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GENERAL INDEX. 



Horses, Purchase of, for travellers' 



use, iii, 234. 

 Grass-fed and corn-fed, iii, 



235. 



,, Staff of, required for run- 

 ning African game, iii, 

 224-5. 



Incredible distances cover- 

 ed by, iii, 235. 



on the march in a wild 

 country, ii, 17; iii, 237. 

 Loose, Running with tra- 

 velling party, iii, 238. 

 Sick, Coming to their mas- 

 ter's door for help, iii, 

 238-40. 



As nightguards, iii, 241. 



,, Securing of, by night,iii, 240. 



"Salted" against the African 



horse sickness, iii, 226-7. 



Horseback, Loading and firing from, 



iii, 218, 229. 

 Hot winds, i, 367, 373. 

 The Sun generally in- 

 visible during the 

 hottest periods, i, 3 7 3 . 

 Hudson Bay Co's Officers, Their 

 attachment to the ser- 

 vice, ii, 367. 



Hudson, Mr. W. H., on great mi- 

 grations of geese, ii, 

 288-9. 



Human Agency, Effects of, in mo- 

 difying climate, ii, 115. 

 Humboldt, Baron Alex. Von, on a 

 great Boabab Tree, i, 

 300, 303-4. 



Hunter Islands, Nesting grounds 



of the Albatross on, iii, 360. 



Hunters, Suggestions as to dress 



of, iii, 152. 



Faces, iii, 154-5. 

 Footgear, iii, 150-1. 

 Watching for game, iii, 



129. 



,, crossing hill-tops, ii, 130. 

 Hunting on the march, iii, 215-16. 

 ,, during thaws, iii, 187. 

 in the early morning, iii, 

 136, 251, 261. 



Hunting in the Forest during 



rains, iii, 1 8 1 . 

 Trophies, iii, 274. 

 Hurricane, The great West Indian 



of 1780, i, 121. 

 Loss of a British fleet of 



15 ships in, i, 121. 

 The great, at the Mau- 



ritius, i, 123-126. 

 In great Britain in 1703, 



i, 122. 



Hurricanes, Most violent in Tropi- 



cal Regions, i, 116. 



,, Men blown away in 



great, i, 119. 

 Directions for avoiding 



at Sea, i, 118-19. 

 Huxley, Professor, on the carrying 

 powers of streams, ii, 



Ice as a disintegrating force, ii, 386. 

 Disruptive power of expanding, 



ii, 386. 

 Great spring break-up of the 



Arctic, ii, 290, 294, 360. 

 Not caused by the 

 sun's heat, ii, 290. 

 ,, ,, but by the south 



wind, ii, 393-94. 

 Turning of Salt, into fresh in 



the Arctic Seas, ii, 345. 

 Explanation of this process, ii, 



34- 

 Thickness of, produced by a 



Polar Winter, ii, 347. 

 and Snow, The Scriptures upon, 



ii, 361. 



Fishing under the, iii, 503. 

 Setting nets under the, iii, 502. 

 Indians spearing fish at holes 



made in the, iii, 503. 

 ,, Chisels for cutting holes in, iii, 



5<>3- 

 Ice-Barrier, The great Antarctic 



Continental, ii, 348-9. 



Icebergs, Great movements of, in 



the Antarctic Ocean, ii, 349. 



,, Antarctic immensely larger 



than the Arctic, ii, 349. 



