645 
forest, of 1871, 385 
measures against, 386 
Fir-TREE, cicatrization of stump, 338, note 
FIRE-WEED in burnt forests of the United 
States, 295 
Fisx, introduction and breeding of, 97-101 
naturalization of, 97 
destruction of, 101 e¢ seqg. 
spawn consumed by water-fowl, 101 
inferiority of artificially fattened, 108 
fresh water, growing scarcity of, in United 
States, 108, note 
shell, extensive heaps of remains of in 
United States, 97 
shell, extensive heaps of remains of, Indian 
origin, 97 
Fisu Ponps, in Catholic countries, 529, note 
FIsHERIES of the world, annual yield of, 103 
et seqq., note 
Foe rare in woods, 192, note 
FONTAINEBLEAD, forest of, 105 
forest of, its renovation, 373, note 
soil of, 607, note 
Forces, natural, accumulation of, 37 
Forests, royal, 349-354 
See Woods, 
Forest Laws, Jewish, 348, note 
severity of, in France and England, 350 
under Louis TX., 351 
medieval character of, 386 
of America, created by circumstances, 388 
FRANCE, the peasantry of, described by La 
Bruyére, 6, 2o0te 
the peasantry of, described by Arthur Young, 
6, note 
forests of, 312 
imports timber largely, 314, note 
sale of forest lands by, 315 
recent forest legislation of, highly useful, 
317 
royal forests and forest laws, 849 
inundations of, 489 
remedies against inundations, 490 
FRESCOBALDI on sands of desert, 551, note 
FRIESLAND, sand dunes of, 588 
Frost, action of, on soil, 416, note 
Fucrnvs, draining of Lake of, by Prince Tor- 
lonia, 429 et seqq. 
Fur Animals, destruction of, 106, note 
GAME Laws, effects of, 96, rote ; 117, 311, 352 
GANGES, effect of clearing valley of, 399, note 
canal, 452, nole 
Gascony, coast sands of, 576 
dunes, 576 
INDEX. 
dunes, extent and advance of, 576 
landes of, 606 
their reclamation, 606 
their area, 611 
GERMAN Ocean, sands of, 548, note 
GEOGRAPHY, modern, embraces organic life, 
56 
GLACIER lakes in Switzerland, 500 
Goat, Angora, habits of, 89, ote 
introduction of, into America, 89, note 
GOLDAU, Switzerland, mountain slide at, 287 
Goup FisH, the introduction of, from China, 97 
GRAPE disease, its economic effects in France, 
Italy, Sicily, 79 
GRASS-LAND, meteorological action of, 55 
GRAVE-DIGGER beetle, habits of, 131 
GREECE, subterranean waters of, 470, note 
proposed canal through Isthmus of Corinth, 
613 
proposed canal across Mt. Athos, 615 
GULLS, sea, habits of, 114, note 
GUNPOWDER, chiefly used for industrial pur- 
poses, 406, ote 
HAARLEM, Lake of, drained, 418 
climatic effect of drainage, 443 
Hatt, whether prevented by woods, 155, note 
HAnbors, artificial, rarity of, 401, note 
Havuravn, the productions of its soil, 60, note 
Heat, solar, utilization of, 46, note 
action of, on rock, 551, node 
HEILBRONY, springs of, 226 
HERRING, fishery of, 107, move 
HESSIAN FLY, introduction of, into the United 
States, 134 
HOANG-HO, delta of, 277 
change of mouth of, 5038, ote 
Human action, incidental effects of, 639 et seqq. 
Humpsreys & ABBOT’sS Report on the Missis- 
sippi, value of, 510, note 
HyprOGRAPHY of North America, 625 
Inrx, the Alpine, 94 
IJSSEL river, 423 
IMPROVEMENT, works of, remarkable for volume 
and difficulty, 402, note 
InDIA, devastation of forests in, 311, note 
INDIAN Corn, acclimation of, 18, mote 
INDIANS on Amazon, their skill in the use of the 
bow, 138, note 
INFILTRATION of water from lakes, 433, note 
of fresh water in Gulf of Akaba, 477, note 
of Nile water, 475, note 
InFusorim, importance of, 141-147 
