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GENERAL INDE X. 



Newfoundland, the fisheries and 

 banks of, iii, 44 1 . 



New York, the great Blizzard of 



March 1 888, 1,133-36. 



Gigantic snow drifts in 



the Streets, i, 134-36. 



Night, Charm of the tropical, i, 80. 



-Scented Flowers and Plants, 



ii, 121. 

 in a great forest region, ii, 



142-43. 

 ,, shooting on the outskirts of 



forests, iii, 137. 

 Progressive fall of tempera- 



tion during, ii, 342-3. 

 at great altitudes on moun- 

 tains, iii, 299. 



glasses, iii, 201, 288-9. 

 "Night of the Drop," Egyptian 

 festival of the, ii, 516. 

 Night-shooting at wildfowl, iii,4 1 3-4. 

 best conditions for 



punt gunners,iii,4 1 3 . 

 necessity for a dark 



background dur- 

 ing, iii, 414. 



Nile Region, The, i, 348. 

 The Delta of the, ii, 503. 

 ,, as a great historic River, 



ii, 53- 

 Discovery of the Sources 



of, ii, 505. 

 Great Desert track of, ii, 



507, 5!3- 

 Panorama at the 2nd 



Cataract of, ii, 508. 

 Upper Cataracts of, ii, 



57-5 9- 

 ,, Inundations of, ii, 514, 



517-18. 

 Works of irrigation on, 



ii, 504, 513. 

 Great Bird migrations 



upon, iii, 380-1. 

 Nocturnal Habits of Forest Animals, 



iii, 1378. 

 of Beasts- of Prey, 



iii, 138. 



Noises heard in a great Forest, 

 iii, 146, 1 88. 



Nomadic Tribes, i, 1 6, 78. 

 Nordenskiold, Professor Baron, on 

 Spitzbergen rein- 

 deer, ii, 280. 



on Snow in the Polar 



Regions, ii, 354. 



North Cape, Magnificent view of 

 Arctic solitudes from, ii, 

 265. 



West Passage, The, ii, 247. 



Norwegian Summer, The, ii, 264. 



. Forests, and fir poles, 



ii, 119-20. 



,, fisheries,iii, 443-4,453-4. 



Fjords, Fishing from 



ships at anchor in, 



iii, 443. 



Nose, The, as the sentinel of 



health, i, 156, 247. 

 Nullahs or Ravines, of the Indus 

 region, ii, 537. 



Oases of the Desert, i, 410. 

 Unhealthy nature of some 



of the, i, 412. 

 Beauty of Arab gardens in 



the, i, 412, 419. 



Objects in motion, at once attract 



practised eye, iii, 153-54. 



Oblivion, The Waters of, i, 389. 



Observation, Necessity for, among 



Travellers, i, 3, 3 1 9. 



Observing the Weather, The art of, 



iii, 242-3; 4/1-2. 

 Ocean, Great rivers entering the, 



ii, 484. 

 ,, Terrestrial curvature of the, 



ii, 496. 

 Sources of the water supply 



of the, iii, 5. 

 Area of the, iii, IO. 

 Abyssal Region of the, iii, 



11-13, 2 6- 

 Life at great depths in the, 



iii, 17-8. 

 Pressure at great depths 



in the, iii, 18. 

 ,, currents, iii, 21. 

 ,, Cushion of still water on 

 the floor of the, iii, 25. 



