INDEX 



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IJivers of the tropics, continued: — 



— Beni, 46 



— Berbice, 123 



— Bran CO, 56 



— Cassiquiare, 56 



— Coary, 45 



— Guama, 123 



— Guapore, 46, 56 



— Hacha, 241 



— Huallaga, 45 



— 19a, 45 



— Jurua, 45 



— Jutay, 45 



— Kuisip, 63 



— La Plata, 56 



— Madeira, 46 



— Mainore, 46 



— Maranon, 44, et scq. 



— Negro, 45, 56, 247 



— Orinoco, 56, 78 



— Parima, 56 



— Pajara, 19 



— Paraguay, 56 



— Puru.s, 45 



— Seuza, 246 



— Tapajos, 46 



— Teflfee, 45 



— Teoge, 436 



— Tocantines, 47 



— Tunguragua, 44 



— Ucayale, 45 



— Xanari, 45 



— Xingu, 47, 246 



— Yapiira, 45 



— Zambesi, 435, 455 



— Zouga, 436 



Rodentia of tlic sand-coast of Peru, 40 

 Roots of trees, singular formation of the, 125 

 Ropes made from the bromelias, 117 

 Rupicola auraiitia, 366 



— Peruviana, 369 



SAGO -PALM (Sagus fariniferus), the, of 

 the Indian Archipelago, 135 

 Saguer, or Gomuti palm (Gomutus vulgaris), 



uses to which it is put, 136 

 Sahara, the, 6, 7, 68 



— constant drought of the, 6 



— north-easterly winds of, 7 



— its uncertain limits, 68 



— caravan routes, 69 



— its desolate appearance, 69 



— chasms and mountain streams, 70 



— deposits of salt, 70 



— the oases of the wilderness, 70 



— tribes of the Sahara, 71 



— contrast between the sterile desert and 



the oases, 71 



— grandeur of the desert scene, 71 



— its fascination for the traveller, 72 



— the khamsin or simoom, 72 



— sand-spouts, 74 



SEC 

 animal life of the, 75 



Sahara 



— periodical rains of the, 77 

 Sai'miris monkey, the, 537 

 Sakis, or fox-tailed monkeys. 536 

 Salamanders, their delight in the sunshine, 



83 

 Salt, deposits of, in the basins of the 



Sahara, 70 

 Sancudos, or mosquitoes, of tropical America, 



247 

 Sand-coast of Peru, 36 

 Sandal tree of Ciiina, 112 



— smaller variety of Hawaii, Feejee, and 



the New Hebrides, 1 12 

 Sand-hills of Chancay, on the Peruvian 



coast, 42 

 Sand-reed (Ammophila arundinacea), of the 



coasts of the North Sea, 64 

 Sand-spouts in the llanos in the dry sea- 

 son, 16 



of the coast of Peru, 38 



description of one at Chiggre, 74 



Sand-storms of the Sahara, 72 



at Schiebun on the Nile, 73 



Sandwich Islanders, food of the, 1 78 



their indolence, 1 79 



Sarcoramphus papa, 390 



Sarsaparilla, habitat of the, 50 



Satinwood tree (Chloroxylon swietenia), 



forests of, in Ceylon, 111 

 Saul tree (Shorea robusta), excellent timber 



of the. Ill 

 Saunders wood, red (Ptcrocarpus santa- 



linus), 241 

 Saurians, 350 



Savannahs of South America during the 

 dry season, 14 



— a savannah on fire, 1 7 



— their aspect during the rainy season, 18 



— and at the end of the lainy period, 21 

 Sawah, or artificially irrigated rice-fields of 



the Malays, 157 

 Saw-fishes, 306 

 Scalaria pretiosa, 308 

 Sciurus palmarum, 134 

 Scheidbun on the Nile, sand-storm at, 73 

 Schomburgk, Robert, his discovery of the 

 Victoria Regia, 123 



— bitten by a Ponera clavata, 273 



— anecdote of him, 315 



Scorpions, immense size of, in the torrid 

 zone, 299 



— fatal effects of their bite, 300 



— their habitat, 300 



— poison lodged in their tails, 301 

 Scotophilus Coromandelicus, the, 511 

 Sea-birds, tropical, 303 



— on the coast of Peru, 42 



Sea-eagle of the north, its devices for pro- 

 curing food, 402 

 Seals of the Peruvian sand- coast, 42 

 Sea-otters of the Peruvian coast, 42 

 Secretary-bird, his destruction of snakes, 321 



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