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GENERAL INDEX. 



Sleeplessness during hot nights, i, / 1 . 

 Smith, Mr. H. H., on the great 

 Amazonian Forest, i, 177-8. 

 Dr., on a day's display of 

 game in South Africa 

 60 years ago, iii, 60. 

 Snake Bite, Fatal accident to an 

 English Sportsman by, 

 iii, 488. 



Snow, Some of the scientific 

 aspects of, ii, 291, 314. 

 Storms, iii, 185. 

 ,, As a factor in climate, ii, 



292. 



roofs and arches, The sup- 

 porting power of, ii, 315- 

 is continually melting at the 

 ground level, ii, 315-6. 

 probable causes of this, ii, 



3I5- 

 Small animals living in 



cavities beneath the 



Arctic, ii, 316, 322. 

 Drifts, Birds finding a home 



in, ii, 322-4. 

 as a shield to vegetation, 



ii, 26-7, 275. 

 ,, Power of the sun upon, ii, 



256, 290. 

 under the influence of 



intense dry cold, ii, 354. 

 ,, Balls cannot be made with 



very cold dry, ii, 26. 

 roads, Winter traffic upon, 



iii, 189. 



,, Condition of the, in the Arc- 

 tic Regions, ii, 354. 

 Blindness, ii, 268. 

 Protection of the 



eyes against, ii, 

 270. 



Lines in the Tropics, i, 62. 

 in the Himalayas, ii, 



396, 424, 444-5. 

 ,, ,, on the Himalayas lie 

 much higher on their 

 Northern slopes, ii, 



39 6 - 

 in the Andes, ii, 396, 



445- 



Snow-Time in the Canadian Forests, 



iii, 183-4. 

 Sola Reed, The Indian, i, 280. 



Topees, i, 281. 

 Solymos, B., on desert sand heated 



by the sun, i, 375. 

 Song Birds and the habitations of 



man, iii, 327. 



in Africa, iii, 328. 

 Soudan, Caravan routes to the, ii, 



510. 

 A great rainstorm in the, 



ii, 518, 520. 

 Sounding, The deepest Sea, yet 



obtained, iii, 14. 

 Sounds heard in a great forest, 



iii, 146, 188. 



Sources of great Rivers, rising in 

 the Wilderness, ii, 

 582-3- 



Sparrows, iii, 319, 324. 

 Spider's Web, The allegory of the, 



i. 43- 



Spirit of Adventure, The, i, 1 1 . 

 Spirits, Freezing of, in the Arctic 



Regions, ii, 344. 



Spitzbergen, ii, 266-7, 2 73"4 2 79- 

 ,, Fat reindeer in, ii, 



281. 



Spoon Bait, Excellence of, for travel- 

 lers' fishing outfits, iii, 494. 

 Sport, Its demoralizing tendency 



a fallacy, i, 9. 



Sportsmen and Travellers, tastes 



of inseparable, i, 12. 



,, Most great men have 



been keen, i, 9. 

 Squalls, Dangers of sudden, at sea, 



iii, 470-71. 



Startled game, Alarming other ani- 

 mals, iii, 264-5. 

 ,, ,, The pursuit of, iii, 



268-9. 

 Stirrup Irons, The use of, as a 



weapon, iii, 281. 

 Stock, Losses of, by droughts and 



floods, ii, 41-44. 

 ,, farming in Australia, ii, 37-8 . 

 ,, effects of, in improv- 



ing waste lands, ii, 35-6. 



