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BCIIMA, ITS PEOPLE AXD PRODUCTIOXS. 



Skin diseases, remedies for, 

 ii. 323, 340. 



Skij) jacks, i. 111. 



Skirrets, ii. 439. 



Skua gulls, i. 400. 



Skylark of India, i. 385. 



Sloe, ii. 48.'). 



Slow loris, i. 474. 



Slugs, i. 161 



Slym, Mr., ou native mode of 

 girdling timber, ii. BOO. 



Small-clawed otter, i. 464. 



Smaller mouse-deer, i. 455. 



Smilace;c, ii. 127. 



Smith, E. E., i. 123. 



Smith, Capt. L., his collection 

 of beetles, i. 114. 



Smut, ii. 90. 



Snails, sounds produced bv, i. 

 171 ; slug-like. i. 174. " 



Snake birds, i. 402. 



Snake bite and its antidotes, 

 i. 310 ; treatment for, i. 

 323-326 ; Ivicholson on, i. 

 326 ; inadequacy of a sup- 

 posed cure tor, ii. 408. 



Snake charmers, i. 309. 



Snake-head fish, i. 237. 



Snake-nut, ii. 554. 



Snake poison, there is no anti- 

 dote to, i. 316. 



Snakes, i. 297 at siq. ; native 

 superstition concerning, i. 

 298 ; their poison apparatus 

 explained, i. 314 ; mode of 

 killing, i. 315; means of 

 distinguishing between poi- 

 sonous and non-poisonous, 

 i. 322. 



Snapdragon, ii. 323. 



Snapping turtles, i. 339. 



Snipes, i. 394. 



Soapstone, ii. 5. 



Soap-worts, ii. 561. 



Sodium Carbonate, i. 14. 



Sodium Chloride, i. 11. 



Soft crabs, i. 25. 



Sott tm-tles, i. 339 ; character 

 of, summed up, i. 343. 



Soja, ii. 513. 



Solanales, ii. 324. 



Solanca", ii. 324 ; value of the 

 order, ii. 326. 



Solauine, narcotic principle of 

 the potato, ii. 327. 



Solid- hilled hombill, i. 351. 



Solomon, buUding the Temple, 

 ii. 218; his Court, ii. 587. 



Soma j nice of the Vedas ii.340. 



Sona niung, ii. 491. 



Sounerat, mentioned, i. 374. 



Soor fish, 213-14. 



Sound-producing fish, i. 186. 



Sour sop, ii. 664. 



South Andaman Island, i.481. 



South Sea Islandcotton,ii.616. 



Southern booby, i. 401. 



Sow bug, i. 24. 



Sowerby's ' Thesaurus Con- 

 chyUorum,' i. 123. 



Sow thistles, ii. 403. 



Soy, or Soya, Japanese,ii. 513. 



Spanish fly, i. 109. 



Spanish moss, ii. 36. 



Sparrows, i. 383. 



Spatbodea, as food, ii. 319. 



Spear grass, ii. 112. 



Speannint, ii. 295. 



Species, the difficulty of de- 

 ciding where one enils and 

 another begins, i. 130. 



Specific distinctions, nicety as 

 to, i. 370, 384; animad- 

 verted on, 391, 395, 407. 



Specular iron, i. 12. 



Sperm whales, i. 445. 



Spermaceti, i. 445. 



Sphagna, ii. 92. 



Spicer, Mr., referred to, i. 493. 



Spider claws, i. 152. 



"Spider" of Proy. xxx. 28 = 

 " Gecko," i. 331. 



Spider-shaped tick, infesting 

 the flying-fox bat, i. 424. 



Spiders, i. 33 ; their peculiar 

 marital habits, i. 35. 



Spinach, ii. 291. 



Spindle strombs, i. 152. 



Spined eels, i. 184, 235. 



Spinel, i. 12. 



Spirit-Fire, Duff's accouut of 

 the, i. 486. 



