252 INDEX. 



RADIATION of heat and cold ii. 78, 102, 137-iii. 209 



Rafflesia, enormous flower of . . iii. 8 



Railways '. . . . iii. 222 



Rapid flight of birds . . . iii. 162 



Red-sea, passage of the Israelites . . ii. 34 



Rein-deer . . . i. 29, 214 



Resistance to injuries . . . i. 134 



Resurrection . . . ii. 27G 



Rhinoceros . . ii. 232 



Rice ii. 8, 140, 143 



Rivers that form alluvial deposits . ii. 235 iii. 2G 



Rona, North . . . . i. 58 



Rooks ii. 2GO 



Roses : . . ii. 9 iii. 100 



Rose-beads . . . ii- 211 



Rumbd ii. 187 



SABBATH, origin of . . i. 51 

 Sacrifices . ii. 4, 131, 137, 270 iii. 133, 150 



St. Kilda, Hebrides i- 157 



St. Paul's epistles, difficulties in reading i. 191 

 Salt plain and cliffs 



Salt-mine . . * 212 



Sandwich isles 144 iii. C2 

 Sarana lily, eaten 



Scouler's voyage . ii. 58, 112 



Sea, change of level . . . iii- 33 



form of the bottom iii. 28G 

 water, simple method of ascertaining the salt it 

 contains 



luminous . i. 4, 133, 2 



, weed . . , ' ill 



