INDEX. 



759 



Peru, ancient civilization of, 486. 



Pichincha, volcano, descent into, 494. 



Pimento, 577. 



Pippiil, or Eo-trec, BuO. 



I'iqiie, or jigtier, 580. 



Plantain anil banana, 551. 



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



Plants, nutritive. (Svl' Fnuts nml 7"rees.) lUco, 

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

 559 ; colfee, 562 ; cacao, or chocolate, 567 ; 

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

 sia, 571 ; nutmegs and cloves, 574. 



Ponera clavata, ant, 594. 



Porocococa, on tlie Amazon, 518. 



Potato, the sweet, 555. 



Prey, beasts and birds of, 693. 



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



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

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

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

 climate of, 485. (See also Titicaca.) 



Python, the, 620 ; contests with the orang- 

 outang, 683. 



QuAGGA. (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. 



Rabbit, fascinated by serpent, 623. 



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

 places, 477, 513. 



Ratans, 541. 



Rattlesnakes, 619; power of fascination, 021. 



Realejo, or organ-bird, the, 650. 



Red ant of Ceylon 595. 



Reefs, 478. 



Rheas, or American ostriches, G67. 



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

 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 oS'spring, 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, 545 ; rice lands of 

 the United States, 546 ; enemies of the rice- 

 plant, 547. 



Rice-bird, the, 547. 



Rice, Colonel, adventure with a tiger, 760. 



Roads of the Incas of Peru, 489. 



Rogue elephants, 714; rogue hippopotami, 

 726. 



Sacelt, dancing parties of birds, 655. 

 Sacred island in Lake Titicaca, 485, 488. 



Sago, mode of manufacturing, 552; protluctive- 

 ness of the tree, 553. 



Sahara, Desert of, 509; Barth's adventure in. 

 510; oases in, 511; khamsin, or i)estiliniiHl 

 wind, 511; animals and biids of, 512; scubuns 

 of, 513. 



SaTmiris, monke}', 691. 



Sakis, the, 691. 



Sandal-tree, the, 531. 



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, 5(X) ; 

 the Kalaliari, 502 ; Lake Region ot Africa. 

 506. 



Sawa, or marsh rice, 546. 



Scorpions, 014 ; their asi)ect, 015 ; their venom. 

 615. 



Seanons, 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 si)ecies, 016; 

 danger from, 017; antidotes to their poison, 

 618; mechanism of their poison-fangs, 018; 

 the bushmaster, 619 ; rattlesnakes, 019 ; ex- 

 tirpated by hogs, 619; the colira, 620; the 

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

 tion of serpents, 621; catching their prey, 

 624; tlieir bird enemies, 624; eating each 

 other, 625; anatomical structure, 625; the 

 formation of their jaws, 620 ; protracted fast- 

 ings, 626; useful serpent.-*, 027 ; tree-snakes 



and water-snakes, 62 



enormous serpents, 



627; large snake killed by Du Chaiilu, 02 , 

 larger one mentioned by Wallace, 028. 



Serpent-destroyers, 619, 624. 



Sikkim, the table-land of, 497. 



Silk-worm, the, 590. 



Silla, traveling by, 496. 



Simoom, the, 511, 729. 



Sjambok, whip of rhinoceros-hide, 727. 



Sliive-hunting ants, 600. 



Sloth, the, 673; helplessness on the ground, 

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

 675; gigantic fossil sloths, 670. 



Snakes. (See Serpents.) 



Soothsayer, or mantes. 583. 



Soroche, a disease on the I'una, 482. 



Sparrow-hawk, the, 098. 



Speke, John H., Account of tlie Lake Region 

 of Africa, 507. 



Spices, 659; cinnamon, 671; nutniegs nml 

 cloves, 574; pepper, 570; pimento, 577 ; gin- 

 ger, 578. 



Spiders: Numerous* on the Amazon. 520; gen- 

 eral characteristics of, 010; their venom, 

 611; their webs, 611; neutral-CDloreil spi- 

 ders, 611 ; liright-coloretl spiders, 012; modes 

 of life, 612; sjjider-eating liirds, 013; insioct 

 enemies of the .<pider, 613; small effects of 

 the bites of spiders, 613; e<lihle spiders, 014 ; 

 possible industrial usesof theirfilainent.s.OU. 



Spider-monki-vs, 091. 



Spider-webs, their fineness, 014. 



Spoonbills, 051. 



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



Squirrel, ciiarmed by serpent, 024; tlic flying- 

 squirrel, 673. 



