GENERAL INDEX. 



543 



Rooks, A plague of, iii, 323. 

 Coming home at night, 



iii, 404. 

 Roots of Trees, Penetrative power 



of, i, 3I5- 

 Roper, Mr. Edwd, on some gigantic 



Douglas Firs, ii, 168. 

 Roosevelt, Mr. Theodore, on the 

 U.S. forests 1 20 years 

 ago, ii, 158-59. 

 on Red Indian border 



raids, ii, 215. 

 Ross Brown, Mr. S., on a sudden 



flood in Arizona, ii, 66. 

 Rotations of Crops among forest 

 trees, ii, 189, 

 190. 

 in Agriculture, 



ii, 191. 

 Ruined City, Scriptural description 



of a, i, 44. 



Cities of Antiquity, Causes 

 of their abandonment, 

 i, 169. 



Running Water, Thepower of,iii,24. 



Russia, Progress of, delayed by 



sealing of ports by ice, 



ii, 3 1 - 



Russian Steppe Region, The, ii, 112. 

 Rowan, Mr, J. J., on the spring 

 migrations of geese in 

 Canada, ii, 286. 

 on the succession of forest 

 crops in Canada, ii, 194. 

 Ruxton, Lieut., on great herds of 

 American Buf- 

 falo, iii, 77-78. 



on a stampede 



among a great 

 herd of buffalo, 



iii, 77. 



J^accharineje, The, i, 281. 

 Sago Palms, i, 235. 

 Saguenay River, The Cliffs of the, 



ii, 562. 



Sahara Desert, The great, i, 351. 

 Arab meaning of 



the Name, i, 352. 

 Intense Solar Tem- 



peratures in, i, 74. 



Sailing Ships in the trade winds, 



i, 85-86. 



intheDoldrums,i,87. 



Sal Tree, The Indian, i, 264. 

 Salmon Fishing off Vancouver 

 Island, iii, 442. 



,, in America, iii, 459. 



Salt Lakes, ii, 40. 

 Deposits of, on lake beds, ii, 4 1 . 

 Waters, Presence of flamingoes 



an indication of, ii, 47. 

 Meats etc. improved by the 



Arctic Winter, ii, 345. 

 Sand, The Angle of Rest of Dry, 



i, 354- 

 Rotating columns of, in the 



desert, i, 138-40. 

 Trees growing in apparently 



pure, i, 421. 



Drift, its affinity to Water 



in its action, i, 353. 



,, Rock carving powers 



of, i, 364-5. 

 Dunes, i, 354. 

 ,, The movement of, 



i. 353-4- 



Eels, iii, 458. 

 Sanderson, Mr. Geo. P., on East 

 Indian Native Track- 

 ers, iii, 252. 



Sandgate, Landslip at, ii, 387. 

 Sand-Storms, i, 353-4, 361-3. 

 Effacement of trails 



by, i, 358. 



Men lost in a, i, 360. 



March of desert Ca- 



ravans during, i, 363. 

 Great force of driven 



sand, in violent, 



i, 364. 



Protecting the face and 



eyes during, i, 364. 



Alleged loss of the 



Army of Cambyses 



in, i, 140. 



Great, in the Colorado 



desert, i, 142. 



St. Helena, Effects on the climate 

 of, by disafforesting, 

 ii, 115. 



