TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



ACACIA, or LOCUST-TREE Account of When first 



brought into Europe Ancient specimens, where 



seen Anecdote of a farmer on Long Island . 100 



ACCUMULATION of decayed vegetables in Demerara, mixed 



with earth, to the depth of one hundred and fifty 



feet 93 



AGAVES Description of Where found Juice of the 



Agave a favourite beverage in Mexico . . . 232 



AGOUTI . . 147 



ALACO TREE 128 



ALPACA ...... . 195 



AMERICA Reflections on the animals of Climate and 



local peculiarities ....... 1 



AMERICAN ARGALI 249 



ANCIENT MOUNDS near St. Louis Moral reflections . 229 

 near Mexico By whom supposed to 



have been erected ...... 230 



ANDES Magnificent Scenery of, associated with animals 



and plants . . . . . . . .30 



ANT-BEAR Where found Wonderful adaptation to its 



mode of life 176 



ANTELOPE, WOOL-BEARING ..... 244 

 APOLOCERINE GROUP Three species of Where most 



numerous Characteristics of each . . . 243 

 ARMADILLO Three species of Assigned to different 



parts of America Singular construction of . .165 

 ASSES, WILD Found amid the grandest scenery in 



America ........ 192 



ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENON observed in the Andes . 191 

 BAMBOOS Hollow species of Useful as water-plants in 



dry mountainous places Silex found in the bark 



Sir Humphry Davy's experiment . .26, 274 



