INDEX. 



807 



Giraffe, tlie, 504 ; pulled down by lions, 699 ; 

 its aspect, 73] ; its weapons of defence, 732; 

 its anatomical structure, 732 ; chase of the 

 giraffe, 732 ; encounters with lions, 699, 732; 

 Aristotle and Buffon on the giraffe, 733; 

 giraffes in Europe and America, 733; analo- 

 gies between the ostrich and the giraffe, 733. 



Glagah grass, the, 546. 



Gnu. the, 734. 



God's birds, name for birds of paradise, 653. 



Goliath beetle, the, 582. 



Gorilla, the, 678; Du Chaillu's adventures 

 among, 678 ; female and young, 679. 



Gourds, esculent, of the kalahari, 505. 



Graminea, or grasses, 532. 



Grosbeak, the, 658. 



Guachos of South America, 602. 



Gum-lac insect, 592. 



H. 



Ha.te, serpent, the, 620. 



Har{)y eagle, the, 696. 



Henderso.;, A. M., on the fascination of ser- 

 pents, 621. 



Himalayas, mountains of, 497. 



Hippopotamus, the, 725; is it the behemotb of 

 Job? 725; its ancient and present habitat, 

 725; its mode of life, 725; its unpleasing 

 aspect, 725; its inoffensive character, 726; 

 the rogue hippopotamus, 726; intelligence 

 of the hippopotamus, 726; whips of its hide, 

 727 ; its ivory, 727 ; modes of destroying, 

 727 ; spearing the hippopotamus, 728 ; the 

 downfall, 728. 



Historical tree, tlie oldest, 530. 



Hog, the, destructive to the rattlesnake, 619. 



Honey-eaters, 652. 



Hornbill, the rhinoceros, 651. 



Horse, the, introduced into America, 500; in- 

 fluence upon the natives, 502. 



House-building ants, 599. 



Humming-birds, 647. 



Huanacu, the, 483. 



Humboldt, A. Von: Notes of, 498, 517, 625, 

 552, 601, 638, 691, 694. 



Huniman, the sacred monkey of India, 686. 



Hunting, of the vicuna, 484; of the gazelle, 

 512; of the ostrich, 512, 664; of tlie lion, 

 700 ; by the cheetah, 708; of the rhinoceros, 

 723 ; of the hippopotanms, 727 ; of the wild 

 boar, 735. 



Hurricanes, velocity of, 477. 



Hyrena, the, 709; different species of, 709. 



Hydrosauri, or water-lizards, 632. 



Ibis, the, 651. 



Igaripe's, or canoe paths of the Amazon, 618. 



Iguanas, 631. 



Incas of Peru, 486; origin of their civilization, 

 487 ; present aspect of their sacred island, 487 ; 

 fountain of the Incas, 488; their great mil- 

 itary roads, 489. 



Indians, of Ecuador, 493; of southern Africa, 

 606 ; of the Amazon, 621 ; of the Malay isl- 

 ands, 552. 



Insects, abundance of within the tropics, 581 ; 

 beetles, 581; goliath, 682; leaf-butterfly, 582, 



mantis or soothsayer, 583; fire-flics 584 

 mosquitoes, 585; jiggers, 585; the' bete 

 rouge, 586; ticks, 587; land-leeohes. 687 

 the tsetse, 587; Isalt-Salya, or zimb, 588- 

 locusts, 588; cockroaches, 689; the silk- 

 worm, 59u; the cochineal insect, 591 • tlie 

 gum-lac insect, 592; edible insects, 692'- or- 

 namental insects, 593; aphides, or jilant-iice 

 600. (See also Ants, TermtUs, and .■S/ndas ) 



India-rubber tree, the, 536. 



Inundations, of the Amazon, 519. 



2sla7ids : mostly trojjical, 477 ; volcanic, 478 ; 

 coralline, 478; volcanic, 479; how peopled' 

 479. ' 



Jabiru, the, 651. 



Jacana, the, 651. 



Jaguar, the, 710; his ravages, 710; modes ot 



hunting, 710. 

 Java, coffee of, 563 ; Dutch monopoly of spices 



in, 575 ; bats in, 670. 

 Jigger, or chegoe, the, 585. 



K. 



Kala, the rhinoceros-bud, 722. 



Kalahari, South African Savanna, 503; vege- 

 tation of, 505 ; water in, 505 ; insects of, 506 ; 

 water-finding ants, 506 ; inhabitants of, 506. 



Kalong, or fox-bat, tlie, 670. 



Keitloa, or black rhinoceros, the, 721. 



Kengwo, an African plant, 515. 



Khamsin, or simoom, the 511, 729. 



Kobaaba, or white rhinoceros, the 722, 



Korwe, the, 658. 



L. 



Labarri snake, the 617. 



Ladan.ff, or mountain rice. 546. 



Lake Kegion of Africa, 5<i(). 



Land and Water, Proportions of, 473. 



Lasso, the, 501. 



Leeches. Land of, Ceylon, 587. 



Leichardt, Mr., e.\i)lorations in Australia, 609. 



Lemurs, semi-monkeys, 688. 



Leopard, the, 708 ; the cheetah, or hunting 

 leojiard, 708. 



Lerosliuii, an African plant, 504. 



Liana, the, 483. 



Llanos, of Venezuela, the, 499; in the dry 

 season, 500; in the wet season, 5(M). 



Lianas. (Sec Bushro/ns.) 



Life and cold, struggles between, 471. 



Lion, the, 504; lion and rhinoceros, r>04, 704; 

 general characteristics of the lion, 698 ; mode 

 of seizing his Jircy, 699; lions ami gintUe, 

 699; lion and man, 700; hunting the lion on 

 Mount Atlas, 700, 702; man-eatim: lion*. 

 700, 704; adventure of Ilotientot with, 701 ; 

 of Andersson with, 701; of Livingstone with, 

 702; hunted by the Aral).N, 7(t2: by the 

 Bushmen, 703; ancient range of, 704; pres- 

 ent range of, 704; Livingstone's opinion of, 

 704. 



Litchi, the, 556. 



Livingstone, David: Notes of, 505. 527, 686, 



