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GENERAL INDEX. 



Brine, Worms and crustaceae in 



concentrated, iii, 371. 

 Effects of Arctic Cold upon, 



ii, 346. 



Britain as a forest country, ii, 1 1 i-i 2. 

 as a Tropical country in 

 remote times, i, 333-4. 

 British Columbia, Fishing in, iii, 44 1 . 

 Gigantic pine trees 



in, ii, 167-9, r 7 2 -4- 

 Bryden, (Mr. H. A.) on the Kala- 

 hari Desert, i, 311, 317. 

 on Trekking across Thirst- 

 Lands, i, 314, 317. 

 on fat game in Waterless 



Districts, i, 319. 



Buddha, Colossal figures of, in In- 

 dian Temples, ii, 334. 

 Buffalo (American), Geographical 

 range of the ii, 24-5. 

 Migrations of the, iii, 5 1 . 

 in the Winter snows, ii, 



25-6; ii, 306. 



Eastwards of the Missis- 

 sippi, ii, 1 60. 

 in the Great Hunting 



days, ii, 20. 

 Destruction of, by Skin 



Hunters, ii, 20. 

 Robe Crop of, during the 

 period of destruction, 

 iii, 80. 

 Extermination of the, iii, 



229-30. 

 Stampedes among herds 



of, iii, 76-79. 

 Vast herds of, former 



days, iii, 75. 



Trails, as guides to the 

 easiest route in Travel- 

 ling, ii, 57. 



Hybrid Cattle, ii, 22. 

 in severe 



Blizzards, ii, 23-4. 

 Burchell, Mr. Wm. John, on scarcity 

 of game in forests, iii, 55. 

 Burns and Frostbites, Points of 

 affinity between, ii, 332. 

 Burrard, Inlet, Magnificent pine trees 

 on, ii, I7I-73- 



Burrard, Inlet, at the present day v 



ii, 174. 



Burton (Capt. Sir Richard F.), on 

 the scarcity of game in 

 great forests, iii, 55. 

 (Capt. Sir Richard F.), Anec- 

 dote by, of the " deadly cli- 

 mate of Africa," i, 101. 

 Bush or Jungle Country, The, i, 241. 

 Seasons in the, i, 244-46. 

 Surface divisions of, i, 261. 

 Butler, Gen.W. F., on the attractions. 

 of the Wilderness, ii, 367. 

 Butterflies, at great elevations, ii, 



455- 



Buttressed Trees, i, 291. 

 Byron, Lord, lines on "Travellers, 

 reposing under ancient 

 trees," i, 306. 



on Arabs resting by a. 

 well, i, 441. 



Cairo, High Nile at, ii, 516-17. 



Rainfall of, ii, 518. 

 Calcutta, Great rain storm at, i, 96. 

 Currents in the Hooghly 

 at, in flood time, ii, 



495 498. 

 Destructive Cyclones at, 



ii, 500-501. 



Cambyses, King of Persia, loss of 



the army of, in the 



Libyan Desert, i, 140, 



356-8. 



Camels during desert marches, i r 



403-5. 



The Scent of, creating panic 



among Horses, iii, 123. 



Camping in dry riverbeds, Danger 



of, i, 99, 101. 

 in dry ravines in malarious 



countries, i, 272-74. 

 Camp Life in Snow Time, iii, 178^ 

 in great cold, ii, 354; iii,. 



184-5. 



Canada, Salmon fishing in, iti, 459- 



Sea-Trout fishing in, iii, 460. 



Canadian Winters, more severe- 



before forest cleared,. 



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