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INDEX 



OST 

 Ostrich, mode of hunting it, 399 



— its stratagem for protecting its young, 



400 



— its enemies, 402 



— its young, 403 



— its resemblance to the camel, 403 



— similarity of its voice to that of the 



lion, 403 



— its voracity, 404 



— its feathers, 405 



— domesticated in Algeria, 405 



Oowell, Mr., his adventure with a rhinoceros, 



444 

 his escape from a wounded elephant, 



456 

 Otaheite, geckoes of, 329 

 Ouistitis, or squirrel monkeys, 538 

 Owl, burrowing (Athene cunicularia), of 

 the Peruvian sand-coast, 41 



— the pearl, of the same region, 41 

 Oxen, herds of, in the mountain valleys of 



the Puna, 34 



— grunting, or yacks, 91 



PACIFIC OCEAN, limits of the trade- 

 winds in the, 6 



causes of the distribution of rain on 



the Pacific off Central America, 

 10 



— — violent tropical storms of, 12 

 Paddy, or uncleaned rice, 159 



Pajara river during the rainy season, 19 

 Pallah (Antilope melampus), always found 



near water, 65 

 Palma real (Oreodoxa regia), the, 150 

 I'almetto of Azufral, height at which it will 



grow, 151 

 Pahn-martin (Paradoxus typus or Pou- 



gouni), its fondness for cocoa-nuts, 134 

 Palm oil, 145 

 vast trade in, 145, et seq. 



— • — mode of trading in, at Bonny, 146 



— — quantity exported from West Africa, 



147 



Palms of the tropical forest, 81 



Palm-squirrel (Sciurus pahriarum), its fond- 

 ness tor cocoa-nuts, 134 



Palm trees of the lower slopes of Sikkim, 

 90 



Palm trees, 128 



— the cocoa-nut tree, 128 



— the sago- palm, 135 



— the saguer or gomuti, 136 



— the areca palm, 137 



— the palmyra palm, 137 



— the talpot or talipot palm, 140 



— cocoa de mer, 140 



— date-palms, 142 



— doum-palms, 144 



— oil-palms, 145 



— the carnuaba, 148 



PER 

 Palm trees, the Ceroxylon andicola, 148 



— the cabbage-palm, 148 



— the corozo, 149 



— the pirijao and pia9ava palms, 149 



— cabeza di negro, 149 



— difficulties in ascertaining the different 



species of palms, 149 



— their wide geographical range, 150 



— different physiognomy of palms ac- 



cording to their heights, 151 



— position and form of their fronds, 151 

 Palmyra palm" (Borassus flabelliformis), 



extent of its range, 137 



— — its uses to man, 137, 138 

 Pangolin, the Indian (Manis peutadactvla), 



600 



Panther, the, 481 



Pao Barrigudo (Chorisia ventricosa), sin- 

 gular shape of the, 124 



Papantla, cultivation of vanilla at, 201 



Paper, Chinese, material of which it is 

 made, 115 



— made from the talipot tree of Ceylon, 



140 

 Para, perennial rainy season of, 9 



— population .of, 56 

 Paradise, great bird of, 377 

 Paiadoxus typus or Pougouni, 134 

 Paraguay, constant east winds of, 7 



— river, 56 

 Parima river, 56 

 Paroquets, or parakeets, 415 



— ring and green, 416 



Parrots of the primitive forests, 83, 84 



— their peculiar manner of climbing, 408 



— their resemblance to monkeys, 408 



— their food, 409 



— their sociability, 409 



— their connubial love, 410 



— their powers of mimicry, 410 



— American Indian mode of catching 



them, 412 



— various species of them, 412 



— the colours of, artificially changed, 



413 

 Parsley, a deadly poison to parrots, 416 

 Peacock, the, 376 



— frequently seen in company with the 



tiger, 476 

 Pearls, oriental, 309 

 Pegu, rice trade of, 158 

 Peireskia, the leafy cactus, of the Lake of 



Titicaca, 119 

 Pepper, 231 



— description of the vine, 231 



— mode of cultivation, 231 



— its habitat, 231 

 Pernambuco, two rainy seasons of, 9 

 Peru, constant drought of the sand-coast 



of, 6 



— the Puna, or hisjh table-lands of, 23 



— Puna chases in the times of the Incas, 32 



— the sand-coiist of, 36 



