INDEX. 



619 



Kabara, the port of, 204. 



Kaffirs, the, character of, 520, 521. 



Kaffraria, physical features of, 

 191 ; flora of, 252-256. 



Kalihari Desert, physical features 

 of,. 191-193 ; flora of, 256, 257. 



Kalmuks, the, ethnology, religion, 

 character, customs of, 83, 84. 



Kamtschatdales, the, physical fea- 

 tures of, 577. 



Kamtschatka, mountains of, 595. 



Kanaks, the, 532. 



Kandelung valley, the, account of, 

 19(3, 197. 



Kangaroo, the Great, physical 

 character, habits, and manners 

 of, 368, 369. 



Karroos of South Africa, the, 188, 

 191. 



KEATS, quoted, 196. 



Kenia, Mount, in Equatorial 

 Africa, 597. 



Kerman, Desert of. 97, 98. 



Khaya Senegalensis, 410. 



Khirgiz, the, races of, 87, 88 ; cus- 

 toms, dwellings, attire, 89, 90, 

 91 ; character and mode of life, 91. 



Kilimandjaro, Mount, in Equato- 

 rial Africa, 597. 



Kina-balu, Mount, in Africa, 596. 



KIXGSLEY, Rev. CHARLES, quoted, 

 42. 



Kite, the Black, reference to, 75. 



Kong Mountains, the, in Africa, 596. 



Kooloo-Kamba, the, 481. 



Koragum, the, described, 71. 



Koran, reference to the, 177. 



Kordofan, physical features of, 247. 



Korosko, Desert of, its physical 

 features, 121, 122. 



Korsak, the, described, 71. 



Kuen-lun Mountains, the, in Asia, 



Lacerta crocodilus, 322. 



Lagomys, the, natural history of, 



561, 562. 



LANDOR, W. S., q'loted, 282. 

 LANOYE, F. DE, quoted, 398, 401. 

 EAORTY-HADJI, Father, quoted, 



101, 102. 

 Laplanders, the, their character, 



occupation, mode of life, cradles, 



huts, and general characters, 



571-573. 



LATHAM, Dr., quoted, 93. 

 Lauraceas, the, family of, described, 



407. 



Laurus cinnamomum, 414. 

 LAUTURE, Comte ESCAYRAC DE, 



quoted, 146, 147. 

 Lavatera plebeia, 276. 

 Lawsonia inermis, 410. 

 Lebanon, mountains of, 595. 

 Lecythis ollaria, 434. 

 Leeba river, the, 197, 198; flora of, 



257, 258. 



Leguminosae, the, family of, de- 

 scribed, 277. 

 Leopard, the. natural history and 



anecdotes of, 

 Lepus variabilis, 67 



Liana tieutfi, described, 417. 

 Lichen esculentus, 173, 174. 

 Lignum vita;, 264. 

 Limoniastrum Guyanianum, 149. 

 LINNAEUS (LINNE), quoted, 428, 



463, 471, 491. 

 Linum marginale, 276. 

 Lion, the, natural history of, 300 ; 



old fables respecting. 300 ; habits 



of, 301 ; general characters of, 



303. 

 LIVINGSTONE, Dr., quoted, 192, 



195, 197, 198, 256, 257, 298, 299, 



302, 303, 325, 326. 

 Llama, the, natural history of, 



333 ; anecdotes respecting, 337 

 Llaneros, the, account of, 220. 

 Llano-Estacado, the, 219. 

 Llanora, flora of, 266, 267. 

 Llanos, the. See PAMPAS. 

 Lobata, plains of, 197. 

 Loganiaceae, the, family of, de- 

 scribed, 417. 

 LONGFELLOW, quoted, 42, 128, 385, 



600. 

 Lorinthaceae, family of, described, 



251. 



Loris, the, natural history of, 491. 

 LUCAN, quoted, 165. 

 LUND, Dr., quoted, 496. 

 Lupata Mountains, in Africa, 191. 

 LYON, Captain, quoted, 566. 



Maca, the, account of, 229. 



Macropus giganteus, 368, 369. 



Madagascar, flora of, 424-428. 



