542 



GENERAL IN DEX. 



Quick-Sand, Extraordinary and 

 dreadful death in a, 



", 53- 

 Quinine, The Discovery of, i, 



237-8. 



Public spirited conduct of 

 two young French 

 Chemists, i, 239. 

 Their title to immortal 

 glory as benefactors of 

 humanity, i, 239-40. 

 Quito, Route to, from Guayaquil, 



ii, 401. 



Its climate, position and 

 fruit markets, ii, 402. 



Rabbit pest in Australia, The, iii, 



81-2. 



Rae, Dr. J., on salt water ice 

 becoming fresh, on Arctic 

 Seas, ii, 345-6. 

 Rain, The causes of, i, 83. 

 Rain-Storm, The coming up of a 



monsoonal, i, 93. 

 Rains, The Zone of constant, i, 



159-60. 



(The Tropical) Synchronous 



with the passage of the 



sun in the zenith, i, 250. 



,, and Electrical Phenomena, 



iii, i o. 

 Rainy-Seasons,The Zone of Double, 



i, 159- 

 The Zone of Single, 



i. 243. 

 Ranching, as a business concern, 



ii, 37-40. 

 Rattans, i, 215, 283. 



Their enormous length, i, 



216. 

 Ravine of the great Rangit River, 



The, ii, 415. 

 Countries, "The Divides" 



of, ii, 35- 

 Ravines in the surfaces of great 



plains, ii, 34, 478. 

 as conduits of Malaria, 



ii, 35, 418-420. 

 as shelters for ambushes, 

 ii, 91-2. 



Realms of space, Temperature of 



the, ii, 357. 

 Red Fogs, i, 369. 

 man, The, and the white, i,2i. 

 Sea, Heats in the, i, 260. 

 Reindeer, The, and the Laplanders, 



ii, 278. 



in Spitzbergen, ii, 280-8 1 . 



,, and reindeer moss in 



snowtime, ii, 281, 



305-6. 



How much a deer can 



draw, ii, 282. 



Moss, The, ii, 281,305. 



Retrospects of their own careers 



by great Hunters 



and Travellers, i, 25. 



Rhododendrons, Great Himalayan, 



ii, 416. 



Rice, Lieut. Wm., on the hot 

 weather in India, i, 73. 

 River beds as roads, ii, 58. 

 ,, systems, The great, ii, 464. 

 Fishing, iii, 459. 

 Channels, how they are form- 

 ed, ii, 464-5, 469. 

 The improvement of, 



ii, 498. 

 Currents, as an inclined 



plane, ii, 495. 



,, ,, their cross sections 



curvilinear, ii, 496. 



Estuaries, Bars on the mouths 



of, ii, 466. 

 Rivers that flow through deserts, 



i, 428. 



High banks on, denote that 

 the stream is eroding 

 them, ii, 540. 



Strategical importance of the 

 Navigation of great, ii, 



5 6 4- 



Rocky Mountains, The, ii, 377. 

 Rods (fishing) for travellers' use, iii, 



485, 490. 



,, Bamboos for making, iii, 487. 

 Roney, Professor, on great American 



pigeon roosts, iii, 390. 

 Rook, The, as a Bird of Aristo- 

 cratic Proclivities, iii, 3 24 



