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INDEX. 



Revolutions at Buenos Ayres, 



145- 



Rhinoceroses live in desert 

 countries, 95. 



frozen, 97, 250. 



Rhynchops, nigra, 142. 



Ricliardson, Dr., on mice of 

 North America, 374. 



on polished rocks, 252. 



on frozen soil, 97, 250. 



on eating fat, 124. 



on geographical distri- 

 bution, 136. 



Rim sky atoll, 458. 



Rio de Janeiro, 44. 



Plata, 50. 



— Negro, 73, 152. 



Colorado, 80. 



S. Cruz, 181. 



Sauce, 114. 



Salado, 125. 



Rivers, power of, in wearing 

 channels, 184, 319. 



River-bed, arched, 356. 



River - courses dry in 



America, 114. 



Rocks burnished with fer- 

 ruginous matter, 26. 



Rodents, number of, in 

 America, 60, 183. 



fossil species of, 91. 



Rosas, General, 80, 82, 146. 



Ruins of Callao, 365. 



of Indian buildings in 



Cordillera, 353, 365. 



Salado, Rio, 125. 

 Salinas at the Galapagos 

 Archipelago, 76. 



in Patagonia, 76, 174. 



Saline efflorescences, 86. 

 Salt with vegetable food, 118. 



superficial crust of, 360. 



with elevated shells, 366. 



Salt-lakes, 75, 174, 372. 

 Sandwich Archipelago,. ^| 



frogs at, 377. S 



Land, 249. -^M 



San Pedro, forests of, 280. 



Sand-dunes, 84. 



Sand, hot from sun's rays, 



at Galapagos Archipelago, 



373- . 



noise from friction ot, 358, 



Sandstone of New Soutli 



Wales, 431. 



reef of, 488. 



Santa Cruz, river of, 181. 

 Santiago, Chile, 262. 

 Sarmiento, Mount, 235, 242. 

 Sauce, Rio, 114. 

 Saurophagus sulphuratus, 64. 

 Scarus eating corals, 456.^^, 

 Scelidotherium, 92. j^lj 



Scenery of Andes, 316. '^^1! 

 Scissor-beak, habit of, 142. 

 Scissor-tail, 144. 

 Scorpions, cannibals, 170. 

 Scoresby, Mr., on effects o 



snow on rocks, 316. 

 Scrope, Mr., on earthquakes 



349- 

 Scytalopus fuscus, 239, 288. 

 Sea, open, inhabitants of, 167. 



phosphorescence of, 167, 



distant noise of, 294. 



Sea-pen, habits of, 107, 204. 

 Sea- weed, growth of, 241. 

 Seals, number of, 283. 

 Seeds transported by sea, 



387, 448. 

 Serpulae, protecting reef, 488. 

 Shark killed by DIodon, 27. 

 Shaw, Dr., on fion's flesh. 



123. 

 Sheep, infected, 429. 

 Shelley, lines on Mont Blanc 



173. 



