INDEX 



Admiral de Horsey and Cap- 

 tains Speke and Grant, 155, 

 156 



his capture of a famous 



slaver, 156, 157 



and the Ice Age, 157 



Altair, steady light of, 64 



Andromeda Nebula, spectrum 

 of, 83 



Antares in July, 169 



Arctic regions, midnight scene 

 in, 78, 79 



astronomy in the, 175-179 



Arcturus in July, 169 



Aries stars unusually bright, 28 



Aristotle and stars in daylight, 

 94 



Atlantic Ocean, great storms hi 

 the, 39-47 



August meteors, fine display of, 

 172, 173 



Aurora Borealis, 23, 24 



Azores, the, and a famous ocean 

 rescue, 47 



Bates' Naturalist on the River 

 Amazons, reference to lunar 

 halo quoted, 103 



Beech trees and lightning, 118, 

 119 



Bell-ringing and the production 

 of rain, 148 



Belt, Thomas, and the starry 

 heavens in Nicaragua, 166 



Bournemouth, clear night-skies 

 at, 64, 65 



Buenos Ayres, terrible thunder- 

 storm at, 117 



California, thunderstorms in, 



121-123 

 Capella, 21, 24 



in June and July, 151, 152 

 Carse, Dr., on fatalities from 



thunderstorms, 118 

 Caterham Valley, heavy storm 



in, 119, 120 



Cats and weather, 110-112 

 Clouds at sunset, why formed, 



164 

 Comet, Delavan's, 128, 129 



Donati's, 175, 176 



Encke's, and meteors, 129, 

 130 



Morehouse, how discovered, 25 



reference to, by Dekker, 50 

 Cor Caroli, 24 



Corona Borealis (The Northern 

 Crown), 23, 24 



Coronse, their weather signifi- 

 cance, 106 



Humboldt's remarks upon, 

 107 



Crommelin, Dr., on Encke's 



Comet, 129, 130 

 Cyclones, a winter of, 39-47 



Darwin and glow-worms, 62 



and thunderstorms at the 

 mouths of great rivers, 116, 

 117 



on an electric storm at Monte 

 Video, 117, 118 



reference to a striking rain- 

 bow, 174 



Daylight Comet, the humours of 

 its visitation, 49 



187 



