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BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AXD PRODUCTIOXS. 



Lea, the American cniicho- 

 logist, quoted, i. 129. 



Lead, Sulphide of, i. 10. 



Leaf-nosed hat, i. 428. 



Leaf-shedding Forests, ii. 9. 



Lccheuquana hee, ii. 561. 



Leeches, i. 23. 



Leek, ii. 128. 



Legendary lore, ii. 3S1. 



Legends, considerations on, 

 ii. 2.57. 



Legends of the Oak, ii. 261. 



Leguniinosne,ii. 490-.54.5; the 

 second most important order 

 of plants — enumeration of 

 its chief memhers, ii. 491. 



Le Maout et Decaisne, their 

 ' Descriptive and Analytical 

 Botany,' referred to, ii. 1 

 et passim. 



Lemnacefe, ii. 130. 



Lemon-grass oil, ii. 112. 



Lemuria, i. 474. 



Lentils, i. 491, 502. 



Leopard, story of a, i. 472. 



Leopard-cat, i. 473. 



Leprosy, erroneously attribu- 

 ted to a tish diet, i. 187; 

 remedies for, ii. 340, 64-5. 



Leslie's translation of Xorden- 

 skiijld's ' Voyage of the 

 Vega,' quoted, i. 48.5. 



Lesser-eared owls, i. 407. 



Lesser hemlock, ii. 439. 



Lesser one-horned rhinoceros, 

 i. 451. 



Lesserwild I!unnesebull,i4.60. 



Lesser yellow-eared spider- 

 hunter, i. 361. 



Lewin, Capt. H. T., 'Hill 

 Tracts,' etc., quoted, ii. 681. 



Lice, i. 43. 



Lichens, ii. 35, 91. 



Lign-aloes, ii. 281 ; etj-mo- 

 logy of native name, ii. 282. 



Lignum vita', ii. 549. 



Liliales, ii. 125 et seq. 



Lilies, ii. 129. 



Liliputian oranges, ii. 593. 



Lime juice, ii. 596. 



Limonite, i. 12. 



Limpets, i. 171. 



Lindley's ' Genera and Species 

 of Orchidaceous Plants,' 

 and other botanical works, 

 quoted, ii. 150 et passim. 



Linea>, ii. 600-1. 



Liquorice, ii. 491. 



Litchi, a fruit, ii. 558, 561. 



Little owl, as a decoy, i. 407. 



Littoral Forests, ii. 5. 



Liver tluke of sheep, i. 20. 



Livers of sharks, weights of, 

 i. 186, '284. 



Liverworts, ii. 46. 



Livingstone, the African tra- 

 veller, his observations of 

 hornbills quoted, 351. 



Lizar<ls, esteemed for food, i. 

 327. 



Loadstone, native, i. 12. 

 Lobeleae, ii. 373 ; now fallen 



into disuse as medicinal 



plants, ii. 376. 

 Lobsters, i. 25. 

 Lockhart's ' Wedding of the 



Cid,' quoted, ii. 108. 

 Locusts, i. 45. 

 Logwood, ii 491. 

 Long-armed apes, i. 475. 

 Long-haired pig-tailed mon- 

 key, ii. 476. 

 Long-nosed gharial, i. 335. 

 Long pepper, ii. 23 1 . 

 Long-tailed doves, i. 388. 

 Long-tailed monkeys, i. 478. 

 Longan, a fruit, ii. 561. 

 Longicom beetles, i. 108. 

 Looping snails, i. 163. 

 Loquat, ii. 485, 487. 

 Loranthacete, ii. 221. 

 Lords and Ladies, ii. 132. 

 Loreal shield, the, in snakes, 



an absolute proof of their 



harmlessness, i. 323. 

 Lories, i. 408, 409. 

 Lovage, ii. 439. 

 Love-apples, ii. 205. 

 Love-charms, made from the 



heads of hornbills, i. 351. 

 Low, Mr., his supplementary 



list of Orchids, ii. 188, 503. 

