INPK\ 



549 



l>is«»sf«s to which tho traveller is li»blo in 



the rmins, or hi^ijh table- laiuls u{ Peru aiul 



Uolivia. a4 

 I>\>j::s. half wild (C«nis Ingw), of the Punas, 



34 

 Dv.lphiius 307 

 I>oi)kiah mountain, 89 

 Porjiliui;, i>anatarium of, in th« Sikkim 



numntaiuvH, 89 

 lX)uin-j»alin (UyphaMie Thehaica), 144 

 Oouw, or liuivheirs zebra, 4*20 

 PraewnHS, or dra^on-tiYt»s, 105 



— gijrajUie ones of the Canary Islands, 



Madeira, and Torto Santo, 105 



— ct'lebrateil sjieeiniou at Oivtava, in 



Teuerirte, 105 

 l>rai:jon-tlies I'f the tivpica, 267 

 l)|-ai^>ns, tlyinj;, 3;U> 

 l>rai:on-lret>s. Set DraoMnas. 

 Drill, the, 528 



Divnuiius Novio Hollandia>, 407 

 Dromedary. •St'f Camel. 

 Di-onjjhts, ivHson why they are prevalent in 



South Africa, 61 

 Drummer coc'kiXMch (Blatta gigantea), 



25t>, 257 

 Du Chaillu, &I., his description of the 



gorilla, 519 

 Duiker (Cephalopus mergens), the, of South 



AfricH, 65 

 Durissus (t^'otalus durissus), 316 

 Diiruculi nionkey, the, 538 

 Dutch, their projjixvss in the Indian Ocean 



and cruel nionopolies, 227 

 Dyes, tropical vegetable, 234 

 ~ iudig^>, 234 



— logwiKxl, 238 



— Brazil wikhI, 240 



— ifvl s.'iuiidej-s WikkI, 241 



— arnatto, 241 

 -— fustic, 242 



— turmeric, 242 



I^^ACI.K. the harpy, 392 

 J — his habitat, 393 



— tho fishing, of Africa (llaliiutus vocifer), 



395 



— tho sea, of the north, its method of pro- 



curing fiKHl, 402 

 Karlh-hogs of the Capt>, 50 

 Eastern coasts or eastern slopes bettor 



watertnl than western, why, 7 

 Kohidna, the, or piMcupino ant-eater, 503 



— ocellata, its fatal bite, 315 

 Echinwttcti, the, 118 



Eohinocactus nana, or dwarf-cactus, 119 



— visnaga, its inunense size, 119 

 Egypt, sycamore gi\)ves of, 105 



— cotton cultivation of. 214 

 Eider-down, motlo of obtaining, 402 

 Eltois guineensis, or oil-l>ulm trto of West 



Africa, 144 



EWls oleifera, oil of the, 149 



Ehuuls (Boi-eJaphus wxas) of South Afirtva, 



65 

 Elaps wrallinus, 386 

 Electric eel (Gymnotus electricus), 20 



Lulian nuKle of capturing them, 20 



Elephant-thorn of Ctylon. 126 " 

 Elephant, his love of solitude, 449 



— lu's seuvses of sntell and o( hearing, 450 



— his motle of ascending and doscendinx 



abrupt banks, 450 



— his stomach. 451 



— his trunk, 451 



— uses of his tusks, 451 



— his discipline, 452 



— hts sagacity and devotioa, 452 



— rogues, 453 



— value of the elephant to man, 454 



— 8pei>ies of the, 454 



— wide range of the African, 455 



— - mode of Imnting hint in vjtrious cour.- 

 tries, 455 



— ivory of the African elephant, 458 



— the Asiatic, 458 



— catchers, of Ceylon, 460 



— cwrals, 462 



Kllioit, Ensign, his escaj>o fi-om a tigt>r, 



479 

 Emu or nandu (Uhea Americana), ita 



habitat, 406 



— of Australia (Di-omaius Novje llol- 



landiaO, 407 

 Kmydie, or nuirsh-tortoii^es, of Anierica and 



the Indian Aa^hipelago, 342 

 Emys picta, 342 

 Enarea and Cutla, the original home of the 



cotfee plant, 1 89 

 England, annual iujports of wool inti», 207 

 — • former wind trade o^", 207 



— cotton trade of, 209 



— numlwr of beetles found in, 265 

 Entinms nobili.s, 264 



Epeiras, Iwautifnl colouring of tK?, 294 

 Epiphyti'S of the forests of tlttT t»i>pics, 



123 

 Essequibo river, 56 

 Evmeotes nmrinus, 320 

 Eupliorbia arbo»"e.-«cons of Africa, 1 05 



— ti"ee, the juice of the, used as a ]H)is»'n 



in South Africa, 400 

 Everest, Mount, 89 

 Eyes, acute inflammation of llu-, in tlio 



I'nna, 24 



— of tho chameleon, 331 



FALCO BACHA, 394 

 Falcon (Kalco sjMirverins) of tho I'eru- 

 vian .sand-coast, 41 

 Faval, destruction of the orange trees of, 



260 

 Ecalhers of the ostrich, 405 



