GENERAL INDEX. 



523 



Equatorial Forest,Tiers of Vegetation 

 in the, i, 185. 



The great trees 



(or 1st tier), i, 

 185-6. 



shade-loving trees 



(or 2nd tier), i, 187. 

 ,, Dwarf under- 



growth (or 3d 

 tier) i, 187. 



Regions, Grass plains of, 

 Central AfricanHigh- 



lands, i, 176. 

 ,, Healthy Stations of 



the, i, 157. 



Normal Temperature 

 of the Day in the, 

 i, 1 60. 



Vegetation of, by 



Night, i, 213-14. 



Trees, Brilliant colourings 



of young growths 



of, i, 222-23. 



Changes of leaf in 



the, 222. 



Rainstorms, i, 158-9. 

 Estuaries of great Rivers, The, ii, 



566. 



Eucalypti, Giant trees, ii, 181-2. 

 The leaves, and foliage of, 



ii, 183-4. 

 Shadeless character of 



their foliage, ii, 185. 

 As drought resisting trees, 



ii, 184. 



Supposed febrifuge pro- 

 perties of, ii, 184. 

 Scented leaves of certain 



varieties, ii, 186. 



Europeans, Acclimatization of, in 



tropical regions, i, 1 60. 



Acclimatization of, to 



great cold, ii 364. 

 Acclimatization a Fal- 



lacy, ii, 364. 



Europe (Western), Originally a great 



forest country, ii, 1 1 1 . 



Evaporation and Condensation, i, 



113-14; iii, 3. 

 from the ocean, iii, 20-2 1 . 



Evaporation in visible form, i, 114. 

 Everest (Mount), The highest known 



peak, ii, 421. 

 Execution of an Arab Murderess, i, 



450. 

 Experience in a wild country, 



Value of, ii, 9-10. 

 Explorers, i, 24. 

 Express Trains, Record speeds 



of, ii, 298. 

 Extinct Animals, i, 314-15; ii, 118- 



19, 274. 



in the clays of 



Great Britain, 



i 333- 



Extinction of Species, Considera- 

 tions upon the, ii, 309. 

 Eye-sight, Improvement of, by 

 practice, iii, 156. 



Fakirs or oriental mendicant saints, 



i, 447-8. 



Falconberg, Mr. (C.E.), on the cold 

 of the desert night, 



i, 397- 



on the prevalence of 



cold winds in the 

 desert, i, 398. 

 Famines in India, Instances of 



great, i, 89, 97. 

 Farmers, A plea for the protection 



of birds by, iii, 323. 

 in wild countries, Watch- 

 ing their fields by night, 

 iii, 137, 293. 

 Fat game in Waterless districts, 



i 3I9- 



Fear of man among animals, The, 



iii, in, '120-21, 14$. 



Fenimore Cooper's Novels mostly 



founded on historic 



facts, ii, 205 . 



,, "Last of The Mohicans, " 



ii, 206. 

 Story of Alice and Cora 



in, ii, 206-8. 

 Fever, Malarial, and the Tropical 



Rains, i, 246. 



ascending mountains 



by ravines, ii, 4 1 8 . 



