1696 



INDEX 



Arabs, the, 116-20 



Arago, 54 



Ararat, Mount, 500 



Archegonia, 963 



Archimedes, 64 



Arcturus, 57, 63, 73, 86, 87, 122, 187, 



3i5 



Argelander, 58, 59, 62, 66, 68 

 Aristolochia, 956 

 Aristotle, 284 



of Stagira, 986 

 Armadillo, 1555 



Arnebia echioides. See Prophet-Plant 

 Arnold, Dr., 1069 

 Aroideae, 952 

 Arrow, the, 77 

 Articulata, 481, 1303 

 Articulates, 459, 460 

 Arum, 952 

 Asia, fauna of, 1546-48 



races of, 1672 



vegetation in, 905-9 

 "Ass, wild, 1546 

 Asteroids. See Planetoids 

 Astrocopium, 119 

 Astronomers, the first, 26 

 Atacama, desert of, 665 

 Atlantosaurus, 718 

 Atlas, 64 



of Southei-* Stars, 61 

 Atlases, celestial, 65-66 

 Atmosphere, earth's, 773-84 

 Atolls, 689-93, 699-707 

 Aurora, Borealis, 813-19 



spectrum of, 346-47, 818 



and sun, 817-18 

 Ausonius, 88-89 

 Australia, flora of, 886, 926-28 



races of, 1673 



vegetation in, 926-29 

 Avebury, Lord, 1105 



B 



BABOONS, 1529 

 Bacon, Roger, 799 

 Bacteria, 648-54, 1131-35 

 Badger, 1616, 1617 

 Baer, Von, 1294 

 Baker, Sir S., 1566 

 Balance, the, 78 

 Balata, the, 1153-54 

 Balloon ascensions, 776-77 

 Baltimore Oriole, 1631 

 Bamboo, 1115-22 

 Banana, 942-43, 952 

 Banisteria, 953, 956 

 Banks, Sir Joseph, 1387 

 Banyan tree, 1169-70 

 Baobab, 941, 950 

 Barley, 944 

 Barometer, 785 



Barnard, Prof., 155, 159, 263, 391, 

 419, 420 



Bate, Spence, 1375, 1376 



Bates, W. H., 1594, 1595, r S99 



Bathybius haeckelii, 1306 



Batrachia, 1379 



Bats, 1547, 1550, 1555-56 



Bauhinas, 953, 956 



Baxendell, 344, 348 



Bayer, John, 105 



Beagle, the, 1665 



Bear, the Great, 80-81, 122 



the Little, 77, 82 

 Bears, 1543, 1546, 1553 

 Beaumont, Elie de, 572 

 Beaver, 1542, 1554 

 Beavers, 1639-46 

 Bee, 1408, 1552 



eyes of, 1448 



sting of, 1436 

 Beechnuts, 1 1 78 



Bee Hive in Cancer, 66, 130, 167, 176 

 Bees, 1426-17, 1478-79, 1496-9* 



wings of, 1429 

 Beetles, 1411-13, 1433-34, 1435, 1440, 



1578 



Behrmann, 61, 62, 66 

 Belemnites, 672 

 Bellatrix, 124 

 Bellerophon, 470 

 Belopolsky, 315 

 Belts, homoiozoic, 1521 

 Bennett, Mr., 755, 758-59 

 Berenice's Hair, 78, 153 

 Berosus, 501 

 Beta, Centauri, 57, 63 



Crucis, 57 



Betelgeuse, 57, 96, 124, 128, i7. 188 

 Bibra, 755 

 Biela, 300 



Bignonia, 953, 956, 1165 

 Birds, 1578, 1582-93, 1622, 1624 



of Africa, i55-5i 



of America, 1556 



of Asia, 1547 



of Australia, 1559-60 



of Europe, 1544 



of New Zealand, 1561, 1608-9 



of paradise, 1547 



death-feigning of, 1577-82 



emotions of, 1593 



extinct, 1524-25, 1561 



flight of, 1583 



gigantic, 1524-25 



migration of, 1523, 1537, 1590-92 



mimicry in, 1596-97 



moulting of, 1586 



nests of, 1587-90, 1629-34 



pairing of, 1586 



primeval, 489-90 



sounds of, 1584-85 



tastes of, 1592 

 Birthwort, 1071-72 

 Bison, 1531 

 Bitter Lakes, 587 

 Bivalves, 459 



