INDEX 



ABBA SAYOUD, 209 

 Abbounashaba, 209 

 Abooseer, 206 

 Alexander, Mr., 239 

 Anstruther, Colonel, 15 

 Antelope, a herd of, 61 

 Antoine, 169 



Ard el Hammer, Plain of, 224 

 "Arizona Garden," 253 

 Aronebo Mountain, 170 

 Ashbourne Act, 20 ; result, 21 

 Asikere, 60 

 Attaka, 216 

 Autrano, 209 



BAALBEK, 230 



Bagnell, Dr. , his words on Sir Victor 



Brooke, 4 



Bancroft, Cherrie, 256 

 Banff, 241 

 Bania, 227 

 Barada, 228 

 Barbalriddan Hills, 60 

 Bears, 151 - 153, 199, 201 - 203 ; 



tracks of, 191, 193 

 Bedouins' Valley, 205 

 Bekree or Jungle Sheep, 67 

 Bellingham, Miss, marriage, 7 

 Benkypore, 59 

 Brut, 231 

 Bethany, 217, 220 

 Bethlehem, 219 

 Bicknall, 48 

 Big Tree Station, 255 

 Billere, Plain de, 15 

 Bloomfield, John, 7 

 Blue Mountains, 72 

 Blyth, Edward, 27 

 Boar and tiger, fight between, 109 

 Bodo, 58 



Boghisco, 163 



Boston, 235 



Bouquetin, 172, 174-186, 194, 198 



Bridal Veil Fall, 249 



Brine, Captain, 81 



Brooke, Sir Arthur, 5 



Sir Victor, i ; his appearance 



and personality, i ; attainments, 

 qualities, and faults, 2-4 ; birth 

 and early years, 5 ; at school, 6 ; 

 death of his father, 6 ; travels, 7- 

 260 ; marriage, 7 ; love for natural 

 history, 8; deer-stalking, 9; resides 

 at Pau, it ; his powers of jumping 

 and physical strength, 12; hurdle- 

 race at Pau, 13 ; interest in games, 

 14 ; captain of the golf club, 15 ; 

 death of his brother, 15 ; master 

 of the fox hounds, 16 ; ordered to 

 Egypt, 17 ; visits the Holy Land, 



1 8 ; his opinion of Home Rule, 



19 ; trip to America, 22 ; at Veule, 

 23 ; return home, 23 ; illness, 24 ; 

 death and funeral, 25 ; attends Sir 

 William Flower's lectures, 27 ; 

 scientific studies, 28 ; explorations 

 in the Isle of Wight, 29 ; at the 

 meeting of the British Association, 

 30 ; list of his published contribu- 

 tions to science, 32-39 ; visit to 

 Norway, 40 ; admiration for Thor- 

 waldsen's Museum, 41 ; first view 

 of the coast, 41 ; ascent of Snee- 

 hatten, 43-46 ; descent, 47 ; ascent 

 of Vaugacullen, 48-53 ; descent, 

 54-58 ; expedition to India, 59 ; 

 first head of game, 61 ; tracks a 

 tiger, 62-65 1 starts for Tarikere, 

 66 ; stalks sambur, 68-70 ; in 

 the jungle, 70 ; escape from a 



