INDEX. 



Acids, 93, 161, 172, 173, 178, 295 



Adelsberg caves, 61 



Air, a mixture, 29 ; dust in, 18 ; 

 effect on rocks, 28 ; vitiated, 164, 

 165 ; purification of, 170, 173 



AldalDra, 100 



Algae, 10 



Alkali, 161, 295 



Almonds, Oil of, 293 



Alumina, 118 



Aluminium, 117 



Amazons river, 14, 55, 60, 185, 210 



Amber, 193 



Ammonia, 173, 254, 297 



Andes, 78, 105 



Aniline, 293 



Anthracite, 189 



Ants, 102, 207, 208 210, 213 



Antwerp, Refuse of, 294 



Arctic glaciers, 69; ocean, 164; re- 

 gions, 9 



Argala, 242 



Argol, 305 



Ashes, 301, 309 



Ash of plants, 98, 256 ; volcanoes, 

 83-84 



Asphalt, 190 



Atlantic, 23, 138, 146, 147 



Atlantis, 106 



Atolls, 134 



Aura vulture, 236 



Aveyros, 210 



Azores, 87-8 



Bacteria, 18, 177 



" Bad Lands," 118 9 



Baku, 192 



Bamboo, 98 



Bank notes, Paper for, 281 



Barbadoes earth, 154 



Bath brick, 155 



Bath springs, 88 



Beech forest, 169 ; wood, 194 



Beetroot, 98, 172 



Beetles, 202 ; burying, 216 8 ; cock- 

 tail, 221 ; dung, 222 



Bell rock, 133 



Berlin, 155 



Bermudas, 62, 132, 137, 141, 143 



Big "Muddy," 50 



Birds' feet, 103 ; nests, 225 



Birds, Scavenger, 231 243 



Bitter beer, 2 



Bizcacha, 211 



Blacklead, 166, 193 



Black shales, 188 



Blanc, Mont, 26 



Bleaching, 295 



Blotting paper, 280 



Blow-fly, 215 



Blue marl, 194 ; limestone, 194 

 | Bombs burst by ice and steam, 24 

 | Bones, 271, 288 



Bone-black, 289 



Booby, 213 



Boots, 2867, 3 6 



Bottles, 288 



Bramah kites, 242 



Brazil, glaciers, 71 ; rain, 46 ; rocks, 



122 



Breathing, 165 ; of plants, 169 

 Breeze, 285 

 Brewers' refuse, 307 

 Bronze period, 265 

 Burrowing animals, 1012 

 Bursting of pipes, 24 



California, 10 

 Cameos, 127 

 Camphor, 173 

 Canidae, 248 

 Canons, 53 



; Canterbury water, 36 

 Cape of Good Hope, 76, 113 



