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GENERAL INDEX. 



Droughts, Hare driven by thirst, 



drinks out of a dish 



held by an officer, ii, 44. 



The Scripture upon a 



prolonged, i, 92. 

 Dry Atmosphere, The Phenomena 



of, i, 74-75. 



Dry and equable temperatures, 

 never concurrent, i, 82. 

 " Duck Pass, " A great, on a Mis- 

 sissippi swamp, ii, 233. 

 Duck Passes, on connecting streams 

 between lakes, iii, 416-17. 

 Dull Sighted Animals, iii, 125. 

 Dust, Some of the Scientific aspects 



of, i, 370-72. 



Clouds, Some effects of, iii, 209. 

 Storms, i, 138, 141-2, 361. 

 at Sea, i, 369. 



Moving columns of sand and, 



i, 138-141, 362, 372. 

 ,, Causes of these whirlwinds, 



i, 139- 

 Dwellers upon plains, Keen sight of, 



iii, 194. 



Dying Horses coming to their 

 master's tent for help, iii, 

 238-40. 



Earth, The, Antiquity of, i, 337 ; 



ii, 391- 

 Huttonian 



theory of, i, 337. 

 Evolution of Life upon, 



i, 338-40. 



Its 14 various move- 



ments, ii, 7 * 



B Curvature of the,ii,496. 



,, Permanent markings 



upon, iii, 256. 

 Eastern Races, Changeless habits 



of, i, 1 6. 



Egypt, Climate unchanged during 



historic time, ii, 252-53. 



Egyptian Embalmers' Art,The,i,379- 



Tombs, Ancient footprints 



on the floors of, i, 380. 



Electrical Phenomena of great dry 



heat, i, 74. 

 of great dry cold, ii,33 1. 



Elephants in Ceylon on roads and 



Railways, iii, 1 1 o- 1 1 . 



and the Scent of man, 



iii, 112-13. 

 Paths, iii, 257. 



Elevation and rapid alternations of 

 temperature, ii, 395-6. 

 and the Progressive in- 

 crease of cold, ii, 454. 

 and Climate, Its effects 

 upon,i, 6i-62;ii,395,4OO. 

 Elevations, Intense cold at great, 



ii, 408-11, 458-9. 

 Pecularities of life at 



great, ii, 456; iii, 304. 

 Elk, cleverness of, in hiding itself, 



iii, 159- 



Great herds of, inAmerica,iii,8o. 

 ,, Hunting in America with 



Indians, iii, 1 86. 



The great Irish fossil, ii, 1 1 8 - 1 9 . 



Elphinstone, The Hon. Mountstuart, 



on the bursting of the 



IndianMonsoon,i, 109-10. 



Emin-Pasha, Death of, in the African 



Wilderness, i, 8. 

 on the antiquity of cer- 



tain African animals, i, 333. 

 Enchanted gardens, Probable origin 

 of Oriental idea of, i, 290. 

 Engadine, Winter in the upper, i, 8 1 . 

 Valley and chain of Lakes, 



ii, 469-70. 



Equatorial Day, Delicious freshness 



of mornings, i, 154, 214. 



Day, The, Its sudden 



transit into Night, i, 1 54. 



Evening, The, i, 156. 



Forest Zone, The, i, 151. 

 Tribes, iii, 99. 



as a great wilder- 



ness country, i, 



163- 



Wealth of Vege- 

 tation in the, i, 

 181-3. 



Hunting often im- 



practicable through 

 density of the forests 

 of, iii, 100. 



