GENERAL INDEX. 



Deserts, The, Artesian Well system 



in, i, 413. 

 Destruction (Mutual), among the 



Animal creation, iii, 332. 

 Detroit, The ancient frontier post 



at, ii, 224, 232. 

 Saved by an Ojibwa girl, 



,,"' 225- 

 The conspiracy of Pontiac 



at, ii, 224, 227. 

 Indian Council in the Fort, 



ii, 226-7. 



The conspirators outwitted 

 by the British Com- 

 mander, ii, 227-8. 

 Wildfowl Shooting in the 

 Waters near, ii, 232-3. 

 Dew Drops, Birds collecting in dry 



regions, iii, 376. 



An explorer's life saved 



by collecting, with 

 a sponge, iii, 375. 

 Dewless Regions, i, 255. 

 Direction, The faculty of keeping 

 account of, ii, 101 ; 

 iii, 98-9. 

 Dirt, as a propagator of disease, 



i, 169. 

 Distances (Judging), on Wide plains, 



iii, 205-6. 

 on Mountains, 



iii, 307. 

 across Water, 



iii, 206. 



in preternatur- 



ally clear atmo- 

 sphere, iii, 207. 

 Distant objects seen on great plains, 



iii, 194. 

 " Divides, " In Ravine countries, 



. i. 35-37- 



Dixon, Mr. Charles, on bird migra- 

 tions at great altitudes, 

 ii, 297. 



,, on the punctual arrival of 

 migratory flights, ii, 

 298. 



on destruction of life 

 among migratory birds, 

 ii, 301. 



Dodge, Col. Richard I. (U.S.A.), on 



Shooting-horses, as aids 



to sportsmen, iii, 230. 



on Wild Turkey Shoot- 

 ing, iii, 395. 



on Forest game hiding 

 among bush, iii, 159. 



on great herds of Ame- 

 rican buffalo, iii, 78. 



on the absence of scent 

 of young animals, iii, 

 118. 



on Prairie Waterspouts, 

 i, 100-104. 



on Prairie Blizzards, i, 

 130. 



on Indian Prairie guides, 



ii, 57- 

 on Sun-burn from glazed 



snow, ii, 268-69. 

 on the torture of Cap- 

 tives by Red Indians, 

 ii, 97-8. 



on an Indian alone in 



the Wilderness, ii, 99. 



on Red Indian military 



genius, ii, 102. 

 Dog Distemper, iii, 351-52. 

 " Doldrums , The, " or Equatorial 



calms, i, 87. 



Coming up of a 



storm in, i, 95. 



Douglas Firs, Vast size of some 

 trees, ii, 168-9, 

 172. 



Section of a, in South 



Kensington Mu- 

 seum, ii, 169. 

 Great flagstaff formed 



by a, ii, 170. 



Drainage, Imperfect, as a cause of 



Salt Lagoons, ii, 42. 



Drink Traffic in Africa, the, i, 



162. 

 Droughts, Instances of great, in 



Australia, ii, 35. 

 Instances of great, in 



South America, ii, 41. 

 Enormous losses of Stock 



by, ii, 41, 43-4. 



