INDEX 



551 



GIR 



HIM 



Giraffe, its wide range of vision, 424 



— use of its horns, 424 



— its gregarious habits, 425 



— liunting, 425 



— his enemies in the forest, 427 



— known to the ancients, 427 



— his probable acclimatisation, 428 



— always found near water, 65 



Glagah, or tall grass of the Indian jungle, 



156 

 Glow-worms (Lampyrides) of Europe, 270 



— — of Sarawak, 271 



— — worn as ornaments, 271 

 Glue, marine, 219 



Gnu (Catoblepas gnu), always found near 

 water, 65 



— the, of South Africa, 425, 426 

 Goatsucker, singular voice of the, 369 



— his usefulness, 370 

 — - his food, 370 



Godin des Odonnais, M., accompanies La 

 Condainine on his voyage, 59 



Giidin, Madame, her adventures, 59 



Goliath beetles of the coast of Guinea, 267 



eaten, 263 



Golunda coffee-rat, the, 197 



Gomuti palm, wine of the, 136 



Gomutus vulgaris, 136 



Good Hope, Cape of, discovery of the road 

 round the, 227 



Goodyear, Mr., his mode of hardening India- 

 rubber, 218 



Goose, the white Huachua, of the Puna, 33 



Gordonia Wallichii, the, of the Sikkim slopes, 

 90 



Goree, ravages of termites at, 282 



— giant spiders of, 292 

 Gorilla, the, 519 



Greenland, number of beetles found in, 265 



Green turtle (Chelonia midas), 347 



Grenada, New, the Llanos of,- 14 



importance of the guadua bamboo of, 



114 



Grosbeak, the, 384 



Gua Gede, cavern of, 305 



Gua Rongkop, cave of, and its esculent 

 swallows' nests, 305 



Guadeloupe, tornado in, 1 1 



Guadua bamboo, its importance In New- 

 Grenada and Quito, 1 14 



Guama, Rio, singular vegetation on the 

 banks of the, 123 



Guanas of the Bahama Islands, 333 



Guandiru (Phyllostoma hastatum), 508 



Guano or Chincha Islands, 36, 42, 43 



Guapore river, a tributary of the Madeira, 

 46, 57 



Guarana Indians, importance of the Mau- 

 ritia palm to the, 21 



their singular habitations, 21 



Guatemala, indigo of, 236 



Guayaquil, perennial rainy season of, 9 



Gueparda jubata, guttata, 482 



Guiana, beauty of the vegetation of the banks 

 of the rivers of, after the rainy season, 

 82 



— birds of, 82, 366, 367 



— magnificence of the forests of, 113 



— insect plagues of, 250 



— the black fire-ant of, 274 



— the bush-master snake of, 315 



— the toucan of, 360 



Guinea, deflections from the ordinary course 



of the trade-winds on the coast of, 10 

 Guinea worm (Filaria medinensis), 249 

 Gulf stream, influence of the, on our climate, 5 

 Gulielma speciosa, its uses to man, 149 

 Gumatty, or fibres of the saguer palm, 136 

 Gumer, in Fassokl, immense baobab tree 



near, 103 

 Gutta percha, or gutta tuban (Icosandra 

 gutta), its native country, 219 



— — its introduction into Europe, 219 

 Malay mode of collecting the gum, 



219 



properties of gutta percha, 220 



uses of gutta percha, 220 



— — supply of gutta percha, 221 

 Gymnotus electricus, 20 

 Gyrophora of the Sikkim heights, 92 



HAG HA, RIO, red dye-wood from, 241 

 Haje (Naja Haje), of Egypt, 319 



Halioetus vocifer, 395 



Halig dates, 1 43 



Hancock and Eroding, Messrs., their India- 

 rubber manufactures, 218 



Hare, Mr., and the cocoa-nut oil of the 

 Keeling islands, 130 



Hares of the Sahara, 75 



Haigraves,Mr., his invention of the spinning- 

 jenny, 208 



Harpy eagle (Thrasaetes harpya), 392 



Hayti, coffee trade of, 1 92 



— attempts of M. Thierry de Meronville to 

 introduce the cochineal insect into,261 



Hawaii, sandal tree of, 112 



Hawk, the sparrow, of Africa (Melierca 

 nmbicus), 395 



Hawk-moths, giant, of the tropical forests, 84 



Hawksbill turtle (Chelonia imbricata), 347, 

 349 



Hebrides, New, sandal tree of the, 112 



Hedgehog of the Sahara, 75 



Heliconias of tropical forests, 81 



Hemp, Manilla, or avaca, 175 



Herbivorous animals of South Africa, 64 



Herbs of the upper slopes of the Sikkim 

 mountains, 9 1 



Hercules beetle (Megasomina Hercules), 

 266 



Himalaya mountains, 89 



'- considered as colossal refrigerators, 5 



land-leeches of the southern slopes 



of the, 252 



