406 INDEX. 



Page, 



Antiseptic Properties of Iodine 135 



Anton Chico 83,300 



Antonio de Otermin 312 



Aoonakara river 83 



Apaclie Indians 296 



Apliredoderus sayanus 326 



Apparatus by which Serpent inflicts a Wound 124, 125 



Apparatus, Cabinet of, collected 9 



Appendix to Mr. Russell's Lectures 215 



Appendix to the Report of the Regents 79 



Appendix to the Report of the Secretary 31 



Appleton Bequest 18 



Appleton, D., & Co 96 



Apple-trees at Manzana 303 



Appropriation by Congress for Explorations 89 



Appropriation by Congress to introduce Camels 121 



Appropriations for 1855 68 



Aqueduct at Gran Quivira 309 



Aqua Ammonia applied to Cases of Serpent Bite 132 



Arabian Camel, Information respecting Military Qualities and Hygiene of. 121 



Arabian Dromedaries , 110 



Arabian Poem older than Mohammed 104 



Arabia, Whirlwinds in 187 



Arab, has remained immutable 101 



Arab, opinion of, respecting origin of Camel 114 



Arabs habitually travel by night 115 



Arab's regard for Dromedar}' and Horse 115 



Arabia Petrsea, Ascent of Caravan in 105 



Arabia Petrtea, Journey in 107 



Aransas 46 



Arctic Expedition 91 



Argentine Confederation 90 



Argyreiosus capillaris {Hair-finned Dory) 337 



Aridity of Mediterranean Shores 189 



Aristotle 182 



Aristotle, Passage of, respecting Camel 102 



Arkansas 37, 45 



Arkansas, Fall of Rain at, during 1850 244 



Arkansas River S3, 85 



Army of 15,000 men transported solely by Camels 119 



Armstrong, Robert 94, 95 



Arnold, quotation trom, on Centralization and Active Life 160 



Arrangement of Smithsonian Building 70 



Arroyo de la Cienega 304 



Arsenic used for Serpent Bite 131 



Artesian Borings 85 



Ascension 90 



Ashmead, Charles *337 



Ashmead, Charles, Thanks to 317 



Ashmead, Samuel, Thanks to 317 



Ashmead, Samuel, Sea- Weeds found by 319 



