GENERAL INDEX. 



Chinese, The, on the Devil's eyes of 



Europeans, i, 437. 

 Chirra-Poonjee, The maximum of 

 recorded rainfalls 

 at, i, 96. 



Chloroform, the only fluid un- 

 affected by the Polar 

 "Winter, ii, 344. 

 Chobe River, Great herds of game 



on, Hi, 73-4. 



Cinnamon Laurel, The, i, 421. 

 Gardens at Colombo, 



The, i, 421-2. 

 Citronelle Oil, i, 277. 

 City Life, The influences of, upon 

 mankind, i, 5 ; ii, 12. 

 Short sight among chil- 

 dren brought up in, 

 ii, 12. 



Clearing the forest, The process of, 

 in America, ii, 124-5. 

 by making a "dead- 

 ening," ii, 124. 

 Expenses per acre of, 



ii, 127. ' 

 Cliffs, Lines of, as great Natural 



barriers, ii, 58. 



gigantic instances of, 

 on the American 

 Prairies, ii, 58. 



probably the result of 



subsidence, ii, 7- 



Climate, Effects of, on the destinies 



of the human race, ii, 



30-31. 



Climatic Zones, No actual fixed 

 limits to the, 



i, 38-39. 

 Clothing during the Tropical hot 



season, i, 258. 



great cold, iii, 299. 



Cloud Caps on High Mountains, ii, 



439- 



Drift, as indicative of ap- 

 proaching changes of 

 weather, iii, 471. 



Coasts of Tropical Countries gener- 

 ally unhealthy, i, 63. 

 Cocoa, i, 234. 



Nut Palm, The, i, 207. 



Cocoa Nut Palm, in heavy gales, 



i, 207. 



Cod Fish, The, iii, 444. 

 Fisheries, The British North 

 American, iii, 441-2, 444. 

 Smack, Fishing outfit of a, 



iii, 440. 



Cold, The effects of, in the extinc- 

 tion of species, i, 332. 

 Similarity of the effect of 

 great dry, to that of great 

 dry heat, ii, 332, 335. 

 Shrinkage and cracking of 

 timber in great, ii, 329-30. 

 Skin burnt by touching metals 



in, ii, 332. 

 First effects of, on the human 



system, ii, 336. 



seldom dangerous, while the 



atmosphere is still, ii, 339. 



Therapeutic Effects of great 



dry, ii, 340. 

 No acclimatization to the 



effects of, ii, 364. 

 Experiences of the Monks of 

 St. Bernard upon, ii, 365. 

 Coleridge's opinion of Pringle's 

 poem " Afar in The 

 Desert," in, 87. 

 Colorado River, The Grand Gallon 



of the, ii, 60. 



Colourings of Landscapes, i, 328. 

 Columbia River, The Bar of the, 



ii, 467. 



Comfort, Personal, in the field, 

 Suggestions upon, iii, 244. 

 Comstock, Celebrated Scout, Anec- 

 dote of his Sagacity, ii, 92. 

 Advice to U.S. officers 



on Indian fighting, ii, 



93-4- 

 killed by Red Indians 



at last, ii, 95. 

 Condors, iii, 339. 

 Constellations, The, as referred to 

 in Scripture, ii, 363. 

 Their Study at Sea, 



iii, 43- 



Continual Change as the absolute 

 law of Nature, ii, 192-3. 