Sponges, i. 17. 



Spoonbills, i. 398. 



Sportsmen pestered by laugh- 

 ing thrushes, i. 307. 



Sprains, remedy for, ii 645. 



Spring beetles, i. 111. 



SpuiTed geese, i. 399. 



Squids, i. 181. 



Squills, i. 25. 



Squirrel, instanceof ' mimicry ' 

 in a species of, i. 442. 



Squirrels, i. 412 ; an inherent 

 tendency of, i. 413; various 

 species fully described, i. 

 412-417. 



St. Margaret, ii. 381. 



St. Mary, ii. 381. 



St. Michel's day, curious 

 custom ou, ii. 227. 



Staggers, i. 21. 



Stalactite, i. 14. 



Stalagmite, i. 14. 



Stalked barnacles, i. 24. 



Star-apple, ii. 361. 



Star-fish, i. 19. 



Starch, ii. 206. 



Starlings, i. 385. 



Stephenson, the engineer, re- 

 ferred to, i. 121. 



Sterculia, a particularly ott'cn- 

 sive smelling species of, 

 ii. 619 ; products of the 

 genus, ii. 621. 



Sterculiacefp, ii. 619; pro- 

 ducts of, ii. 625. 



Stevenson, Capt. J. F., his 

 description of hot-springs 

 near the Pai Eiver, i. 7. 



Stibnite, i. 10. 

 Stiltshanks, ii. 396. 

 Stinging ant.s, i. 118. 

 Stinging nettles, ii. 266. 

 Stink-wood of South Africa, 



ii. 288. 

 Stints, i. 394. 

 Stoliczka, Dr. Ferdinand, 



quoted, mentioned, and re- 

 ferred to, i. 28 et passim. 

 Stone implements found in 



Burma, i. 504. 

 Stoneehats, i. 382. 

 Stonecrops, ii. 484. 

 Stone plovers, i. 392. 

 Stony corals, i. 18. 

 Storax, ii. 357. 

 Storks, i. 394, 397. 

 Strauss, referred to, ii. 689. 

 Strawberry, ii. 485, 490. 

 Stridulatory apparatus iu 



IIypsina>, i. 86. 

 Striped-squirrel snake, i. 301. 

 Strombs, i. 152. 

 Strychnine, the use of, in de- 

 stroying animals, ii. 342. 

 Strychnos-eaters, ii. 342. 

 Sti-ychnos-tree, ii. 342. 

 Stumpy-tailed monkey, its tail 



described, i. 4 75. 

 Stylideic, ii. 376. 

 Styrace;c, ii. 355 : economic 



products of, ii. 357. 

 Subzi, a beverage, ii. 263. 

 Sucking fish, i. 221. 

 Sugar, ii. 115. 

 Sugar-cane, ii. 115. 

 Suicide, fish used as a means 



of, i. 187. 

 Sulphantiraonite of copper, 



i. 11. 

 Sulphide of Antimony, i. 



10. 

 Sulphide of Copper and Iron, 



i. 10. 

 Sulphide of Lead, i. 10. 

 Sumatran rhinoceros, i. 4"i3 ; 



liartlett's remarks on the 



birth of one, iiiil. 

 Sun-bear, i. 462. 

 Sun birds, i. 360. 

 Sunflower, erroneous notion 



of the, ii. 403. 

 Sun-god, the, ii. 224. 

 Sun hemp, ii. 491, 519. 

 Sim raisins, ii. 303. 

 Sun, the, reason why male in 



hot and female iu cold 



countries, ii. 225. 

 Superstition, curious instance 



of, ii. 688. 

 Surma, i. 10. 

 Suvananadi, old name of the 



Irrawaddy, i. 8. 

 Suvana-thumi, the old name 



of Pegu, i. 8. 

 Swallows, i. 356. 

 Swallow shrikes, i. 380. 

 Swamp Forests, ii. 0. 

 Sweet basil, ii. 295. 



