1710 



Vegetation, in Europe, 898-904 



in New Zealand, 939-30 



zones of, 930-45 

 Venus, 131, 312, 317, 326, 331, 358-64 



atmosphere of, 361 



and Mercury, 355 



climate of, 361 



geography of, 362 



orbit of, 360 



phases of, 359-60 



revolution of, 360 



year of, 361 



Venus's Fly-trap, 1076-77 

 Vertebrata, 1301, 1337 

 Vertebrates, 460-61 

 Vesper, 359 

 Vesuvius, 525, 543, 545, 546, 548-49, 



SSL 556, 557 

 Via Lactea, 27 

 Virey, 1687 

 Vitellio, 799 

 Vitruvius, 598 

 Vizcacha, 1617-19 

 Volcanic, action, 516-27, 541-42 



tuff, 445 

 Volcano, 545 



definition of, 537-38 

 Voice, iocs, 525-27, 536-59, 562, 570 



eruptions of, 517 



gaseous emanations, 518-19, 538-39 



mud, 519-20, 522-25 

 Volga, the, 627, 637 

 Vulcan, 353 

 \ ulpecula, 78 

 Vulture, 1551 



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WAHLENBERG'S REGION, 930, 939, 1143 



Walker, Francis, 1452 



Wallace, A. R., 1003, uoo-i, 1127, 1115, 

 1116, 1117, 1297, 1591, 1594, 

 1595, 1596! 1597 



Wallich's region, 940 



Wasps, 1408, 1409, 1634 



Water-bearer, the, 78 



Waterspouts, 845 



Weak, J. P. Hansel, noi, 1598 



Weather, 784 



prognostics, 784-85, 827-28 

 charts of the, 786, 788, 827 



Weaver-birds, 1631-33 



Wells, Dr. William Charles, 813 



Westwood, 1462, 1403, 1404, 140 = 

 Whale, 1561 



the, 98-99 



Whately, 1658, 1661 

 Wheat, 944, 945 

 Whirlwind, 849, 852-53 

 \Vhitney, Prof., 878 

 Whorl, 866 

 Wildcat, 1542 

 Williams, Stanley, 409-10 

 Wilson, Alexander, 813 

 Winds, 828-45 



trade, 834-36, 841-42 

 Wiwgs of insects, 1428-34 

 Winlock, Prof., 818 

 Withering, 998 

 Wolf, Max, 155, 263 

 Wollaston, 54 

 Wolves, 1574-75 

 Woods, Brazilian, 1146-61 

 Worms, 459-60, 1619 

 Wren, Sir Christopher, 792-93 



XYLOCOPA, 1620 



YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, 52 

 Young, Thomas, 806-7 

 Yucca, 954, 1164 



ZEBRA, 1541, 1550 

 Zodiac, the, 88-95 



Arabic, 92 



Chinese, 93-94 



of Denderah, 90 



of the Elephanta Pagoda, 91 



of Esne, 91 



Hindoo, 93 

 Zodiacal light, 132, 149-51, 351, 



spectrum of, 346 

 Zone, of calms, 833-34 



the coralline, 1230 



the laminarian, 1230, 1231 



the littoral, 1230 

 Zones, bathymetrical, 1521-22 

 Zoophytes, 470, 481 

 Zoospores, 1039 

 Zosteracese, 482 



