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GENERAL INDEX. 



Gordon, The Rev. Dr., on the 

 attractions of the Canadian 

 Wilderness, ii, 367. 



Gould, Mr. John, F.R.S., on the 

 flight of the Albatross, 



iii, 3 6 3- 

 Grass, as the Scriptural Emblem of 



mortality, i, 428. 



Grasses, Arctic, Varieties of, ii, 277. 

 that indicate waterless 



tracts, i, 322, 425. 

 of Tropical and Temperate 

 Zone contrasted, i, 284. 

 The dwarf pasture of Great 



Britain, i, 284. 

 ,, Prickly varieties of desert, 



i, 287, 425-6. 

 Penetrating power of roots 



of, in sand, i, 316. 

 Grass Fires, i, 291. 



,, as a cause of great 



herds of game, iii, 58. 



Gray, Mr. Robert, on tame wildducks 



in Scotland, iii, 318. 



on gannets fishing, iii, 



369- 

 Great Hunting Days, The (of the 



past), iii, 59. 

 ,, Trees seen on the Indian 



plain, i, 306-8. 

 Greenland, As the Mother of 



icebergs, ii, 347. 

 Grouse, The different varieties of, 



iii, 498-9. 

 Guadarama River, Lost in the plains 



of Murcia, ii, 46. 

 Gulf Stream, Its effects upon British 



Climates, ii, 30. 



,, Tropical drift-wood 



carried to the Arctic 



Regions by, ii, 261. 



Gum Arabic, i, 289. 



Gums and gumbearing trees, i, 289. 



Gun Sights, Aids to seeing of, at 



night, iii, 285. 



,, Stocks, Broken by falls,iii,249-5o. 

 Guns, Indian Trade, and gun ac- 

 cidents, iii, 321-2. 

 Shooting of affected, by 

 rarefied air, 306-7. 



Guns, Advantages of long barrels foi 

 mountain shooting, iii, 307. 

 Cautions against over light bar- 

 rels, for travellers, iii, 350. 

 Gunshot Wounds, Shock to the 

 Nervous System 

 in, iii, 275. 



Sensations on receiv- 



ing, iii, 275. 



,, of the human subject, 



iii, 278-9. 



Hair, The Human, probable causes 



of turning grey, ii, 327. 



"Haifa," or Esparto grass, i, 424. 



Half-breeds, Human Races of, 



generally inferior, ii, 78. 



Hammerfest, The Arctic port of, 



ii, 260. 



Influence of the Gulf 



Stream at, ii, 261. 



The midnight sun at, 



ii, 265. 



Hare, The Arctic, ii, 319. 

 ,, as a desert animal, i, 



432-33- 

 Hares turning white during severe 



winters, ii, 327. 

 turning white during winter 



in Russia, ii, 328. 

 Hardie, Capt. Campbell, on the 

 Indian Birch Bark Canoe, 

 ii, 164. 

 Harrier Falcon, Capture of fish by 



the, iii, 367-8. 



Harris, Capt. Cornwallis, on great 

 herds of game in South 

 Africa, iii, 61. 



Retrospect of own career 



as a hunter by, i, 27. 



Hartley, The English Hunter (of 



S. African fame), iii, 66. 



Hawker, Col. Peter, on punt guns, 



iii, 413-19. 

 ,, on wildfowl shooting by 



night, iii, 414. 

 Heavy shot with punt 



gun by, iii, 424. 

 on care of health by 

 Sportsmen, iii, 429. 



