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Ferns of the tropics, 161 

 Fetissism of the negroes, 522 

 Ficus elastica, singular formation of the 

 roots of the, 136, 139 



caoutchouc of the, 191 



Fiery topaz, nest of the, 3-18 



Fig, the Indian, the fruit of the melo- 



cacti, 134 

 Fig trees, climbing, of Polanarrua, 136 



marriage of the fig tree and palm, 



137 

 Filaria medinensis, or Gruinea worm, 

 226 



its mode of working, 226 



method of extracting it, 228 



Finches of the tropics, 357 

 Fire-ant, the black, of Guiana, 274 

 Fire -flies of the Indian Archipelago, 



210 

 Fishes, tropical, 65, 271 

 Fish-catching on a grand scale, 66 

 Fishing-eagle of Africa (Halisetus voci- 



fer), 382 

 Flamingo (Phcenicopterus ruber), 357 



— long-legged, of the Puna, 28 



— its habits, 357, 361 



— its nests, 357 



Flute-bird of Gruiana (Cyphorinus can- 

 tans), 357 



Fly-catcher, crowned (Myoarchus coro- 

 natus), of the Peruvian sand-coast, 

 34 



Flying-dragons, 317 



Flying-fishes (Exoccetusvolitans,Pterois 

 Volitans), 271 



Flying-foxes (Pteropus), 401 



Flying-squirrels (Pteromys), 494 



Forbes, Mr., his narrow escape from a 

 Cobra di Capello, 299 



Forest, primitive tropical, 53 



— its peculiar charms and terrors, 53 



— troubles of the botanist in the, 54 



— endless varieties of trees in tropical 



forests, 55 



— and of their sites, 56 



— lowland forests during the rainy sea- 



sons, 57 



— a hurricane in, 57 



— beauty of the forests after the rainy 



seasons, 58 



— birds of the tropical, 58, 59 



— morning, noon, and night in the 



forests, 59, 60 



— first impression of a tropical forest, 



292 



— exaggerated fears, 293 



— few tropical snakes to be seen, 293 



— habits and appearance of venomous 



snakes, 293 

 ~ anecdote of the Prince of Neu "Wied, 

 294 



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Forest snakes, death caused by the 

 bite of a Trigonocephalus, 295 



— antidotes recommended against ser- 



pentine poison, 295 



— vipers and rattlesnakes, 297, 298 



— the Cobra di Capello, 298 



— the asp and viper, 300 



— boas and pythons, 301 



— enemies of snakes, 302 



Fox (Canis azarse), the, of the high 

 table-lands of Peru and Bolivia, 28 



Fox-tailed monkeys, 513 



Francisco, San, cordage used on the 

 banks of the river of, 1 32 



Frigate-bird, 267 



its mode of operation, 267, 268 



Frog, the Brazilian and Surinam tree, 

 320 



Frog-fish, the, 272 



Fruit trees of the tropics, 145 



the chirimoya of Peru, 172 



thelitchi, 172 



the mangosteen, 173 



the mango, 173 



Fungus ant, 239 



GAD-FLY of South America (OEstrus 

 hominis), ulcers produced by the, 

 225 

 Galapagos, or Tortoise Islands, 321 



— singular animal and vegetable life of 



the, 321 



Galagos, the, 516 



Galeopitheci, the, 495 



Gailinazos, or turkey-buzzards, 378 



Garapata (Ixodes sanguisuga), a kind of 

 blood-sucking tick, 227 



Garua, or drizzling mists, of the Peru- 

 vian sand-coasts, 32 



Gasteracantha arcuata, 292 



Gavials of the Ganges, 333 



— their attack of the tiger, 333 

 Gecko, the, 310, 311 



— its usefulness to man, 310 



— anatomy of its feet, 311 



— different species of, 311 



— defeats a Tarantula spider, 312 

 Gemsbuck of South Africa (A. Oryx), 



88, 410 

 Gibbon, the, described, 503 

 Giraffe, or camelopard, its beauty, 



403 



— its wide range of vision, 403 



— use of its horns, 404 



— its gregarious habits, 405 



— Jiunting, 405-408 



— his enemies in the forest, 408 



— known to the ancients, 408 



— analogies between the giraffe and 



ostrich, 408 



