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GENERAL INDEX. 



Upheaval of parallel chains prob- 

 ably simultaneous, ii, 

 383. 



Valedictory Remarks (after Chapt. 



xviii), iii, 504. 

 Valley Track of great rivers, The, 



ii, 465. 



Value of Field Sports, iii, 180. 

 (Articles of) danger of dis- 

 playing to Savages, ii, 

 96. 

 Vancouver Island, Salmon Fishing at, 



iii, 442-3. 

 Vanilla, i, 221. 



Vapour (Atmospheric) as a mantle 

 to protect the Earth from 

 glaciation, i, 75. 



Vapour-laden Winds, i, 90, 112-14 

 Vegetation and Climate, i, 37; ii, 450. 

 Longer interrupted by- 



great dry heat than 

 by winter cold, i, 

 264. 



in Equatorial and Arctic 



Regions contrasted, 

 ii, 254. 



Veil of Thorns, A, iii, 164. 

 Vermin, Objections to the exter- 

 mination of, iii. 350. 

 Vigne, Mr. G. H., on a mountain 

 panorama in Kashmir, ii, 

 436. 



Villiers Stuart, Mr., on the funeral 

 of an ancient Egyptian 

 king, i, 384-5. 

 Vine, The, in the Desert oases, 



i, 431- 



Voyages for Health, iii, 39-40. 

 Vultures, floating in the heavenly 



blue, iii, 334-37. 

 Successive layers of, at 

 great altitudes, iii, 335. 

 Keeping watch over the 



Earth, iii, 336. 



Scarce in heavy forest re- 

 gions, iii, 124. 



Arriving ata prey, iii, 340. 

 Night haunts and nest- 

 ing places of, iii, 345* 



Vultures, Rapid destruction of a 

 large carcase by, iii, 



343- 



,. and Game, Indications 

 furnished by, iii, 330. 



"\Vading Birds, iii, 401. 

 Walcheren Expedition, Losses by 

 sickness during, i, 

 58-60. 

 Walking through the forest, ii, 130; 



iii, 149-51. 

 on a floor of pine needles, 



ii, 1 40 ; iii, 151. 



Wallace, Mr. Alfred R., on the 

 equatorial twilight, i, 



154- 



on the equatorial forest 



belt, i, 175. 

 on the great Amazonian 



forest, i, 177. 



,, on trees and flowers in 

 Equatorial forests, i, 

 184. 

 on heat required to melt 



snow, ii, 291. 



Want, The true cause of great 

 assemblages of animals, 

 iii, 52. 



Warburton, Col. George, on an 

 icy gale in Canada, 

 ii, 342. 

 Warfare against savages, The politics 



of, ii, 1 6. 



Wargla, The Desert City of, i, 41 1-2. 



Washington, Gen. George, How he 



acquired his training, 



as a leader of men, 



ii, ii. 



Wasp, A preserved, in a Royal 



Mummy case, i, 384. 

 Watching for game in the Forest, 



iii, 128-29, T 54- 



Water, Indications of, from converg- 

 ing flights of birds, i, 321. 

 Indications of from converg- 

 ing trails of game, iii, 



259- 

 Causes of fresh, turning salt 



ii, 42-3- 



