GENERAL INDEX. 



539 



Ocean fishing, iii, 450-52. 



Surface fish in mid, iii, 45 1. 

 breezes as promoters of 



forest growths, ii, 7. 

 The, as the great terrestrial 



reservoir, iii, 3. 



,, must be regarded as 



a single circum ter- 

 restrial Sea, iii, 1 1 . 

 steamships, Great modern, 



iii, 42. 



Odours, Fragrant and health, i, 156. 



Noisome and disease, 1,247. 



Ohio River, Quantities of game 



upon, in 1751, ii, 160. 

 Oil, Use of, as a lubricant for the 

 skin in hot climates, i, 43 1 . 

 Optical illusions in the Desert, i, 



387-8 394- 



respecting dis- 



tances, i, 394. 

 Oranges, i, 226. 

 Orchids, i, 220. 



Oriental City, Sketch of surround- 

 ings of an, i, 16-17. 

 ,, Costume, i, 440. 

 ,, Customs, Unchangeable 

 characteristics of, i, 15. 

 Original Thought, Comparative ra- 

 rity of exercise of, ii, 



10-11. 



Ostrich, The, i, 438. 



The Scriptures upon the, i, 



439- 



Farms, i, 439. 

 Ancient ideas respecting 



the, i, 438-9. 



Oswell, Mr. W. C., on "jagging" 

 African game, iii, 224-25. 

 Outrages (A series of) generally 

 precursors of Native social 

 commotions, ii, 96. 

 Overland Route (to California), Mas- 

 sacres of Emi- 

 grants, ii, 82. 



Life at Frontier 



Post on, ii, 84. 

 Conduct of a "Wag- 



gon Train across 

 the, ii, 9, 89. 



Paine, Thomas, on The Great Book 



of Nature, iii, 507. 

 ,, Obituary Notice of, iii, 508. 

 Palm Leaves, Examples of great, i, 



208-9. 



Ribs of, used as na- 



tive shoulder sticks, 

 i, 207. 



Trees, Great height of certain 



specimens of, i, 209. 



on Mountains, ii, 



453-4- 



Wine, i, 431. 

 Pampas, The South American, ii, 



15-16, 44-5. 



Indians, The, ii, 15, 17. 



Thistles, Great thickets of 



the, ii, 76. 



Papyrus Reed, The Egyptian, i, 277. 

 Paraguay River, Dorado fishing 



in the, iii, 480. 

 Parasitic Life, ii, 149. 

 Park-like Region of the Bush coun- 

 try, i, 285-6. 



Parkman, Mr. Francis, on great 

 herds of American 

 buffalo, iii, 76-77. 

 ,, on the forest Indian, i, 4. 



on the Indian as a child 



of the Wilderness, 

 ii, 99. 

 Paths, Deeply worn, i, 17. 



Red Indian Forest, ii, 213. 

 Ancient lines of, still 



visible, ii, 214. 

 African, ii, 214. 

 Pea Rifles, Value of practice with, in 

 improving shooting, iii, 211. 

 Peepul Tree of India, The (See 



"o Tree"). 

 Pelicans, Great migratory flights of, 



iii, 369-70. 

 Pelletier, Pierre Joseph, discoverer 



of Quinine, i, 238. 

 Persia, Great herds of deer in, 



iii, 8 1. 

 Peru, The Region of La Montafia 



of, ii, 398. 



Dry Region of El Tablazo 

 of, ii, 403-4. 



