INDEX, 



AAR 



AABB-VAEKS, or earth hogs (Oryc- 

 beropi), 488 

 Abies Brunoniana of the slopes of Sik- 

 kim, 83 



— Webbiana of the slopes of Sikkim, 



83 

 Abrus precatoria, spider called the, 213 

 Abyssinia, the tsalt-salya or ziinb of, 



230 . 



Acacia latronum, thorns of "the, 144 

 Aden, coffee first introduced into, 170 

 Adjutant bird, 303 



— his destruction of reptiles, 303 

 Africa, timber of the east<^rn coastlands 



of, 6 



— influence of the heated plains of, in 



deflecting the trade-winds, 8 



— gigantic trees of, 120 et seq. 



— reason why droughts are prevalent 



in, 8o 



— bushmen of, 85 



— animals of, 88 

 African mode of life, 531 

 Agades, tower in, 93 

 Agare Americana, 81, 132 



— its uses, 133 



Air-currents, their effects ia the equa- 

 torial regions, 4 



— the trade-winds, 4, 5 



— polar and equatorial air-currcncs, 1 

 Ai's, the, 497 



Albatross, the, compared with the con- 

 dor, 378 



— avoids the torrid zone, 267 

 Alexander the Great, said to hare in- 

 troduced the peacock into Europe, 360 



Algeria, domestication of the ostrich in, 



388 

 Alligators, torpor of, of the Amazons 

 river, 46 



— the cay men, of the New World, 333 



— mode of seizing their prey, 334 



— their voice, 334 



— their conflicts among themselves, 335 



— their preference for human flesh, 334 



AMA 



Alligators, their tenacity of life, 335 



— their tenderness for their young, 



336 



— their friends and enemies, 339 

 Allspice, 204. See Pimento 

 Aloes, the, of the torrid zone, 132 

 Alpaca, value of its wool, 23 



— herds of, in the high table-lands of 



Peru and Bolivia, 25 

 Altos of the Puna, 28 

 Aluate, or howling monkey, 512 

 Amazonian parrot (Psittacus Amazoni- 



cus), 396 

 Amazons, or Maraiion, river 



source of, 36 



its length, width, and course, 



36 



its tributaries, 37 



rapids and cataracts of the, 



36 

 called the Solimoens from the 



Brazilian frontier to the 



influx of the Rio Negro, 



37 

 its unfathomable depth at the 



Strait of Obydos, 37 



its tide- waves, 38 



its width below Gurupa, 38 



■ and when it reaches the ocean, 



38 

 — imperfect knowledge of the 



river, 39 

 extent of territory drained by 



the Amazons, 40 



its colossal rise, 40 



lagunes of the, and their 



beautiful scenery, 41 

 different character of the 



forests beyond and within 



the verge of the inimdation 



of the river, 42 

 — ,— ^ — a sail on the river, and a 



night's encampment, 43 

 the yacu-mama, or ' mother of 



the waters,' 44 



