652 



INDEX. 



RAT 



Rat-snake of Ceylon (Coryphodon 

 Blumenbachii), domesticated, 308 



— its agility in seizing its prey, 308 

 Rattlesnakes, 297, 298 



— their rattle, 298 



— ditferent species, 298 



— their chief enemy, 298 



— eaten by Indians, 298 



Reedbok (Electragos arundinaceus), 410> 

 Red River, mosquitoes of, 233 

 Rehoboth, larvse of locusts in myriads 



at, 255 

 Reptiles of the Peruvian sand-ccast, 41 



— of tha tropics,. 310 

 Rhamphastidae, 360 

 Rhea Americana, 390 



— Darwinii, 390 



Rhinoceros,, the,, its brutality andi 

 stupidity, 423 



— different- species of,. 423 



— food and dispositions of the black 



and white kinds, 424 



— their- ugliness,. 424 



— their size, 424 



— their acuteness of smell and hearing, 



425 



— defective vision, 425 



— their friend the Buphaga Africana, 



425 



— their paroxysms of rage, 426; 



— their' nocturnal habits, 426 



— rhinoceros-hunting and its perils,, 



427 



— the Indian, rhinoceros, 429 



— the. Sumatran kind, 430 



— thje Javanese rhinoceros, 430' 



— mode of killing it, 430 

 Rhinolophi, or horse-shoe bats, 493^ 

 Rhododendron nivale, great elevation 



at which it grows, 84- 

 Rhododendrons, region of the Alpine, in 



the Si-kkim mountains, 83. 

 Rice (Oryza sativa), 165 



— original seat of its cultivation, 1.65 



— various aspects of the rice-fields at 



different seasons, 164 

 Rice-bird or Java sparrovi? (Loxia 



oryzivora), 164 

 Rivers of the tropics : — 



— Amazon*, 5 et seq.. 



— Bariraa, Upper, 130 

 ~ Berbice, 137 



— Coary, 37 



— Guama, 137 



— Huallaga, 3^ 



— 19a, 37 



— Jurua, 37 



— Jutay, 37 



— Madeira, 37 



— Marafion. 5. et seq.. 



— Negro, 87, 46 



SAtJ 



Rivers of the tropics, ccntinued: — 



— Orinoco, 37 



— Purus, 37 



— Tapajos, 38 



— Teffee, 37 



— Tunguragua,^ 36 



— Ucayale, 37 



— Xanavi, 37 



— Xingu, 38, 



— Yapura, 37 



— prolific quality of tlie rivers of South 

 America, 66, 



Rock- warbler of Australia,, 371 



Roots of trees, singular formation of 



the, U3 

 Ruby-throated humming-bird, 349 

 Ruminants, tropical, 399 



SACRIFICES, human, of the negroes, 



O 527 



Sago -palm (Sagus farmiferus), the, of 

 the Indian Archipelago, 150 



I treatment of the.. 150 



mushrooms growing on the, 150 



Saguer, or Gomuti palm (Gromutus vul- 

 garis), uses to which, it is put, 150 

 Sahara, the, 4, 93. 



— constant drought of the-, 4 



— north-easterly winds of, 5 



— its uncertain limits,. 93 



— its desolate appearance, 94 



— chasms and mountain streams, 94 



— deposits o-f salt,. 9.4 



— the oases of the wilderness, 94 

 1 — tribes of the Sahara, 94 



i — contrast between the sterile desert 

 and the oases, 95 



— grandeur of the desert scene, 95 



— its fascination for the traveller, 96 



— sandspouts, or trombs, in it, 97 



— the simoom, 98 



• — sand-spouts, 97, 98 



— the chase of the gazelle in the, 101 



— animals of, 101, 102 



■ — periodical rains of the, 103 



— the Tuarege and Tibbos of the, 



103 



— caravans of the, 103 



— barrier caused by the desert to civili- 



sation, 521 

 Saiimiris monkey, the, 514 

 Sakis, or fox-tailed monkeys, 513 

 Sand-reed (Ammophila arundinacea), 



of the coasts of the Kalaparj, 87 

 Sandwich Islands, verdure of, 6 



— Islanders, food of the, 281 



Saiiba, or Coushie ant (Oecodoma cepha- 



lotes), 236 

 ^ the enemy of the banana and 



cassava plantations, 236 



