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INDEX 



KLI 



LOG 



Klipdachs, the, 394 



Kobaaba rhinoceros (R. Oswellis), 441 



Koodoo (Strepsiceros capensis), of South 



Africa, 65 

 Korakorum monntain, 89 

 Kordofan, baobab trees of, 103 



— deleb palms of, 144 



Korwe (Tockus erythrorynchus), 385 



— its singular nest, 385 



Kuihip river, vegetation of the banks of the, 



63 

 Kunthia montana, height at which it will 



grow, 151 



LABARRI snake, 312 

 thePrinceofNeuWiedandone, 



313 

 Lac, or gum-lac, 262 

 Lac, insect, the (Chermes lacca), 262 

 Lachesis rhombeata, 315 

 Ladang, or mountain rice, cultivation of, 156 

 Lagidium peruanumand pallipes of Peru, 32 

 Lagostomus viscacha of the Pampas, 32 

 Lagunes of the Maraiion, 49 



— fish catching on a grand scale, 49 

 Lalo, the, of the Africans, 104 



Land, growth of, promoted by mangrove 



vegetation, 95 

 Land -crabs, 308 

 Land-leeches of Ceylon, 251 

 Lantern-fly (Fulgora lanternaria), its fabled 



phosphorescence, 271 

 Lapland, number of beetles found in, 265 

 Lar, the, of Siam and Malacca, 522 

 Larus serranus of tropical America, 33 

 Lathami talegalla, 380 

 Laurels of tropical forests, 81 

 Lecanium coffeas, or coffee bug, 197 

 Lecanora miniata of the heights of the Sik- 



kim mountains, 92 

 Leeches of the streams of the Sikkim moun- 

 tains, 93 



— of the southern slopes of the Himalaya, 2 52 



— land, of Ceylon, the plague of, 251 

 Leguiiiinosas of tropical forests, 81 

 Lemur, slow-paced, 529 



— handed, 530 

 Leopard, the, 466 



— the, attracted by the smell of the small- 



pox, 482 



— the hunting leopard, or cheetah, 482 

 Lepidoptera, comparative numbers of, in 



Siberia and Brazil, 266 



Leroshua plant, its value to the inhabitants 

 of the Kalahari, 62 



Liana, or bushrope, of the primitive tropical 

 forest, 79, 121 



Libellula lucretia dragon-fly, 267 



Lichens of the heights of the Sikkim moun- 

 tains, 92 



Licli, the, a bird of the Puna, 33 



Lima wood, 241 



Limulus, the, 307 



Lion, similarity of the voice of the ostrich to 

 that of the, 403 



— on the borders of the Sahara, 75 



— not a noble animal, 467 



— his conflicts with travellers on Mount 



Atlas, 467 



— his fondness for the flesh of the Hotten- 



tot, 468 



— hunting, 470 



— different species of the, 474 



— his affection for the dog, 475 

 Liquidambar tree of Mexico, 88 



Litchi (Nephelium litchi), of China and 



Cochin China, 180 

 Lithophytes, or stone polyps, 309 

 Liverpool, its monopoly of the palm-oil 

 trade, 145 



— trade of, 209 



Livingstone, Dr., his efforts to promote the 

 cultivation of cotton in Africa, 214 



— attacked by red ants, 274 



— his adventure with a lion, 471 

 Lizards of the Peruvian sand-coast, 4 



— of the Sahara, 76 



— their delight in the sunshine, 83 



— their vast numbers in the tropics, 328 



— the gecko, 328 



— the anolis, 330 



— chameleons, 331 



— iguanas, 332 



— guanas, 333 



— monitor-lizard, 333 



— water-lizards, 334 



— flying-dragons, 335 



— the basilisk, 336 



— peculiar, of the Galapagos Islands, 



339 

 Llama, its use to the ancient Peruvians, 26 



— the only animal domesticated by the 



aboriginal Americans, 26 



— its similarity to the dromedary of the 



Old World, 27 



— its appearance, its ordinary load, and 



price, 27 

 -— herds jounieyingdescribed by Tschudi,27 



— kindness of the Indians towards them, 28 

 Llanos, the, of Venezuela and New Grenada, 



their extent, 14 



— their aspect in the dry season, 14 



— and in the rainy season, 18 



— their appearance at the end of the rainy 



period, 21 



— almost uninhabited when discovered by 



the Spaniards, 22 

 Lobsters of the tropical seas, 308 

 Locust (Gryllus migratorius), description of 



the, 254 



— vast numbers of them, 254 



— superstition of the Moslems respecting 



them, 255 



— their devastation of the Empire of Mo- 



rocco, 255 



