AFRICA. 



AGRICULTURE. 



in the Indian Ocean, 5 ; do. in the Atlantic 

 Ocean, 6; countries and population on the 

 northern coast, 6; Mohammedan kingdom of 

 Central Soudan, 6 ; of Western Soudan, 6 ;' 

 equatorial territory, 6. 



VII. Notable political event, 9 ; native 

 Governments of Africa, 9 ; interchange of ter- 

 ritory on the west coast, 9 ; affairs in Tunis, 

 Morocco, and Senegambia, 9; King Aggery, 

 10 ; population, 10. 



VIII. Suez Canal, success of, 9 ; states of 

 Northern Africa, 9 ; famine in Algiers, 9 ; do. 

 in Morocco, 9 ; Tunis, 9 ; Madagascar, 9 ; Cape 

 Colony, 9; Transvaal Republic, 10; area and 

 population o the principal divisions of Africa, 

 10 ; advance of Christianity, 10. 



IX. Suez Canal, importance of, 4; Egypt, 

 4; Ferdinand de Lesseps, 4; Abyssinia, 4; 

 Madagascar accepts Christianity, 4; conflicts 

 between natives, 4 ; population, 5. 



X. General quiet, 1; Abyssinia, 1; Chris- 

 tianity in Madagascar, 1 ; Liberia, 1 ; diamond- 

 fields of South Africa, 1 ; government for Cape 

 Colony, 2 ; French possessions in Algeria, 2 ; 

 population of the divisions and subdivisions of 

 Africa, 2, 3. 



XI. Works on Tunis and Tripoli, 1 ; popu- 

 lation of Tunisian towns, 2 ; Muscat, insurrec- 

 tion of Kabyles in Morocco, 2; diamond-fields 

 in South Africa, 2 ; population of, annexation 

 of, to English crown, 2 ; Algeria, insurrection 

 of Arabs in, 2 ; cannibalism in, 94. 



XII. Egypt, 2; expedition of Sir Samuel 

 "Baker, 2 ; Barca, 2 ; table of divisions and sub- 

 divisions, with area and population, 2 ; trans- 

 fer of the Dutch possessions on the coast of 

 Guinea to England, 3 ; French possessions, 3 ; 

 Cape Colony, 3 ; geographical exploration and 

 discovery in, 342. 



XIII. Area, 7; population, 7; religious 

 affairs, 7 ; growth of Egypt, 7 ; Abyssinia, 7 ; 

 treaty between the English Government and 

 Zanzibar, 8 ; South Africa, 8. 



XIV. Growth of Egypt, 4 ; war with Sul- 

 tan of Darfur, Ashantee War, 4; the Natal 

 colony, 4 ; Emperor of Morocco, 4 ; trade on 

 the eastern coast, 4 ; diamond-fields in South 

 Africa, 4 ; new British possession, 4 ; area of 

 Africa, 4 ; population, 5. 



XV. The advance of Egypt, 5 ; civil wars 

 in Abyssinia, 5 ; sultanate of Morocco, 5 ; Tri- 

 poli, 5 ; British dominions in South Africa, 5 ; 

 union of English possessions, 5; Liberia, 5; 



Senegal, 5; war against the Ashantees, 6; 

 Lower Congo, 6 ; area and population of coun- 

 tries, 6 ; Algeria, 7. 



AFRICAN METHODIST CHURCH. VI. (See Meth- 

 odists.} 



AFRICAN SLAVE-TRADE. I. Act to prohibit, 

 passed Confederate Congress, 160 ; veto, 160. 



AFZELIUS, ARVID AUGUST, Swedish histo- 

 rian and clergyman. XI. Birth, death, 2 ; 

 career, 2, 3. 



AGASSIZ, LOUIS JEAN RUDOLPHE. XII. Ex- 

 ploring expedition, 332. 



XHI. Birth, 8; death, 8; education, 8; 

 scientific works, 8 ; Professor of Zoology and 

 Geology at Cambridge, 9 ; expedition to Bra- 

 zil, 9 ; Museum of Comparative Zoology, 9 ; 

 plans for school on Penikese Island, 9 ; charac- 

 ter, 10; publications, 10. 



AGASSIZ, Mrs. ALEXANDER, daughter-in-law 

 of Louis Agassiz. XIII. Obituary of, 588. 



AGRARIAN SOCIETY. I. The organization of, 

 96. 



AGRICULTURE. I. Its object in 1861, 2; 

 primaries as pabulum, 2 ; chalk, 2 ; ingredients 

 in soil, 3 ; effect of rains on, 3 ; underdraining, 

 3 ; underdrained soils, 3 ; sub-soil ploughing, 

 4 ; fertilizers, 4 ; true test of soil, 4 ; manures 

 of the farm, 4 ; receptacles for manures, 5 ; 

 composts, 5; lime, 6; sulphate of lime, 6; 

 wood-ashes, 6; green crops ploughed in, 6; 

 recent changes in farm crops, 7; use of ma- 

 chinery, 7; pulping, 7; cooked food, 8 ; mulch- 

 ing, 8 ; caloric engines, 8 ; decay of crops, 8 ; 

 worn-out soils, 8; benefit of deep plough- 

 ing, 8. 



II. Crops of the Northern States in 1862, 

 4; short crop of Western Europe, 4; exports 

 of grain from the United States, 4 ; prices, 5 ; 

 measures of Congress affecting agriculture, 5 ; 

 Agricultural College act, 5 ; Agricultural De- 

 partment, 5 ; colleges of Michigan, Iowa, Penn- 

 sylvania, 6 ; studies at Pennsylvania College, 6 . 

 uses of machinery in agriculture, 7 ; fruit cult- 

 ure, 7; experience of fruit-growers, 7; favor- 

 ite apple, 7 ; do. in different parts of the coun- 

 try, 7 ; do. pears, 8 ; grapes, 8 ; varieties, 8. 



III. Crops in 1863, 2; frosts, 2; crops of 

 England and France, 2 ; crops of 1862 and 1863 

 compared, 2 ; grape culture, 2 ; amount of each 

 of the principal crops in the Northern States and 

 Territories, 3 ; varieties of grapes, 4 ; Califor- 

 nia grape culture, 4 ; wine-making, 4 ; cotton 

 in the Western States, 4 ; flax, 4 ; wool manu- 



