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Cornl-snake (Elaps coraliintu), domesticated 



in Bnizil, 326 

 Coriaceous turtle (Spliargis coriacca), 348 

 Corozo palm (KLxmh olcifera), oil of the, 149 

 Corypha aUHtraiin, 150 

 Coryphaoria, the, 306 

 ('oryphodon lihiinenbachii, 326 

 Cotingaa, the, 365 

 Cotton, 207 



— amazing rise of the cotton manufacture, 



208 



— known in ancient times, 208 



— invention of the spinnin^-jcnny, 208 



— and of the Hpinninjij-frame, the mule- 



jenny, atid the power-loom, 208 



— stati«tic» of the cotton trade, 209 



— different Bpcci(!8 of the cotton plant, 



210 



— cultivation of the phiiit, 210 



— the cotton harvest, 21 1 



— the cotton trade of India, prcaent and 



proHjjective, 211, et aeq. 



— cffcctM of the civil war in America on 



the cotton trade, 213 



— cott<in production of Africa, 213 



— eflortH of the Kiif^li.Hh to introduce the 



cultivation of cotton and abalinh the 

 «liive trade in Africa, 213 



— Brazilian, Egyptian, and Chinese cotton, 



214 



— cotton seed oil, 214 

 Couj^ar, or puma, the, 490 

 Counacutchi, or bush-inaater snake (La- 



cliesis riiombeata), 315 

 Crab, cocoa-nut (Uirgus latro), 134 



— itH mfxlc of ojMjration, 135 

 Crab, land, 308 



— injuricM done by, to the sugar-cane, 187 

 Crab.s of the tropical Hcas, 308 



Cranata do rod<5 (Broiix-iia sagenaria), cord- 

 age made from the, 1 17 



Cray-fi«h. 308 



Crceping-plantH, tlieir imjjortancc in the 

 dc»erlH of South Africa, 64 



Crocwliles, 14 



— their return to life, 19 

 — - their torj^idity, 356 



— their power of faKcinuting their prey, 



356 



— their wanderings, 356 



— anecdote of one in ('«!ylon, 357 



— their habitat, 351 



('rompton, Mr., bin invention of the mule- 

 jenny, 208 

 CrotaluH horridus, 316 



— duriHHUH, 316 

 Crustaceans of the tropics, 307 



— decajMKJ, 308 



Cidm, cultivation of coil'uo in, 193 



(>ul)ai;ua, island of, 58 



Cubl)eer - burr banyan tree, the famous, 



107 

 (.!ii(haracha cockroach of INtu, 258 



DIM 



Cuculi pigeons of the I'eruvian sand-coast 



41 

 Cucumis cafTtr, 63 

 Curcuma loiiga, 242 

 Cyclones, 1 1 

 Cynocephali, 527 

 Cynocephalus porcarius, 528 

 — sphinx, 528 

 Cypborinus cantans, 371 

 Cypraca aurora, 308 



DAMARA LAND, reason wliy droughts 

 are prevalent in, 62 



umbrellaH u.sed in, 405 



Dampier, the bread-fruit first mentioned by, 

 168 



— his description of a logwood-cntter, 238 



— attacked by n Guinea worm, 250 

 Darwin, Mr., his account of the giant tor- 

 toise of the Gala(>ai'Ofl Islands, 340 



— his ride on a tortoise 342 



Dasypus taluay of the sand-coast of Peru, 



40 

 Date-palm (Phoenix dactylifera), 142 



— — range of cultivatirju, 142 



— — mo<le of propagation, 143 

 tamr and bela dates, 143 



— — varieties of dates, 143 



— — trees of Nubia, 144 

 J)ecomposition arrested by sand and the 



winds of the Punas, 25 



Deer of the Punas, 32 



Degleh dates, 143 



Delabechea, or bottle-tree, of tropical Aus- 

 tralia, 124 



Deleb palms of Kordofan, 144 



D<-lphinium glaciale, great elevation at 

 which it growH, 91, 92 



Demerara, the goatsucker of, 369 



Dcrryas, the (Cynocephalus hamadryas), 

 formerly regarded with divine honours, 

 529 



Descleux, Captain, his introduction of the 

 coffee-plant into the West Indies, 191 



Desert, the ship of the, 417 



— horrors and beauties of the, 419 



— the Bedouins of the, and their camels, 



420 

 D(!vil-bird, or gualama, of Ceylon, 382 

 Dew, abundance and distribution of, within 



the torrid zone, 6 # 



Dhourra, or millet beer, of Nubia, 166 

 Diactor bilineatus, 269 

 Diadem spider, 299 

 Diamond-beetle (pjitimus nobilis , used as 



an ornament, 264 

 Diana monkey, 526 

 Diodon, the, 307 

 Dilolo, hake, sagacity of the ants near, 



279 

 Dimiya, or great red ant of Ceylon, 274 



