GENERAL INDEX. 



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Baits for inland fishing, iii, 463. 



Artificial, iii, 493. 

 Baker (Sir Samuel W.), on the 

 migrations of Desert Arabs, 



i, 78- 

 on the charm of the desert 



night, i, 80. 

 on the coming of the Atbara 



River, i, 98. 

 on gum-producing acacias, i, 



287. 

 on the loss of an Egyptian 



Regiment in the desert, 



i, 39 1 - 



on certain electrical pheno- 

 mena of dry heat, i, 74. 

 on Night Shooting, iii, 1 66. 

 on the Rule of Force in 



Nature, iii, 333. 

 on a great rain storm in the 



Soudan, ii, 5 2 - 

 on Vultures arriving at a 



prey, iii, 337-39- 

 in defence of Gordon Gum- 

 ming' s veracity, iii, 65. 

 on great herds of game in 



Ceylon, iii, 66. 



Retrospect of his own career 

 as a hunter and explorer, 

 i, 29. 

 Ball, Dr. (F.R.S), on the upheaval 



of the Alps, ii, 382-3. 

 Baltic, The sealing up of the, by 



ice, ii, 262. 



mostly a fresh Water 



Sea, ii, 262 ; iii, 408. 



Grandeur of its pine clad 



Shores, ii, 263. 

 Bamboos, Examples of great, i, 



211-213. 



Rapid growth of, i, 2 1 1 -2 . 



Clumps and leaves of, i, 



212. 



as Arborescent grasses, 



i, 211. 

 Thorny varieties of, i, 



213, 273. 



Seeding of the, i, 215,274. 



seen by night in the Equa- 



torial Landscape, i, 213. 



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Bambusaceae, The, i, 209. 

 Bananas, i, 223-230. 



in the N. W. P. of India, 



i, 229. 

 as exotics at hill stations, 



i, 229. 



The fruit of, Suggestions 

 as to the use of, i, 

 228. 



Bancroft, George (American Histo- 

 rian) on fort Detroit in 

 1762, ii, 232. 

 Banyan Tree, The, i, 196. 



Great Indian Specimens 



of the, i, 197-98. 

 Milton's description of 



a, i, 199. 

 African Variety of the, 



i, 199. 



Native ideas as to Sancti- 

 ty of, i, 200. 

 Baobab Tree, The, i, 297. 



Immense antiquity of 

 specimens of, i, 297- 

 298. 

 Hollow trunks of, used 



as cisterns, i, 300. 

 Dimensions of great 

 specimens of, i, 299. 

 as an Exotic in Ceylon, 



i, 301. 



Barneby, Mr. W. H., on great pine 

 trees at Burrard 

 Inlet, ii, 172-73. 

 Barometer, The, i, 148. 



as a weather glass, 



i, 149. 



Barth, Dr., on the cold at night in 

 the Sahara desert, 



i, 75- 



Bass Rock, Gannets on the, iii, 368. 

 Batavia, Range of temperature at, 



i, 70, 159- 

 Bayuda Desert, Grasses of the, 



i, 426-27. 



March of British 



army across the, 

 i, 426. 



Beasts of Prey, iii, 330. 

 Beaver meadows, iii, 256-7. 



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