GENERAL INDEX. 



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Bishop, Dr. S. O., on Indian Hill 



Sanitaria, ii, 412. 

 Bison (The American), as "Buffalo," 



ii, 21. 



Bittern, The, iii, 400. 

 " Black Fly," The, as an insect pest, 



iii, 467. 



"Black but Comely," i, 78. 

 Blankets useless without furs, in 



great cold, iii, 299. 

 emitting flame in great 



dry heat, i, 74. 

 emitting flame, when 

 moved in great dry 

 cold, ii, 331-32. 



Blazing a Trail, in a great forest 



country, i, 179. 



"Blinds," Shooting from behind, 



iii, 294. 

 Blindfolding Restive Horses etc., 



iii, 233. 

 Blizzards, i, 126; ii, 269. 



People frozen to death 



in, i, 127-28; ii, 25. 

 Causes of, i, 131. 



The great American, of 



1888, i, 133-36. 

 English example of a, 



i, 137- 



Encamped in Canadian 



Forests during, iii, 185. 



Domestic cattle and horses 



during, i, 129; ii, 23. 



Block Houses, American Frontier 



a century ago, ii, 230. 



their garrisons and 



surroundings, ii, 231. 



Slowdowns in a great forest, iii, 



171. 



Boats, Method of making fires on 

 the floors of safely, iii, 468. 

 Sailing .of small, cautions re- 

 specting, iii, 171-72. 

 Boer Battue of Antelopes, iii, 65. 



War, The, iii, 205. 

 Boiling Points of Water, at great 

 elevations, ii, 456-7. 

 Bolivian Andes, Extremes of Tem- 

 perature in the, i, 82. 

 Bombacese, The, i, 153, 309. 



Boone, Daniel, of Kentucky, Ameri- 

 can forest ranger, 

 ii, 217. 

 as an Indian fighter, 



ii, 205-6. 



daughter carried off 



by Indians, ii, 206. 



Pursuit and recapture 



of, by, ii, 207-210. 



"Born Soldiers," The question of 



the existence of, 



ii, 101. 



Botany, Value of a knowledge of, 



to travellers, i, 33. 

 The, of a country fixes its 



climatic range, i, 46. 

 B6-Tree, The, i, 200, 309. 

 as a Parricide Tree, 



i, 310. 



as the Sacred tree of 

 the Buddhists, i, 200, 

 204. 



as a destroyer of the 

 works of man, i, 201 . 

 Bouquet, Brig. Gen. Henry, on the 

 rescue of white Indian 

 captives, ii, 221-2. 

 Bourke, Capt. John G. (U.S.A.) 

 on life in the Apache 

 country, ii, 85. 

 on Indian honesty, ii, 105. 

 Bowers, Capt. Hamilton, on the 

 forage plants of Thibet, 

 iii, 301. 



on Thibetan game in the 



Winter Snows, iii, 302. 



Bowles, Mr. Samuel, on shooting the 



rapids in a Colorado 



Cafion, ii, 65. 



Bows and Arrows of Red Indian 



Tribes, iii, 219. 



Braddock (British General), Expedi- 

 tion against Fort Du 

 Quesne, ii, 229. 



Brahmaputra, Great Cyclone and 

 enormous loss of 

 life upon the, i, 

 133 5 ii. 502. 



Bread Fruit Tree, The, i, 230. 

 Brent geese, ii, 288; iii, 422. 



