INDEX. 



809 



Peru, ancient civilization of, 486. 



Pichinclia, volcano, descent into, 494. 



Pimento, 577. 



Pippul, or Bo-tree, 630. 



Pique, or jigger, 585. 



Plantain and banana, 551. 



Plant-lice, aphides, furnish honey to ants, 600. 



Plants, nutritive. (See Fruits and Trees.) Rice, 

 545 ; maize, 547 ; millet, 550 ; sugar-cane, 

 559 ; coffee, 662 ; cacao, or chocolate, 567 ; 

 vanilla, 668 ; coca, 568 ; cinnamon and cas- 

 sia, 571 ; nutmegs and cloves, 574. 



Ponera clavata, ant, 694. 



Porocococa, on the Amazon, 518. 



Potato, the sweet, 665. 



Prey, beasts and birds of, 693. 



Puma, or cougar, American lion, the, 710. 



Pima, the, or table-land of Peru : its extent 

 and character, 481 ; diseases of, 482; life in, 

 482; vegetation of, 483; animals of, 484; 

 climate of, 485. (See also Titicaca.) 



Python, the, 620 ; contests with the orang- 

 outang, 683. 



Q. 



QcAGGA. (See Zebra.) 



Quinua, a plant of the Puna, 483. 



Quito, table-land of: its elevation, 489 ; ways 

 of access, 490 ; approach from the Pacific 



. coast, 491 ; the climate and productions, 

 492 ; its fauna and flora, 492 ; the people, 

 493 ; its surrounding volcanos, 494. 



E. 



Rabbit, fascinated by serpent, 623. 



Rains and rain-fall, 476 ; at sea, 477 ; in various 

 places, 477, 613. 



Ratans, 541. 



Rattlesnakes, 619; power of fascination, G21. 



Realejo, or organ-bird, the, 650. 



Red ant of Ceylon 696. 



Reefs, 478. 



Rheas, or American ostriches, 667. 



Rhinoceros, the, 721 ; species of, 721 ; differ- 

 ence between the white and the black, 721 ; 

 general characteristics, 722 ; acuteness of its 

 smell and hearing, 722 ; imperfection of its 

 vision, 722; its bird attendant, 722; bad 

 temper of the black species, 722 ; fondness 

 for its offspring, 723 ; its nocturnal habits, 

 723 ; hunting the rhinoceros, 723 ; its vitality, 

 723 ; value of its ivory, 723 ; rhinoceros 

 paths, 724 ; the Indian rhinoceros, 724. 



Rice, species and culture of, 645 ; rice lands of 

 the United States, 546 ; enemies of the rice- 

 plant, 647. 



Rice bird, the, 547. 



Rice, Colonel, adventure with a tiger, 760. 



Roads of the Incas of Peru, 489. 



Rogue elephants, 714; rogue hippopotami, 

 726. 

 Kobber crab, 580 and 634. 



8. 



Sacelt, dancing parties of birds, 655. 

 iSacred island in Lake Titicaca, 486, 488. 



Sago, mode of manufacturing, 562; productive- 

 ness of the tree, 553. 



Sahara, Desert of, 609; Earth's adventure in, 

 510; oases in, 611; khamsin, or pestiientiHl 

 wind, 511 ; animals and birds of, 612 ; seasons 

 of, 513. 



Saimiris, monkey, 091. 



Sakis, the, 691. 



Sandal-tree, the, 631 



Sargasso Sea, the, 474. 



Sarumpe a disease on the Puna, 482. 



Satinwood-tree, 530. 



Savannas and Deserts (Chapter III.) The 

 Llanos of Venezuela, 4'.'9 ; the Pampas, 600 ; 

 the Kalahari, 502 ; Lake Region ot Africa. 

 506. 



Sawa, or marsh rice, 546. 



Scorpions, 614 ; their aspect, 615 ; their venom, 

 615. 



Seasons, the : Changes of, in different hemis- 

 pheres, 476. 



Sea-weeds in the Sargasso Sea, 474. 



Secretary eagle, the, 624, 698. 



Semi-monkeys, lemurs, loris, etc., 688. 



Semnopitheci, monkeys, the, 686. 



Serpents : Rarity ot venomous species, 616 ; 

 danger from, 617; antidotes to their poison, 

 618; mechanism of their poison-fangs, 618; 

 the bushniaster, 619; rattlesnakes, 619; ex- 

 tirpated by hogs, 619; the cobra, 020; the 

 haje, 620; boas and pythons, 020; fascina- 

 tion of serpents, 621 ; catching their prey, 

 624 ; their bird enemies, 024 ; eating each 

 other, 625 ; anatomical structure, 026 ; the 

 formation of their jaws, 626 ; protracted tast- 

 ings, 626; useful serpents, 627 ; tree-snakes 

 and water-snakes, 027 ; enormous serpents, 

 627; large snake killed by Du Chaillu, 627; 

 larger one mentioned by Wallace, 628. 



Serpent-destroyers, 619, 624. 



Sikkira, the table-land of, 497. 



Silk-worm, the, 690. 



Silla, traveling by, 496. 



Simoom, the, 611, 729. 



Sjambok, whip of rhinoceros-hide, 727. 



Slave-hunting ants, 600. 



Sloth, the, 673; helplessness on the ground, 

 674; activity on trees, 674; tenacity of lite, 

 676; gigantic fossil sloths, 676. 



Snakes. (Sec Serpents.) 



Soothsayer, or mantes, 683. 



Soroche, a disease on the Puna, 482. 



Si)arrow-hawk, the, 698. 



Speke. John H., Account of the Lake Region 

 of Africa, 607. 



Spices, 669; cinnamon, 671; nutmegs and 

 cloves, 674; pepper, 570; pimento, 677 ; gin- 

 ger, 678. 



Spiders: Numerous on the Amazon. 620; gen- 

 eral characteristics of, 6)0; their venoni, 

 611; their webs, Oil ; neutral-colored spi- 

 ders, 611; bright -colored spiders, 612; nxxlcs 

 of life, 612; spider-eating birris, 613; insect 

 enemies of the .'spider, 613; small eftecis of 

 the bites of spiders, 613; edible .'Spiders, 614 ; 

 possible industrial uses of their filameuts, 614. 



Spider-monkeys, t)9l. 



Sp:dcr-wcbs, their fineness, 614. 



Spoonbills, 661. 



Squier, E. G. : Notes from, 481, 484, 487. 



Squirrel, charmed by serpent, t)24; the flying- 

 squirrel, 673. 



