INDEX 



Age of trees, 331 

 Alaknanda river, 38, 179, 186 

 Amarkantak, 279 

 Ammonites, 159 



Anjun {Hardwickia binata), 294 

 Antelope, Indian, 259, 275-277 

 Tibetan, 130. See also 

 Gazelle, Gooral, Serow 

 Api mountain, 87, 95 

 Ar?ia. See Buffalo 

 Axis, or spotted deer, 198, 235, 

 240 



Badrinath, 44, 45 



Bagesar, 67, 70 



Bagra, 297 



Balch Dhura, 149, 156 



Balsam, intoxicating, 171 



Bamboos, 267, 308 



Ban chowr. See Yak 



Banian-tree, 259, 299, etc. 



Bansi, Rajah of, 241 



Baobab-tree, 268 



Barasingha, or swamp deer, 199, 



312 

 Bareilly, i, 195, 199 

 Bayley Balfour, Professor, 322 

 Bear, habits of, 30, 97, 171 



Himalayan black, 54,64, 171- 



175, 177-179 

 brown, 96, 97 

 Terai black, 246, 295 

 Betwa river, 266, 271 

 Bhabar, 4, 6, 21, 38, 194-212 

 unhealthiness of the, 197 

 Bhot, country of, 87 

 Bhotia ponies. See Gunt 

 Bhotias, 86-89, 9^, 135, 152, 162, 

 166-168 



]ihuk grass, 1 1 7 

 Bians district, 86, 91 



pass, 93, 106, 132 

 Birds, lists of species observed, 

 148, 209-211, 246, 247, 300-303 

 Bison, or gaur, 286-288, 295, 311 

 Black buck, 259, 275-277 

 ' Bokhara ' horses, 47, 243 

 Borax, trade in, 87, 135, 161 

 Bori forest, 203, 312 

 Brahmaputra, sources of, 1 16, 123, 



127, 129, 133 

 'Brain-fever' bird, 29 

 Brandis, Sir D., xiii, 318, 319 

 Bridg^e-making, 21, 297 



native, 68, 109, 115 

 Brinjaras, 27c 



their dogs, 260, 270 

 Buddhism, 114, 200, 304 

 Buffalo, 237, 261 



wild, 228, 234, 237-240, 243- 

 245 

 Bundelas, 262 

 Bundelkhand, 258 ^/ seq. 

 Burning ghats, 70 

 Burrhel {Ovis na/iura), 95, 96, 99, 

 153, 156 



Camels, 259, 296 



Carbon, loss of, through destruc- 

 tion of forests, 322, 338, 339 

 Catechu, 255, 271 

 Cattle-bells attract tigers, 23, 33 

 Cedars of India, 41, 49, 75 

 Chandgarh forest, 293-295 

 Chaudans district, 86 

 Chipula, mountain, 77-79, 81, 83 

 Chir {Pi?tus lottgi/olia), 6, 15, 76, 

 184-186, etc. 



