INDEX 
Gunpowder, Invention of, deplored by 
the author, 193 
H 
Heine, His views on sympathy in rela- 
tion to civilization, 293, 294 
Herring Gull may profit by piracies of 
the arctic skua, 302, 303 
— Young kittiwakes killed by, 303, 304, 
314-16, 349-513 inferior, as a 
spectacle, to that of snakes killing 
their prey, 351-4 
— Young puffin dropped by, on the 
rocks, 308, 309 
— Shakespearean disquisition, a, sug- 
gested by, 308-12 
— A fruit-eater, 365-8 
— Beautiful dye, a, produced by, 365, 366 
— Pellets disgorged by, interesting ob- 
jects, 366, 3673; and would make 
an instructive collection, 366, 367 
— Not interested in the fate of seals, 
373s 375 
Humanitarian, the, Flies in the face of 
the deity, 250; a difficulty shirked 
by, 250 
Hunter, Mrs., Her pleasant establish- 
ment at Balta Sound, 36 
Hunting Instinct, the, Natural but un- 
justifiable in civilized man, 333-5; 
will cease when the animals haye, 
335 
I 
Iceland, The kind of paradise it may 
become, 146 
Innocence, a trumpery thing, 207 
Intersexual Selection, Arguments for a 
process of, 261-80 
Island, the Author’s, Lonely yet populous, 
I, 2,3 
— Remarkable caves in, 47-50 
K 
Kittiwakes, Young, assembling together 
of, 7, 8, 201 
— Appearance of, on the ledges, 112 
— Cry of, 112 
— Appearance, etc., of young, 122 
— Young, how fed, 122, 123 
— Bright colouring of mouth cavity in, 
123; is less bright in the young, 
1233 suggested meaning of this, 
124-31 
385 
Kittiwakes, Mistake made by author in 
regard to, 175 
— Bathing of, resembles an antic, 199 
— Dove-like appearance of young, 122, 
201 
L 
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker carries 
many insects at a time to young, 302 
Life, Civilized, dark clouds that hang 
over, 254—5 
Lumbago, Disquisition provoked by, 
205-8 
M 
Man, Comparative happiness of savage 
and civilized, 252-6; impartial 
judgment as to, not obtainable, 255, 
256 
— Plays part of devil in nature, 347, 
34 
— Civilized, the most miserable being 
that exists or has ever existed, and 
the great purveyor of misery to 
other beings, 34.7, 348 
Might judiciously exercised the highest 
ideal in accordance with the scheme 
of nature, 348, 349 
Muscovy Ducks, Habit of drinking dew 
of, 62, 63 
—In the Pittville Gardens, strange 
appearance of, 63, 64 
Museums, Competitive roar for slaughter 
of, 148 
N 
Natural History, Full of unverified 
statements, 308 
— Museum at Kensington, The, Its 
family slaughter groups, 145-7 ; 
the kind of people who enjoy them, 
145-7 
Naturalist, The real, not a man for this 
world, 194 
— Should be a Boswell, 323 
Nature, The godlessness of, 137 
— Ruthlessness of, the effect of wit- 
nessing, 317-21 
O 
Optimist, the, His faculty of finding 
comfort in uncomfortable things, 
175 
Ostrich, A ratite bird, 198 ; the scienti- 
fic exigencies of such a position, 198 
