Aristoloi-lii.w. ii. 229. 

 Ariun, Krishna's address to, 



li. 340. 

 Armstrou!^, mentioned,!. 34.5. 

 Arnotto dye, how made, ii. 



644. 

 AroideiP, ii. 130. 

 Arragonite, i. 14. 

 Arrow-heads in tlie Anda- 



mans. i. 481. 

 Arrowroot, ii. 20C ; origin of 



the name, ii. 209. 

 Arsenides, i. 10. 

 Artemis, the goddess of the 



moon, ii. 3S1. 

 Artichokes, ii. 403. 

 Asbestos, i. 13. 

 Ascaris, the reproduction of, 



i. 22. 

 Asc'epiadea', ii. 33(5 : (quali- 

 ties of the order, ii. 310. 

 Asparagene, ii. 12.'). 

 Assaftctida, ii. 439. 

 Asterace:o, ii. 377. 

 Asterale.s, ii. 376. 

 Asthma, remedies for, ii. 326, 



327. 

 Asurales, ii. 227. 

 Atkinson, W. S., mentioned, 



i .51 ; referred to, i. 112. 

 Atlas moth, i. 88. 

 Atropine, medicinal uses of, 



ii. 327. 

 Attar of roses, costliness of, 



ii. 488. 

 Attaran, the hot -springs of, 



i. 7. 

 Atures, the extinct tribe of, 



i. 410. 

 Augite, i. 13. 

 Augustus, a Roman kitchen 



garden in the days of, ii. 



438. 

 Auks, i. 398. 



Australian parrakeet-s, i. 408. 

 Avens, ii, 48.5. 

 Avifauna of the TTimalyas, 



Tcnasserim and Burma 



compared, i. 37G. 

 Avocado, ii. 288. 



B. 



Baber, the Moghul Emperor, 

 liunted Khinoceros sondai- 

 cus, i. 4.51. 



Baboons, i. 475. 



Baol, ii. 590 ; trait of the, ii. 

 .596. 



Bahia cotton, ii. 616. 



Balanophore:c, ii. 220. 



Balas rubies, i. 11. 



Balder, or Baldur, the son of 

 Odin, myth of, ii. 224. 



Balfour, ' Cyclopa-dia of In- 

 dia,' ijuoted and referred to, 

 in both lohinies passim ; a 

 cluster of mistakes in, i. 

 402. 



Balfour, 'Forest Trees.'quoted, 

 ii. 140 ; ' Timber Trees,' re- 

 ferred to, ii. 692. 



Ball, v., mentioned, 341 ; 

 his ' Jungle Life in India,' 

 quoted, i. 482. 



Balm, ii. 295. 



Balm of (iilead, ii. 587. 



Balm of Mecca, ii. 587. 



Balsam of Copaiba, ii. 491. 



Bamboo, economic uses of, 

 ii. 102. 



B.amboo forest on fire, ii. 101. 



Bamboo fruit, ii. 101. 



Bamboo rats, habits of, i.422. 



Bamboos, ii. 97 ff f^eq. 



Banana, ii. 203, 204. 



Bimdicoot, a species of rat, i. 

 418. 



Bang, a narcotic, ii. 2G3. 



lian-rheea, ii 266. 



Ban-sem, ii. 491. 



Banting, the, i. 460. 



Barackpore Zoological Oar- 

 dens, unpleasant episode at, 

 i. 473. 



Barbe, Rev. Mr., mentioned, 

 i. 345. 



Barbet-s, i. 349. 



liaring-Gould, S., ' Curious 

 Myths of the Middle Ages,' 

 (juotatiou from, ii. 217-9. 



Barking deer, i. 459. 



Barley, ii. 90. 



Barn owls, i. 406. 



Barnacle goose, i. 24. 



'• Ban'isal guns," myst<~rious 

 sounds so called, i. 491. 



Bartlctt, A. I)., paper on 

 a curious phenomenon in 

 hornbills, i. 351 ; on tlu^ 

 birth of a rhinoceros in 

 London, i. 453. 



Basalt, i. 5. 



Basil thyme, ii. 29,5. 



Basille;e, esteemed as vege- 

 tables, 290. 



Basking shark, further re- 

 marks on the. i. 490. 



Bastard fennel, ii. 439. 



Bastard satfron, ii. 399. 



Bastian, I'roi., referred to, i. 

 490. 



Bat«man, Mr., mentioned, ii. 

 160. 



Batrachia, remarks ou the 

 generic and specific dif- 

 lereuccs of, i. 498. 



Batrachia. i. 289; Boulen- 

 gcr's (.'atalogue of, i. 497. 



Bats, i. 423 it seq. ; dentition 

 of i. 424 el scq. ; singular 

 instance of voracity in, i. 

 425: their nocturnal feasts, 

 i. 431. 



Bats, para.sitcs on i. 48. 



Bally .Malve, a breeding sta- 

 tion of birds, i. 389. 



Bay.as, i. 3S3. 



Bdellium, ii. 587. 



Be.ad tree, ii. 581. 



Beans, and the mythology 

 connected with tiieiu, ii. 

 491 ; in connection with 

 fortune telling, ii. 492. 



Bear spider, i. 35. 



Bears, i. 462 ; instances of 

 their attacking men, i. 463; 

 two young ones, fed on 

 women's milk, ihid. 



Beavan, ('apt. K. C. , his paper 

 on the Thamen ipioted, 

 i. 456-458 ; on wild goats, 

 i. 459 ; collection of birds 

 referred to, i. 502. 



Bebcerine, an alkaloid, ii. 288. 



Bee, the, and its symbolism, 

 i. 120. 



Bee lice. i. 48. 



Beech, ii. 258. 



Beef-wood, ii. 257. 



Beer, preparing barley for, ii. 

 96. 



DKff, i. 115; dislike fire, i. 

 452. 



Bees, parasites ou, i. 111. 



Begouiacciu, ii. 442. 



Being, thoughts touching Ihe 

 mvsterv of, three thousand 

 years ago, ii. 340-1. 



Bekti, i. 188. 



Belirium, curious custom in, 

 ii. 227. 



Bellew, II. \V., ' Afghanistan 

 and its I'eople,' referred to, 

 ii. 439, 565. 



Bengal Club, in Calcutta, 

 caution as to the turtle 

 soup, i. 344. 



Bengal mungoose. i. 4 69. 



Bengal sage, ii. 295. 



Bennett, Dr G., on the mode 

 of capturing the pearly 

 nautilus, quoted, i. 179. 



Bennett, IIou. T. K.. referred 

 to, i. 181. 



Benson, Colonel, and the Or- 

 chid, ii. 156; he rediscovers 

 an Orchid, ii. 159; men- 

 tioned, ii. 163, 167. 



Bentham's ' Notes on Or- 

 chide;c,' quoted, ii. 152 tl 

 sfq. 



Benzoin, ii. 2SS, 357. 



Berberidea'. ii. 654. 



Bcrbcrine, ii. 655. 



Berdmore, Major, examina- 

 tion of gold scut bv him to 



