460 INDEX. 



Page. 



Vandalia, Sloop-of-war 91 



Variation of Temperature at California 242 



Variegatfld Goby -. 339 



Vegas of Santa Clara 85 



Venom of Serpents used by Indians on Arrows 126 



Venom of the Kattlesnake 125 



Venom of Serpents used by Man 124 



Veuom of Serpents cannot be distinguished by Chemical Tests from Saliva 124 



Vera Cruz 277 



Vera Cruz, Northers at 203 



Vermont 47 



Vermont, Auriferous Deposits of. 39, 43 



Vermont, remarkable Brown Coal-beds of 39 



Versailles, France 212 



Vesta, Discovery of 139 



Vertebrata, Reports on 40 



Vincennes, Sloop 89 



Virago, British Steamer 93 



Virginia 38,48,49 



Virginia, Arrival of First Colony in 166 



Virginia, Title to an Indefinite Region of America 164 



Virginia, Mentioned on first page of " The Fairy Queen " 165 



Volney 189 



Volney, Explanation of Snow Storm by 199 



Volume V, Distribution of. 36 



Vortisch, Reverend L 39, 45 



Voyages Planned by Prince Henry : 153 



VulpesFulvus 38,44 



Wade, Majoi-, Testing Machine invented by 18 



Wahsatch Pass 83 



Wailes, Colonel B. L. C 38,46 



Wales 162 



Walla- Walla 81 



Walker's Pass 84 



Walsh, Mr., Balloon Ascent by 196,204 



Wanderings in South America, by Charles Waterton 128 



Warmest Month in California 257 



Warmest Month of the Year 233 



War Department , 86 



Warner's Ranch 84 



War, use made of the Camel in 118 



Washington 35,36 



Washington and Lisbon, Winters Compared 196 



Washington, Direction of Thunder-clouds at 200 



Washington, Mississippi 46 



Washington Monument Society 64 



Washington, Roch-fish Chief Staple of 321 



Washington, Temperature at 209 



Washington Territory 81,82 



