INDEX. 



537 



ATL 



Atlantic, limits of the trade-winds in 



the Northern, 4, 5 

 Atlas mountains, ephemeral streams of 

 the, 70 



the lions of the, 477 



Atlas-moth, cinnamon-eating, of Ceylon, 



207 

 Atro, or Ben Israel of Abyssinia (Cepha- 



lopus hemprichii), 410 

 Atnras, extinct tribe of the, 72 



— their graves, 72 



Australians, physical conformation of 

 the, 466 



— their low state of civilisation, 467 



— their languages, 467 



— their superstitions, 467, 468 



— their dances, 469 



— their family names and family ko- 



bongs, or badges, 470 



— their ceremony of marriage, 470 



— their blood feuds, 470 



— their savage customs, 470 



— their food, 470 



— their division of property, 471 

 ' — their punishments, 471 



— laws for the preservation and distri- 



bution of food, 472 



— their respect for age, 472 



— their hunts, 473 



— their dexterity in fishing, 474 



— their hospitality and feasts, 475 



— not guilty of cannibalism, 476 



— - their throwing-stick and boomerang, 



476 



— their moral qualities, 476 



BABOONS, 510 

 Baboon, the great, of Senegal, 510 

 Bacha, the (Falco bacha), 382 

 Bactrian camel, 401 

 Bahama Islands, mode of catching 



turtles on the, 328 

 Bahia toad, 319 

 Bakalahari, the, of the Kalahari, 86-91 



— their love for agriculture and domes- 



tic animals, 91 



— their timidity. 92 



— fur of their animals, 92 

 Balagnini of the vicinity of Sooloo, 256 

 Balistinse, 272 



Baltimore bird (Icterus Baltimore), 352 



nest of the, 353 



Bamboos (Bambusacese) of the tropics, 

 130 



— variety of uses to "which they are ap- 



plied, 130 

 Bambusacese, the, of the tropics, 130 



— rapidity of their growth. 130 

 Banana (Musa sapientum), its im^jort- 



ance as food, 167, 168 



BED 



Banana (Musa sapientum), and of the 



Saiiba ant, 236 

 Banda, nutmeg trees of, 199, 200 

 Banyan tree (Ficus indica), 124, 125 



fondness of the Hindoos for it, 



125 

 Baobab, African, or monkey-bread tree 

 (Adansonia digitata), 120, 121 



— • — i-mmense specimens of, 121 



used as a vegetable cistern, 122 



its age, 122 



Barbasco (Jacquinia armillaris), used 



for catching fish, 66 

 Barima river, the Upper, gigantic trees 



of, 130 

 Basilisk, the, 318 

 Bats of tropical forests, 490, 491 



— organisation of, 491 



— the kalongs, or fox-bats, of Java, 491 



— the vampire, 492 



— the Rhinolophi, or horse-shoe bats, 



493 



— the Scotophilus Coromandelicus of 



Ceylon, 494 

 Battas, a Malay tribe, 259 

 ' Bay of the Thousand Isles,' 38 

 Bay a birds of Hindostan, their nests, 



367 

 Bear, the cocoa-nut (Ursus malayanus), 



149 

 Bechuanas, their love for agriculture 

 and domestic animals, 91 



— their mode of drawing water, 91 

 Bedouins, personal appearance of the, 



105 



— their love of solitude, 107 



— acuteness of their senses, 107 



— their manners, 108 



— their patriotism, 108 



— song of Maysunah, 109 



— traits of their character, 109 



— - ferocity of their life, 110 



— their women, 110 



— their chivalrous spirit. 171 



— story of the Caliph El Mutasen, 111 



— horses of the Arabs, 111, 112 



— camels of the, 113 



the instrument of lasting freedom, 



113 



— encampments of the Bedouins, 115 



— quarrels among them, 115 



— murders among- them, 116 



— their amusements, 116, 117 



— their hospitality and accomplish- 



ments, 218 



— delicacy of the Arabic tongue, 118 



— manners and habits of the Bedouins, 



119 



— their religious character, 1 1 9 



— their similarity to the North Ameri- 



can Indians, 119 



