INDEX 



1701 



Grass," "Land of, 637 



Gray, Asa, 1483 



Grew, Nehemiah, 986, 988, 989 



Greyhounds, the, 78 



Grubb, Sir Howard, 251, 261 



Guinea-fowl, 1523, 1551 



Gulberg, 792 



Gulf Stream, 727-49, 1265-66 



Gulf-weed, >264 



Gymnogens, 483, 1001 



Gymnosperms, 455, 873, 890-91, 958 



Gyracanthus, 485 



H 



HAECKEL, ERNST, 982, 1299, 1305 



Hail, 809-11 



Hailstones, no 



Hailstorm, noted, 811 



Haliday, 1450, 1451, I45- 2 , 1453, '45 



1457 



Hall, Asaph, 395 

 Halley, 38, 63, 291, 816 

 Halos, 826 

 Hamster, 1619 

 Hanno, 761 

 Harmattan, 831 

 Harriot, 320 

 Harvey, Dr., 1250-51 

 Hawkesbury, the, 624 

 Heath, 950, 1142 

 Heavens, the, 25 



the Arabian, 106-20 

 Heis, 60, 61, 62, 66 

 Helmholtz, 350 

 Hen and Chickens, 77 

 Hencke, 399, 400 

 Henshaw, 988 

 Henslow, 1113 

 Herbert, W., 1466 

 Herculaneum, 516-17 

 Hercules, 78, 375 

 Hermaphrodites, 1500 

 Hermit Crab, 1330, 1606 

 Heron, Sir R., 1492 

 Herschel, Caroline, 164 

 Herschel, Sir John, 136, 137, u6, 



56, 157, 158, 1 60, 162-63, 



171, 189, 191, 192, 207, 212, 



321, 384 

 Herschel, Sir William, 59-60, 121, 



137, 162, 167, 168, 172, 175, 



201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 207, 



319, 321, 426 



Hesiod, 76, 91 

 Heteromorpha, 14 5 

 Heteroptera, 1419-21 

 Hvel, 377 

 Hevelius, 226, 353 

 Hexactinellidse, 1307-13 

 Hicrapolis, Baths of, 598 

 Hildebrand, 1003, 1014 

 Hind, 128, 190, 400 

 Hindoos, 1672 



iS5" 

 170, 

 241, 



13, 

 200, 

 243, 



Hipparchus, 60, 221 

 Hipparion, 1298 

 Hippopotamus, 1532, 1549-50 

 Hoar-frost, 812 

 Hofmeister, 1053 

 Holden, Prof., 161, 163 

 Holoptychius, 470, 474 

 Holothuria, 1365 

 Holtenia carpenteri, 1307-9 

 Home, Sir Everard, 1387, 1388, 1393 

 Homer, 72, 75, 76, 297, 359, 761 

 Homomorpha, 1405 

 Homomorphism, 1099-1114 

 Honey-suckers, 1559-60 

 Hooke, 988 



Hooker, Dr., 926, 1214, 1483 

 Horse, 1532 

 Horsetails, 887 

 Hottentots, 1675 

 Houreau, 61, 62, 66, 67, 126 

 Howard, Luke, 821 

 Hudson, W. H., 1605 

 Huggins, Dr., 161, 163, 183 

 Humboldt, A. von, 33, 54, 58, 148, 224- 

 26, 750, 759-60, 776, 906, 920-21, 

 1143, 1161, 1170, 1180, 1214, 1265 

 Humboldt's region, 941 

 Humming-birds, 1557, 1628-29 

 Hurricanes, 844 



Huxley, 753, 979, 1306, 1500, 1583 

 Huygens, 154 



Hyades, 66, 75, 124, 127, 152-53 

 Hya-hya-tree, 1167 

 Hydra, 1328-29 



(constellation), 98 

 Hydrozoa, 1325-27 

 Hyenas, 1546, 1548-49 

 Hymenium, 1199, '200 

 Hymenoptera, 1406, 1449-58, 1634 



ICE, 507 



age, 1128 



Ichneumons, 1406, 1408 

 Ichthyosauri, 673-74 

 Iliad, quotation from the, 75 

 Incidence, angle of, 800 

 India rubber, 1163, 1166 

 Indian, the (constellation), 78 



figs, 1180, 1181, 1184-85 

 Infusoria, 1290 



Insects, 1401-64, 1545, '552, i557, '576, 

 1577-78, 1620, 1623-24, 1634, 1635 



eggs of, 1401 



eyes of, 1445-48 



and flowers, 894-95, 97, 957, 9&o, 

 1028-30, 1064-68, 1069-77, "12, 

 1495 



fossil, 1421-22 



imago of, 1401, 1461 



larva of, 1401, 1 458-59 



mimicry in, 1595,1600 



orders of, 1402-5 



