GENERAL INDEX. 



535 



of the Arctic Winter, 



"> 343- 



Markham, Col. Frederick, on the 

 source of the Ganges, 



", 43 1- 



Martin, Surg. Gen., Sir James R., 

 on the climatic range of 

 tropical disease, i, 67. 

 on nature effacing the works 



of man, i, 203-4. 



Martineau, Miss, on the straggle 

 of the Nile with the 

 Desert, ii, 512. 

 Martius, Herr Von, on flowering 



lianas, i, 2 1 8. 



Matches (Lucifer), lit by touching 

 hot sand in the desert 

 with, i, 74, 375. 

 Risks of carrying, in hot 



climates, i, 376. 

 Mauritius, Great Hurricane at the, 



i, 123-26. 

 Maury, Lieut. M. F., (U.S.N.), on 



the trade winds, i, 84. 

 ,, on the Circumpolar Regions, 



ii, 249. 



on the Gulf stream, iii, 23. 

 on floating masses of Me- 

 dusae at sea, iii, 25. 

 on minute shells in the 

 Ocean depths, iii, 26-7. 

 Maxim, Mr. Hiram, The flying 



machine of, iii, 364. 

 Medusae, floating masses of, at sea, 



iii, 25. 



Meehan, Professor, on the exist- 

 ence of living plants 

 under glaciers, ii, 312. 

 Mellard Reade, Mr. T., on moun- 

 tain architecture, ii, 377-8. 

 Menzaleh (Lake), Great flocks of 

 Pelicans upon, iii, 370. 

 ,, of flamingoes upon, iii, 370. 

 Mersey, The Estuary of the, ii, 



466. 



Mexico, Zones of Temperature and 

 Vegetation in, i, 64-66. 

 Meyen, Professor Franz, on subdi- 

 visions of the Arctic Zone, 

 ii, 258. 



Meyen, Table of Phytogeographical 



Zones of, ii, 451. 

 Meyer, Dr. Hans von, on African 

 thorns and thorny bush, 

 i, 286. 



Midnight Sun, The, ii, 255, 264^66. 



The, Table of the 



progress of, ii, 271. 



Migratory movements of game, The 



causes of, ii, 283; iii, 47. 



Millet, i, 426. 



Mimosa Pudica, or The Sensitive 



plant, i, 295. 

 Mimosas Blooms, i, 290, 292. 



Trees etc., of the genus, 



i, 292. 

 ,, Sleep movements of the, 



i, 294-5. 

 Minnesota Lake Country, Fishing 



in the, iii, 465. 



Mirage, A distorted image of ac- 

 tual objects, i, 388. 

 ,, Remarkable instance of, in 

 an Arctic fog, ii, 319. 

 ,, Remarkable instance of, at 



sea, i, 386-7. 



Never imposes upon ani- 

 mals, i, 390. 



Cause of the sudden dis- 

 appearances of, i, 392., 

 An Australian Surveying 

 party deceived by,i,392-3- 

 ,, Its effects, on Rifle shooting 



iii, 207. 

 Miramichi, Great forest fire on the, 



iii, 392. 



Missed Shots, iii, 308. 

 Mississippi River System, The, ii, 



539- 



,, "Levees" or embank- 



ments, ii, 54 2 ' 



The Passes of the, ii, 



549, 55i- 



water, Facts concern- 



ing, ii, 54 542. 



Delta of The, ii, 543, 



550. 



,, Snags in the, ii, 545-6. 



Steamboat and Steam- 



boat disasters, 11,546-7. 



