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GENERAL INDEX. 



Fever, Malarial, Why the rains pro- 

 duce a recrudescence 

 of, i, 246. 



Comparative immun- 



ity from, in heavy 

 forests, instances of, 

 i, 190. 



Outbreak of, among 



Mr. Stanley's people 

 on entering the 

 plains, i, 190. 



Ficus Elastica, The, i, 205. 

 Field glasses (See Binoculars and 



Telescopes). 



as aids to vision, iii, 198. 



Figuier, Dr. Louis, on The Sleep 



of Plants, i, 296. 

 Firearms, Extinction of Wild game 



by, i, 19. 



Reports of, sometimes re- 



garded by game as 

 thunder, ii, 21. 



The Introduction of, 

 among the Red Indian 

 Tribes, iii, 221. 

 Firing "Low," The advantages of, 



iii, 211. 

 The necessity, of by 



Night, iii, 285. 



Fir Trees, Some great American 

 examples of, ii, 167-7- 

 Fish, Deep Sea, iii, 17. 

 Always brought up 



dead, iii, 17. 

 Phosphorescence of, 



iii, 17. 

 buried in mud, in dry lagoons, 



iii, 432. 

 in pools of dry river beds, 



iii. 433- 

 in Shallow Sand Streams, 



iii, 434. 

 along the great Barrier Reef 



of Australia, iii, 450. 

 Fish Hooks, iii, 492-3. 

 Fishermen, Inflatable ring seat for, 



iii, 467. 



Waterproofs for,iii,468. 



Fishing, In Wild countries, iii, 430. 



In Tropical Regions, iii,4/ 7 . 



Fishing, with night lines by Trav- 

 ellers, iii, 503. 



Fishing Tackle, disasters for want of, 

 in African Expe- 

 ditions, iii, 475. 



Hints on, for use 



in wild countries, 

 iii, 490-94. 



Made up. soon 



becomes worth- 

 less in hot clim- 

 ates, iii, 493. 



Spoon-bait, the tra- 



veller's mainstay, 

 iii, 494. 



the use of thin steel 



wire instead of 

 gut, iii, 497. 

 Flamingoes and Salt Lakes, ii, 47 ; 



iii, 370-71. 

 Flat Plains, River torrents upon, 



ii. 493. 55- 

 Flies, Artificial, for fishermen, iii, 



494-5- 



generally disappointing 

 in wild countries, 

 iii, 495. 



The Plague of, i, 248 ; ii, 133, 

 15 1-2; iii, 446. 



as a cause of 

 game migra- 

 tions, iii, 50. 



Flight-shooting, at wild fowl, iii, 416. 

 Boisterous weather the 



best for, iii, 416. 

 Floods following long droughts, i, 97. 

 Great sudden, on the Atbara, 



i, 98-99. 



in the United 



States, i, 100- 



104; ii, 66. 



upon the Ganges in the 



rainy season, ii, 493. 

 Floor, The, of a great forest, A 

 Nursery and a Tomb, ii, 1 44. 

 Florida, Tarpon fishing in, iii, 444- 



447- 

 Snakes in, iii, 448. 



Wildfowl Shooting in, iii. 

 448. 



