INDEX. 



447 



PACK 



Sick rooms purified . . 421 

 Sides of a pond covered 



with leaves 419 



Swimming 112 



SILVER meat-covers . . 202 

 should notbe chased 202 



tarnishes 260 



Simple clouds 134 



Singing of a kettle . . 113 



of boiling water 233 



produces hunger 88 



Single magpie unlucky 153 



Skin, black does not 



scorch .... 191 



white does 191 



itches 150 



Sleep elongates the body 423 

 body feels not in 425 

 dreams in . . . 424 

 ears hear not in . . 423 

 eyes see not in . . 423 

 mind wills not in 424 

 tongue tastes not in 423 



Sleet 332 



Slit chestnuts 105 



Smelling salts 426 



SMELLS in wet weather 152 

 of church-yards . . 283 

 of putrefying bodies 284 



SMOKE 89, 59 



curls 59 



falls 152 



of fresh coals .... 89 



lamps diminished 83 



by a glass . . 83 



rises 110 



useful in cooking 201 

 Smoky chimneys .... 59 

 See chimney. 



FAGS 



Smoke-jacks 112 



SNOW 331 



arrests sound . . . 413 

 bad conductor . . 333 



cause of 331 



falls in winter . . 332 

 not in summer 334 



like wool 175 



nourishes the earth 333 

 on mountains . . 334 

 soon melts beneath 

 a hedge or wall 206 



use of 332 



warm 332, 333 



white 334,402 



Snow and salt cold 31, 357 



Soap 344 



cleansing ...... 344 



hard, soft 344 



yellow 344 



Soap-bubbles . . 348, 398 



change colour 399 



Soapy water bubbles . . 348 



Soda water 268,269 



Sodium 262 



decomposes water 262 



Soft soap 344 



Solids 112 



Soot in summer .... 71 

 on ceilings .... 71 



Sooty kettles 186 



SOUND 409 



affected by frost . . 414 



heat 414 



arrested by wet . . 413 



velocity of 410 



diminished by rari- 

 ty of air 416 



heard best by night 414 



