THE WILDERNESS AND ITS "IENANTS. 



GENERAL INDEX. 



Abercromby, the Hon. Ralph on 



Frost Bites, ii, 334. 



Aboriginal Races and Civilization, 



i, I3 23. 

 Abu Simbel, The Rock-Hewn 



Temple of, ii, 432. 

 Colossal Carved Fi- 



gures at, ii, 433. 



Abyssal Region of the Ocean 

 Area of the, iii, 



13- 

 Depth of, iii, 13- 



14. 

 Temperature of, iii, 



19. 



Acacia Trees, i, 292-3, 422-3. 

 , Barks, i, 292. 

 Dealbata, i, 292. 

 Gums, i, 289-90. 

 Trees and Water, i, 3 1 2, 3 1 6. 

 Thorns, i, 288-9; iii, 160. 

 Accoutrements (Military) as aids in 

 directing hostile fire, iii, 152. 

 "Afar in the Desert" Pringle's 



poem, iii, 83. 

 Africa, Antiquity of its fauna, i, 



332-3- 



African Antelopes, The great, i, 329. 

 Peculiar form of 



the hind quarters 

 of, i, 330. 



Forest Tribes (who have 

 never seen the open 

 country), i, 225 ; iii, 99. 



African Grass Forests, i, 278-9. 

 Paths, i, 287. 

 River fishing, iii, 476-7. 

 Horse Sickness, iii, 226-7. 

 Travellers' Camps and Beasts 



of Prey, iii, 139. 

 Aereal Ocean, The great, i, 145- 



148; iii, 3. 

 Its mighty billows, 



iii, 3- 

 After Riders in plains hunting, 



iii, 245. 

 Air, Chemistry of Atmospheric, 



iii, 4. 



Volumetric analysis of, iii, 4. 

 Estimated Pressure of, upon a 



man's body, i, 146. 

 and Altitude. Its rapid rarefi- 



cation by, ii, 408-9. 

 Refrigeration and dry, i, 8 1-2 ; 



ii, 357- 



Roots, i, 194. 

 of trees of the genus 

 Ficus, i, 195, 200. 

 Albatross, The, iii, 359. 



Nesting ground of the, 



iii, 360. 



Flight of the, iii, 362. 

 in stormy weather, iii, 



363-64- 



Catching at sea, iii, 363. 

 Albinism, i, 325 ; ii, 324-327. 

 Albula River and Pass, Cafion of 

 the, ii, 470. 



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