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Sea-Weeds, as breakwaters, iii, 32. 

 Sedimentary Rocks, The, ii, 378, 



476-7. 



Proofs of their 



deposit by 



water, 11,379. 



,, Submarine Deposits, 



ii, 466, 487. 



Seebohm, Mr. Henry, on the break 

 up of the ice in the 

 Yenesay, ii, 293-4. 

 on the arrival of bird 

 migrants in Northern 

 Siberia, ii, 295. 



Seeds carried by the wind, ii, 1 1 6. 

 Water-borne by ocean cur- 

 rents, ii, 1 1 6. 

 adhering to birds' feathers, 



ii, 116. 



carried in the crops and 



droppings of birds, ii, 117. 



Seine, The Estuary of the, ii, 466. 



Selous, Mr. F. C., on Elephants 



and Elephant Hunting, 



iii, 72-3. 



,, on the keen scenting pow- 

 ers of Elephants, iii, 



US- 



on the noiseless movements 



of Elephants, iii, 163. 

 on a vast herd of African 



Buffalo, iii, 73. 

 on great herds of game on 



the Chobe, iii, 74-5. 

 Senchal (Mount), The abandoned 

 Cantonment of, ii, 413. 

 ,, Grandeur of the situation 



of, ii, 414-15. 



Circumstances that com- 

 pelled its abandonment, 

 ii, 416, 420. 

 ,, Mortality among troops 



quartered at, ii, 420. 

 ,, Mountain, Wealth of forest 



flora of, ii, 415-6. 

 Sensitive Plants, i, 297-8. 

 Sequoias, The giant American, ii, 



179. 



,, Vast size and enormous 



age of, ii, 179-80. 



VOL. III. 



Shakespear, Major, on malarious 



jungles in India, iii, 291. 



Sharks and Shark Fishing, iii, 452. 



Sharks, The Basking, or Sun Fish, 



i> 453- 



Sheep (Mountain), Hunting, iii, 300. 

 Sheik-El-lslam, The (Official inter- 

 preter of The 

 Koran), i, 448. 



Shepherds watching their flocks by 

 ' night (in wild coun- 

 tries), iii, 293-4. 



Shikaris (Indian), Native, iii, 95. 



Shooting, Alone in a wild country, 



cautions as to, iii, 94. 



Holes or Rifle pits for 



night Shooting, iii, 287. 



,j Arrivals of game animals 



by night at, iii, 289. 



under conditions new to 



the sportsman, iii, 92. 



Sierra Madre, The, i, 268. 



Silt carried out to sea b,y rivers, 



ii, 486. 

 Silver Firs, Examples of great trees 



of, ii, 176-77. 



Parasitic pestilence 



amongst, iii, 356-8. 



Thaw, The, in Canada, ii, 



355- 



Simoom, The, i, 361, 367, 373. 

 A French column in 



Algeria overtaken 

 by, i, 142. 



Sinai, Desert Manna in the Wil- 

 derness of, i, 457-8. 

 Sindh, Intense solar temperatures 



in, i, 72. 



Sky, Supposed causes of the Azure 



Blue colour of the, i, 113. 



Sledging Parties over the Polar ice, 



ii, 352-3- 



,, Failure of all at- 



tempts by, ii, 

 352. 



Sleep of Plants, The, i, 294. 

 supposed causes of, 



i, 295-6. 



Sleeping Bags for cold weather, 

 iii, 299. 



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