 Low Forests, ii. 10. 

 Lower Mixed Forests, ii. 12. 

 Lubbock, Sir J., quotatiou 



from, on the evolution of 



the Sitaris beetle, i. 110. 

 Lucem, ii. 491. 

 Lucretius, quoted, i. 487. 

 Luddoo, a native confection, 



i. 457. 

 Ludiuna, a disease in horses, 



ii. 87. 

 Luiia, use to which the fruit 



of, is put, ii. 446. 

 Lump fish, possessed of a 



poison organ, i. 188. 

 Lung-wort, ii. 329. 

 Lupines, ii. 491. 

 Lutinos, Jerdon's remarks on, 



i. 3.50. 

 LycopodiaceiB, ii. 56, 93. 

 Lycopods, ii. 56, 93. 

 Lyell, Sir Charles, quotation 



from, ii. 17. 

 Lythrariea^, ii. 454-459. 



M. 



Macaws, i. 408. 



Mace, ii. 289. 



Macfarquhar, Maj., a superior 

 cotton grown by, ii. 016. 



Mackinnon, Dr. C. treats 

 tapeworm successfully with 

 Kamala, ii. 245. 



McLcod, Major, his descrip- 

 tion of hot-springs, i. 7. 



MacMaster, Col., remarks on 



the Pegn tree shrew, i. 441. 

 Madagascar mackerel, i. 218. 

 Madder-dye, ii. 430. 

 Madrasi silkworm, i. 81. 

 Madura turbans, ii. 410. 

 Maggots, i. 48. 

 Magnesium, Aluniinate of, i. 



12. 

 Magnet, the, i. 12. 

 Magnetite, i. 12. 

 Magnoliacete, bitter principle 



in, ii. 659. 

 Magpie, account of a, i. 502. 

 Magpie, the common Indian, 



i. 386. 

 ' Mahubharata,' quotations 



from the, ii. 340-1. 

 Mahogany, ii. 586. 

 Mahommedan patients, how 



not to offend their reUgious 



scruples, ii. 256. 

 Maiden-hair fern, ii. 67. 

 Maigre, a species of fisli, i. 



494. 

 Mainwaring, Col. G. B., dis- 

 coverer of a newt, i. 289. 

 Majun, a confection, ii. 263. 

 Malabar teakwood, ii. 691. 

 Malarious fever, tobacco a pre- 

 ventive in, ii. 326. 

 Mallows, properties of, and 



Horace's lines on, ii. 609. 

 Malpighiace*, ii. 698- 600. 

 Malvacea>, ii. 608-619 ; chief 



members, ii. 619. 

 Malvales, ii. 601 et seq. 

 Mammalia, i. 411 et stq. 

 Manchineel, used to poison 



arrows, ii. 209. 

 Mandragora, ii. 204, 

 Mandrakes, ii. 204. 

 Manganese, ii. 13. 

 Mange in dogs, i. 33 ; remedy 



for, ii. 646. 

 Mango fruit, its universality, 



ii. 653. 

 Mangoe fish, i. 211. 

 Mangosteen, ii. 634, 635. 

 Mangrove-swamp prawn, i. 26. 

 Manihot, ii. 251. 

 Manilla hemp, ii. 203, 204. 

 Manna, i. 37. 

 Mantida?, i. 44. 

 Marble wood, ii. 359. 

 Marbled tiger-cat, i. 473. 

 Marcasite, i. 10. 

 Marco Polo and Polar Bears, 



i. 485. 

 Marigold, derivation of,ii.403. 

 Marine monsters, i. 181. 

 Marine turtles, i. 343. 

 Marjoram, ii. 295. 

 Marking ink, ii. 550. 

 Marsiliaceae, ii. 58, 93. 

 Martaban camphor-wood, ii. 



283. 

 Marti.il, quoted, ii. 91, 275. 

 Mary Mng.hilene, ii. 381. 

 Masked reJuvius, i. 4 1 . 



