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GENERAL INDEX. 



Arctic Regions, Birds and Animals 

 turning white, 

 Probable cause of, 

 ii, 326. 



Reasons for believing 

 in the existence of 

 a Polar Continent, 

 ii, 278. 



Arctic Winter, Progressive increase 

 of the Cold during 

 the, ii, 342-43. 



Lowest Temperatures 

 accompany the return 

 of the sun, ii, 343. 

 Freezing of Spirits and 

 other Stores during 

 the, ii, 344. 



Occasional descent of 



the into Temperate 



Regions, ii, 257-58. 



Areca Palm, The, i, 208. 



Aromatic Desert Herbage, i, 455- 



458; iii, 57, 121. 

 Plants, iii, 121. 

 Arrowroot, i, 234. 

 Artesian Wells, i, 413. 

 Artificial flies, for fishing in Wild 



Countries, iii, 493-4. 

 Ass, The As a desert beast of 



burden, i, 430. 

 Scriptural description of the 



Wild, i, 430. 

 Astronomical Telescopes, Powers of, 



iii, 199. 

 Atacama Desert, Rainless climate 



of, ii, 398. 



Atbara River, The coming down 

 of the great, i, 

 98; ii, 519. 



Fishing in during the 



dry season, iii, 

 476-78. 



Atkinson, Mr. T. W., on Sand spouts 

 in the Mongolian desert, 

 i, 372. 



Atlantic Ocean, Deepest Soundings 

 obtained in the, iii, 13. 

 Atlas Mountains, The, i, 350. 

 Atmosphere, The, Force of in Hur- 

 ricanes, i, 1 1 9- 1 24; ii, 449. 



Atmosphere, Pressure of the, on 

 the human body, i, 

 146. 

 The Effects of rarefied, 



i", 305- 



Importance of Watery 



Vapour in the, iii, 6. 



Proportions & Source 



of Vapour of the, 



iii, 5-7- 



Ice particles in the 



higher regions oi 

 the, ii, 357; iii, 8. 

 Showers of ice crystals 



from the, in Polar 

 Regions, ii, 356. 



Atolls or Lagoon Islands, iii, 33. 

 Attock, Bridge, and gorge of the 



Indus, ii, 524-26. 

 Floods of the Indus River 



at, ii, 427, 526. 

 The Ancient fortress of, 



ii, 525- . 



Augustine, Aphorism on Divine 

 Power by St., iii, 35. 

 Aurora Borealis, The, ii, 359. 

 Australia, Hot winds of, i,7 2, 9 1 , 367. 

 Maximum of all recorded 

 temperatures in, i, 72. 

 Voyages to, iii, 40. 

 Australian Native Blacks as Track- 

 ers, iii, 259-60. 

 Desert grasses, i, 318, 



322. 



Lands improved by the 

 tread of cattle, i, 319. 

 Avalanches, ii, 447. 



Blast of air caused by 



the falling of, ii, 448. 



"Backgrounds," Importance of. to 



Hunters etc., iii, 129. 



"Bad Lands," The, of the United 



States, ii, 56-7. 



Waggon party guid- 



ed by an Indian 

 through the, ii, 57. 

 Bag (Sleeping) for use in great cold, 



iii, 299. 

 Baits for sea fishing, iii, 457-8. 



