GENERAL INDEX. 



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31 ; fossil horse in South America, 31 ; 

 horse introduced by Europeans, 33 ; feats 

 of training in Chile, 118, 119; struggle 

 with lassoed bullock, 120; entangled in 

 bolas, 121. 



Hottentots, inhabitants of South Africa, 73. 



Huuchos (Span, pron., oo-ak' tchoce), a name 

 given to unhatched ostrich eggs, 73. 



I. 



ICEBERGS in Eyre's Sound, 177. 



Indian, North American, 95 ; South Ameri- 

 can, 105; fine-looking, 106; work of men 

 and women, manufacture and use of bolas, 

 71, 107, 108 ; silver riding gear, horseman- 

 ship, 108; heroism, following a trail, 109; 

 tree altar, 110 ; ancient remains near Lima, 

 163. 



Indian file, single file, or one behind another, 

 139. 



Indian Ocean, 197. 



Irrigation in Chile, 194, 195. 



Isle of France, in the Indian Ocean, east of 

 Madagascar, 204. 



Itacaia(Port. pron., e-tah-kah'-e-ah), a village 

 in Brazil, east of Rio, 112. 



J. 



JACKASS penguin, 65, 66. 



Jaguar, or American tiger, haunts great riv- 

 ers, 46, 145 ; prey, attacks man in vessels 

 and houses, 46 ; mode of killing, noisy hab- 

 its, tree-scratching, flesh eaten, 47. 



James Island, one of the larger of the Gala- 

 pagos Islands, 58. 



Juan Fernandez (Span, pron., hoo-an' fer-nan'- 

 deth), an island west of Chile, inhabited by 

 a Scotch solitary, Alexander Selkirk, whose 

 life here is supposed to have suggested to 

 Defoe the story of Robinson Crusoe ; con- 

 nection with Concepcion shown by earth- 

 quakes, 188. 



K. 



KAFFIRS, of South Africa, mimicry, 95. 

 Kangaroo dance of Australian negroes, 140. 

 Kauri pine (pronounced kow'ry\ the Dammara 



australis, 171. 

 Keeling (or Co'cos) Islands, a coral group in 



the Indian Ocean, south-west of Sumatra, 



86, 197, 198, 200. 

 Kelp, 172; strength, 173; great length, use 



as a breakwater, swarming with animal life, 



174, 175. 

 Kerguelen Land (Eng. pron., kery'-e-len), 



an island in the southern part of the Indian 



Ocean, 174. 

 King George's Sound, in the south-western 



part of Australia, 138 ; natives, 138. 



LAGOON Islands, 197-204 ; mode of forma- 

 tion, 204. 



Land, rising and sinking of, 1 78, 181 , 190, 204. 



La Plata (Span, pron., lah plah'tah\ the old 

 name of the present Spanish -American 

 Argentine Republic or Confederation, the 

 second largest country, after Brazil, in South 

 America; it is also the name of the riv- 

 er and estuary into which flow the Pa- 

 rana, Uruguay, and other great rivers (see 

 Plata) ; for this whole river system it is oc- 

 casionally used in the head-lines of the fore- 

 going pages, 45, 81, 118, 129, 146 ; flatness, 

 148. 



La Platan medical superstitions, 124. 



Las Minas (Span, pron., lass me'nass), a town 

 in the southern part of Uruguay the name 

 means "the mines" 116, 126, 143. 



Las Vacas (Span, pron., lass vah'kass), a 

 town in Uruguay the name means "the 

 cows "30. 



Lawson, Mr., an English vice-governor of the 

 Ecuadorian penal colony in the Galapagos 

 Islands, 60. 



Lazo (Span, pron., lath'o), a long slip-noose, 

 120, 121, 123. 



Lichen, 181, 194. 



Liesk, Mr., an English resident of Keeling 

 Island, formerly a ship's-mate, 89. 



Lima (Span, pron., le'mah), the capital of 

 Peru, 70, 159, 161, 190; Indian remains, 

 163. 



Lizard, of the Galapagos, 56 ; dislike to wa- 

 ter, 57; burrow -making, 58; cowardice, 

 59 ; not feared by birds, food, 60 ; com- 

 mon lizard, surrounded by ants, 83; hiber- 

 nation, 195, 196. 



