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BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AND PRODUCTIONS. 



Trogons, i. 354. 



Tropical Forests, ii. 6. 



Truf Wagtails, i. 374. 



Tnirtlfs, ii. 90 ; Juvenal and 

 Martial on, ii. 91. 



Tnimpc't-sliaijetl shells, i. 170. 



Tulips, i. 129. 



Tulsi leaf, ii. 298. 



Tunnies, i. 221. 



Turkey opium, ii. 653. 



Turmeric, ii. 205. 



Tunieracea?, ii. 449, 



Turnip fly, i. 43. 



Turnips, ii. G49. 



Tui-nsole, the dye, ii. 232. 



Turnstones, i. 393. 



Tmtles at Cliowmook, i. 342. 



Turtle soup at the Bengal 

 Club, Calcutta, ii. 344. ' 



Turtles, mode of catching, i. 

 221 : their world-wide ce- 

 lebrity as food, i. 336 ; Dr. 

 Gray's remarks on, i. 341 ; 

 difficulty of killing, i. 342 ; 

 best method of killing, i. 

 343 ; advisability of cooks 

 being able to distinguish be- 

 tween good and bad, i. 344. 



' Turtle's tail,' i. 280. 



' Turtle's stomach,' i. 240. 



Tiisseh silk moth, i. 80. 



Tusser silk, i. 79. 



Tsittoung whale, measure- 

 meuts of, i. 445. 



Tween, Mr., his analysis of 

 the water of the I'ai, i. 8. 



Twilight owls, i. 407. 



Two-headed snake, i. 297. 



Tjiidall, Prof., i. 490. 



Tyrian puqile, i. 144. 



Tytler, mentioned, i. 315. 



ir. 



ITlcers, di-essings for, ii. 334, 



646. 

 riraaceiiB, ii. 279. 

 Tiubrlhiles, ii. 432. 

 Umbi'llilerea!, ii. 435 ; the 



valuable plants of the order, 



ii. 439. 

 Unarmed bamboos, ii. 98. 

 Unicorn of the English Bible, 



its sjmonym in the Latin 



Vulgate, i. 451. 

 Unio, distribution of, i. 129. 

 Upas tree, ii. 275. 

 Upper Mi.xed Forests, ii. 11. 

 Ursidte, i. 462. 

 Urtlcales, ii. 262. 

 Urticea', a fibre - producing 



order of plants, ii. 263-266. 

 Utriculareie, ii. 321. 



Vaccine lymph, ii. 25. 

 Vacciniaceai, ii. 371. 

 Vallisneria, remarkable fertili- 

 zation of, ii. 210. 



Van Beneden, i. 21, et srq. 

 Van Oort, the artist, and the 



offensive bat, i. 439. 

 Vanilla-pod growing, experi- 

 ments in, ii. 186. 

 Vayasa, author of the ' Maha- 



bharata,' ii. 341. 

 Vedas, Cox's remarks on the, 



ii. 684. 

 Vedas. soma juice of the,ii 340. 

 Vegetable brimstone, ii. 67. 

 Vegetable butters, ii. 363, 636. 

 Vegetable emetic, ii. 343. 

 Veitch, H., quoted, ii. 189. 

 Veitch, Messrs., the Orchid 



growers, referred to,ii. 166. 

 Velain, M., mentioned, i. 181. 

 Ventral, definition of meaning 



in Cephalopoda, i. 180. 

 Venus Hower-basket, i. 17. 

 Venus fly-trap, ii. 483. 

 Venus navels, i. 168. 

 Verbena, anciently held in 



high esteem, ii. 305. 

 Verbenacese, ii. 298-306. 

 Vertcbrata, i. 183 et svq. 

 Vervain, ii. 305. 

 Vespertilio, preyed on by 



Megaderma, i. 430. 

 Vetches, ii. 491. 

 Vicious fish, i. 232. 

