INDEX. 



757 



Giraffe, the, 504 ; pulled down by lions, 699 ; 

 its aspect, 731; its weapons of defence, 732; 

 its anatomical structure, 732 ; chase of the 

 giraffe, 732 ; encounters with lions, 699, 732; 

 Aristotle and Buffon on the giraffe, 733 ; 

 giraffes in Europe and America, 733; analo- 

 gies between the ostrich and the giraffe, 733. 



Glagah grass, the, 546. 



Gnu, the, 734. 



God's birds, name for birds of paradise, 653. 



Goliath beetle, the, 582. 



Gorilla, the, 678; Du Chaillu's adventures 

 among, 678; female and young, 679. 



Gourds, esculent, of the kalahari, 505. 



Graminea, or grasses, 532. 



Grosbeak, the, 658. 



Guachos of South America, 502. 



Gum-lac insect, 592. 



H. 



HAJE, serpent, the, 620. 



Harpy eagle, the, 696. 



Henderso.;, A. M., on the fascination of ser- 

 pents, 621. 



Himalayas, mountains of, 497. 



Hippopotamus, the, 725 ; is it the behemoth of 

 Job? 725; its ancient and present habitat, 

 725; its mode of life, 725; its unpleasing 

 aspect, 725 ; its inoffensive character, 726 ; 

 the rogue hippopotamus, 726 ; intelligence 

 of the hippopotamus, 726; whips of its hide, 

 727 ; its ivory, 727 ; modes of destroying, 

 727 ; spearing the hippopotamus," 728 ; the 

 downfall, 728. 



Historical tree, the oldest, 530. 



Hog, the, destructive to the rattlesnake, 619. 



Honey-eaters, 652. 



Hornbill, the rhinoceros, 651. 



Horse, the, introduced into America, 500; in- 

 fluence upon the natives, 502. 



House-building ants, 599. 



Humming-birds, 647. 



Huanacu, the, 483. 



Humboldt, A. Von: Notes of, 498, 517, 525, 

 552, 601, 638, 691, 694. 



Huniman, the sacred monkey of India, 686. 



Hunting, of the vicuna, 484 ; of the gazelle, 

 512; of the ostrich, 512, 664; of the lion, 

 700 ; by the cheetah, 708; of the rhinoceros, 

 723 ; of the hippopotamus, 727 ; of the wild 

 boar, 735. 



Hurricanes, velocity of, 477. 



Hysena, the, 709 ; different species of, 709. 



Hydrosauri, or water-lizards, 632. 



I. 



IBIS, the, 651. 



Igaripe's, or canoe paths of the Amazon, 518. 



Iguanas, 631. 



Incas of Peru, 486; origin of their civilization, 

 487 ; present aspect of their sacred island, 487 ; 

 fountain of the Incas, 488 ; their great mil- 

 itary roads, 489. 



Indians, of Ecuador, 493 ; of southern Africa, 

 506 ; of the Amazon, 521 ; of the Malay isl- 

 ands, 552. 



Insects, abundance of within the tropics, 581 ; 

 beetles, 581; goliath, 582; leaf-butterfly, 582 , 



mantis or soothsayer, 583 ; fire-flies, 584 ; 

 mosquitoes, .585; jiggers, 585; the bete- 

 rouge, 586 ; ticks, 587 ; land-leeches, 587 ; 

 the tsetse, 587; Isalt-Salya, or zimb, 588; 

 locusts, 588; cockroaches, 589; the silk- 

 worm, 59U; the cochineal insect, 591; the 

 gum-lac insect, 592; edible insects, 592; or- 

 namental insects, 593; aphides, or plant-lice, 

 600. (See also Ants, Termites, and iSpifars.) 



India-rubber tree, the, 536. 



Inundations, of the Amazon, 519. 



Islands : mostly tropical, 477 ; volcanic, 478 ; 

 coralline, 478; volcanic, 479; how peopled, 

 479. 



J. 



JABIRC, the, 651. 

 Jacana, the, 651. 

 Jaguar, the, 710; his ravages, 710; modes of 



hunting, 710. 

 Java, coftee of, 563 ; Dutch monopoly of spices 



in, 575 ; bats in, 670. 

 Jigger, or chegoe, the, 585. 



K. 



KAI.A, the rhinocerol-bud, 722. 



Kalahari, South African Savanna, 503; vege- 

 tation of, 505 ; water in, 505 ; insects of, 506 ; 

 water-finding ants, 506 ; inhabitants of, 506. 



Kalong, or fox-bat, the, 670. 



Keitloa, or black rhinoceros, the, 721. 



Kengwe, an African plant, 5C5. 



Khamsin, or simoom, the 511, 729. 



Kobaaba, or white rhinoceros, the 722. 



Korwe, the, 658. 



L. 



LABARRI snake, the 617. 



Ladang, or mountain rice, 546. 



Lake Region of Africa, 506. 



Land and Water, Proportions of, 473. 



Lasso, the, 501. 



Leeches, Land of, Ceylon, 587. 



Leichardt, Mr., explorations in Australia, 509. 



Lemurs, semi-monkeys, 688. 



Leopard, the, 708 ; the cheetah, or hunting 

 leopard, 708. 



Leroshua, an African plant, 504. 



Liana, the, 483. 



Llanos, of Venezuela, the, 499; in the dry 

 season, 500; in the wet season, 500. 



Lianas. (See Bus/tropes.) 



Life and cold, struggles between, 471. 



Lion, the, 504 ; lion and rhinoceros, 504, 704 ; 

 general characteristics of the lion, 698 ; mode 

 of seizing his prey, 699; lions and giraffe, 

 699 ; lion and man, 700; hunting the lion on 

 Mount Atlas, 700, 702; man-eating lions, 

 700, 704; adventure of Hottentot with, 701; 

 of Andersson with, 701; of Livingstone with, 

 702; hunted by the 'Arabs, 702; by the 

 Bushmen, 703; ancient range of, 704; pres- 

 ent range of, 704 ; Livingstone's opinion of, 

 704. 



Litchi, the, 556. 



Livingstone, David : Notes of, 505. 527, 585, 



