GENERAL INDEX. 



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Kauri Pine of New Zealand, ii, 186. 



gum, ii, 187. 

 Kentucky, The Blue grass region of, 



ii, 75- 6 - 



Kerr, Mr. Walter, Retrospect of his 

 own career, as an explorer, 

 by, i, 30. 



Khus-Khus grass, The scented 

 Indian, i, 278. 

 Khyber Pass, The, ii, 443. 

 King George III., of England and 

 ministers, Respect due to 

 memory of, ii, 21 2. 

 Kinloch, Colonel, on the game of 

 the Thibetan Tableland, 

 ii, 459-60. 

 Kites, Boldness of the Indian, iii, 



346-7- 



in ancient London, iii, 349. 

 Klunzinger. Dr., on a desert storm, 



i, 94. 



Koh-i-Nur, Diamond, The, ii, 529. 

 Kohl, Herr J. G., on the Central 



Asian Steppes, ii, 477. 

 Koran, The, on the mirage of the 



desert, i, 392. 



The, on the resurrection of 

 vegetable life during the 

 rains, i, 419-20. 

 Korosko, The Desert Caravan route 



from, i, 359. 



Intense heat in the desert 

 near, i, 74. 



Labrador, Its climate a bar to its 



advance thus far, ii, 30. 



,, Splendid trout fishing 



in, iii, 462. 



Ladak, The Climate of, ii, 407-8. 

 Laing, Surgeon J., on the midnight 

 sun and constant day at 

 Spitzbergen, ii, 266. 

 Lake Ponchartrain, ii, 550. 

 Lake Menzaleh (Egypt), Bird life 



upon, iii, 370. 

 Titicaca (Peru), ii, 73-4. 

 Lakes, Rate of deposit of sediment 



by, ii, 471-2. 



The great Central African, 

 ii, 506. 



Lakes, Area of the great North 



American, ii, 555. 

 Trout fishing in the, iii, 460- 1 . 

 ,, Sudden storms upon, iii, 



472-3- 

 Why waves rise so quickly 



during storms, iii, 470. 

 ,, Travelling over frozen, iii, 



187- 



Lambert, Mr. A. B., on great Amer- 

 ican pine trees, ii, 168. 

 Land, Constant tendency of, to 

 revert to its wild state, 

 i, 41. 



Landing after a Sea Voyage, Ap- 

 parent motion of Earth, 



iii, 39- 



,, -Net, value of, for wild 



fowlers in boats, iii, 426. 



Language of Wildfowl, The, iii, 



405-6. 



Lapland, The forests of, ii, 114. 

 Laslett, Mr. Thomas, on timber 

 for naval uses, ii, 137-8. 

 Latitude, The highest, attained thus 



far, ii, 246. 



Lauture, Comte D'Escayrac De, on 

 a desert sand storm, i, 

 362-3. 

 , , on nigh t marches in deserts, 



i, 402-3. 

 on the attractions of desert 



travel, i, 454-5. 

 Lemming, The Arctic, ii, 317. 

 Plague of, in Norway, ii, 



317-18. 



Lemon grass, i, 277. 

 Levinge, Capt., on birds plunging 

 into snow drifts, ii, 322. 

 Lianas, i, 215, 217-18. 



as flowering plants, i, 



219-20. 



Lichens, Nutritive, ii, 305 ; iii, 303. 

 Life, A perpetual warfare, i, 22. 

 Evolved out of decay, ii, 144. 

 on board ship, iii, 36. 

 during hot 



weather, iii, 41. 



a ball at Sea, 

 iii, 42. 