Mahari, the, natural history of, 

 163, 164. 



Mahogany Tree, the, account of, 

 410. 



Mais del Agua, 270. 



Makis, the, habits of, 492, 493. 



Malabar Squirrel, the, natural his- 

 tory of, 500. 



Malays, the, character and habits 

 of, 526, 527. 



Mamanchota, Organ Mountain of, 

 587. 



Mammoth, the, natural history of, 

 448-450. 



Man, supposed analogy between 

 the Ape and, 471 ; early history 

 of, 515. 



Manchineal, the, nature and quali- 

 ties of, 427, 440. 



Mandinkg, the, tribe of, 518. 



Mandrill, the, described, 469. 



Mangrove tree, the, physiology of, 

 411, 412, 442. 



Manioc, the, properties of, 242. 



Manna plant, particulars of, 173. 



MANT, Bishop, quoted, 72-75. 



Mara, the, reference to, 342. 



Marmot, the Alpine, account of, 

 608, 609. 



Marquesas Islands, the, inhabitants 

 of, 529, 530. 



Marsupials, their physiology and 

 characteristics, 367. See KAN- 

 GAROO, PHALANGA, PHASCO- 

 LARCTOS, THYLACYNI. 



Martagon, the, described, 599. 



Martens of the North, the, account 

 of, 562, 563. 



MARTIN, Sir ROGER, his exploits 

 as a tiger-killer, 310. 



MARTINS, M. CHARLES, quoted, 

 124, 127, 131, 132, 133, 136, 138, 

 154, 601, 602. 



Massaranduba, the, described, 388, 

 435. 



Mastodon, the, particulars of, 447, 

 448. 



Mauritia Palm, the, uses and im- 

 portance of, 268. 



MAURY, Captain, quoted, 526, 

 532, 533, 534, 586. 



Mauvaises Terres, in Nebraska, 

 description of the, 212. 



Mediterranean, the, 542. 



Alekran, Desert of, 98. 



Melantha punctuata, 150, 154, 161, 

 601, 602. 



Mesembryanthema described, 253, 

 257. 



Mexico, Pampas of, 219 ; Savage 

 Man in, 537. 



MICHELET, quoted, 321, 322. 



MILTON, the poet, quoted, 100, 

 197, 265, 393. 



MILTON, Lord, and Dr. CHE/DLE, 

 quoted, 385, 386. 



Milvus ater, 75. See KITE. 



Minizan, destruction of, 38. 



Minosa, the, account of, 268. 



Mint, Australian, described, 276. 



Mirage, the, description of, 143; 

 its effects and origin, 144, 145 ; 

 explanation of, 146; characteris- 

 tics of, 147, 148. 



Mohammed, reference to, 178. 



Mollugo cerviana, 253. 



Moluccas, Flora of the, 421. 



Mongolia, its position, history, 

 present condition, ruined cities, 

 92 ; religion, races, and physical 

 characteristics, 93, 94. 



Mongolian family, the, offshoots 

 of, 175. See ARABS, SHEMITES. 



Monkey, the, of the Old World, 

 468; of South America, 468, 488. 

 See CHACMA, DERRIAS, Douc, 

 MANDRILL, HOWLING MONKEY, 

 PREACHER MONKEY, RED MON- 

 KEY, SPOTTED MONKEY. 



Monodora myristica, 246. 



Monostremata, the, natural his- 

 tory of, 373-375. See ECHIDNA. 



Montoir, marshes of, 17, 18. 



MOORE, quoted, 98, 136, 143, 155, 

 156. 



MORIN, quoted, 203. 



Mossamedes, gardens of, 251. 



Mosses, Arctic, properties of, 556. 



Moufflon, the, description of, 606! 



Mount Despair, 238. 



Mountains, the, atmosphere of, 

 582, 583 ; distribution and con- 

 figuration of, 585 ; constituents 

 of, 585, 586; of Europe, 588, 592, 

 597, 598 ; of Asia, 593-596 ; of 

 Africa, 596, 597 ; vegetable and 

 animal life of, 598-614. 



Mourad, Desert of, 127. 