 Victoria Institute, question for 



examination by the, i. 483. 

 Vine, quotations from the 



classics on the, ii. 666. 

 Vinegar eels, i. 22. 

 Violacea', ii. 646-7. 

 Violet fluid, ejected from 



Aph/sia, i. 140. 

 Violet snails, i. 179. 

 Violina, an emetic, ii. 647. 

 Viperine snakes, i. 312. 

 Vipers, i. 312. 

 Viper's bugloss, ii. 329. 

 Virgil, on Asilas, i. 49; on 



silk, i. 80 ; on bees, i. 12(J ; 



quoted, 296 ; on homage 



paid to Ceres, ii. H7 ; 



quoted, ii. 152, 306, 438; 



on the cultivation of the 



vine, ii. 666 ; quoted. 587. 

 Vitex, entombed by a I'ccpul, 



ii. 149. 

 Viverridaj, i. 466. 

 Voii^ht, quoted, ii. 204. 

 Volcanoes and Mud Volcanoes, 



ii. 6. 

 Von Ilucglin, discovers the 



^^^i^ of Ttromas, i. 391. 

 Voracity of fish, i. 239. 

 Vultures, meful birds, i. 402; 



the controversy as to their 



powers of sight and scent, 



ibid. 



W. 



■Wad, i. 13. 

 AVaders, i. 392. 



Walden, Viscount, mentioned 

 and quoted, i. 345 et srq. 



Walker, H., 'Catalogue of 

 Assam Mammalia,' i. 421. 



Walking corals, i. 490. 



Walking fishes, i. 184, 228. 



Walking leaf insects, i. 44. 



Walking stick insects, i. 44. 



Wallace, on the habits of the 

 flying lemur, i. 344 ; views 

 on the racial affinities of 

 the Mincopies, i. 482. 



Wallich, Dr., his catalogue 

 of Burmese plants, ii. 2 ; 

 on Amberstia, ii. 536. 



Walnut, derivation cf the 

 name, and curious tales 

 connected with, ii. 226. 



Warblers, i. 371. 



"Warburg's drops," the 

 active ingredient of, ii. 288. 



Ward, Swinburne, on baskiug 

 sharks, i. 496. 



War-clubs, the wood they 

 were made from, ii. 258. 



Waring, E. J., 'Manual of 

 Therapeutics,' quoted, ii. 

 206 ; purgative prescrip- 

 tions, ii. 241, 256, 326 

 €t sf-g. 



Watchmakers' oil, ii. 648. 



Water-beetles, i. 113. 



Water-boatman, i. 40. 



Water-breathing fishes, i. 185. 



Water-centipede, i. 25. 



Water-cockroach, i. 41. 



Water-cress, ii. 484. 



Water-elephant, i. 446. 



AVater-frogs, i. 289. 



Water-hemlock, ii. 439. 



'Water-hen,' a species of 

 Sepm.i. 181; Col. Tickell's 

 remarks on, i. 396. 



Water, means of clarifying, 

 ii. 342. 



Water monkey, i. 181. 



Water-nut, a valuable source 

 of food, ii. 354. 



Water, obtained from trees, 

 ii. 579. 



Water ouzels, i. 363. 



Water parsnips, ii. 439. 



AVater skipper, i. 41. 



Watering-pot shell, i. 138. 



Wasps, i. 118. 



Wax, ii. 258. 



AVeasel, the, of Leviticus, 

 a mole, i. 465. 



AVcasels, i. 464. 



AVcddings, rice at, ii. 1118. 



AVeeping crinura, ii. 208. 



AA'ci'piug-Avillow, legends of 

 the, ii. 257. 



Weevils, i. 109. 



AVest Indian arrowroot, ii. 206. 



Westwood, 0., quoted, men- 

 tioned and referred to, i. 50 

 et seq.\ on Buprestis, i. 

 114; estimate of the num- 

 bers of bees, i. 121. 



