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INDEX. 



SOUTHEY, quoted, 404, 405, 503. 



South America, inferiority of, to 

 North, 209; its deserts, 210. 

 See PAMPAS, VIRGIN FORESTS. 



Spain, its conquests in America, 



SPENSER, quoted, 356. 



Sphagnum, the, properties of, 556. 



Spider Monkey, the, described, 

 489,490. 



Spitzbergen,descriptionof,550,551. 



Spotted Monkey, the, described, 

 409. 



Squirrel, the, natural history, 

 habits, and characteristics of, 

 497-499. See ALPINE SQUIR- 

 REL, BAKBARY SQUIRREL, COM- 

 MON SQUIKKEL, FLYING SQUIR- 

 EEL, GRAY SQUIRREL, MALABAR 

 SQUIRREL. 



Squirrel Monkey, the, 490. 



Stag, the Spotted, described, 340 ; 

 Yellow, described, 57. 



Staghorn, the, described, 277. 



STANLEY, Dean, quoted, 99, 100, 

 101, 137. 



Stapelia hirsiita, 234. 



Steppes, the, in Europe and Asia, 

 their extent, 46, 47 ; their pla 

 team, 47 ; their vegetable life, 

 47-49 ; phenomena connected 

 with, 49, 50 ; animal life of, 51 ; 

 ornithology, 71-77 ; erpetology, 

 78 ; inhabitants, 78. 



Steppes of South America, the, 

 surface of, 220 ; vegetation, 

 swamps, and conflagrations of, 

 221-224 ; a night on, 225 ; inun- 

 dations of, 2-26; solitude of, 227; 

 Steppes of Patagonia, 227, 228 ; 

 Buenos Ayres and the Andes, 

 228, 229; of Desplobado, 229; 

 hurricanes of, 230 ; animal life 

 of, 230, 231. 



Sterculia acuminata, 445. 



Sterculiacece, the, family of, 411. 



ST. HILAIRE, AUGUSTUS, quoted, 

 539. 



ST. JOHN, SPEXSEB, quoted, 596. 



Stipa crinita, 279. 



Stipa. tenacissima, 150. 



STOCQUELER, quoted, 309. 



Stork, the, description of, 320. 



STRACHEY, Captain, quoted, 593. 



Strelitza regina, described, 256. 



Struthio camelus, 318. See Os 

 TRICH. 



Strychnine, nature and properties 

 of, 417. 



Styracese, family of, their charac 

 teristics, 406. 



Sugar cane, history of, 246. 



Sugar palm, the, described, 418. 



Sumatra, vegetable life in, 416, 417 ; 

 cannibalfsm in, 511, 513. 



Sun, worship of, once prevalent, 

 508. 



Surinam toad, the, described, 363. 



Swamp oak, the, qualities of, 277. 



Swan's Marsh, the, reference to, 

 259. 



Svnetenia MaJwgani, its uses, 410. 



Table Mountains, the, geography ! Trachytic rocks, character of, 588. 



of. f,i'7. 



TALFOURD, Sir T. N., quoted, 504, 

 505. 



Tallow tree, the, properties and 

 uses of, 408. 



Tamanoir, the, described, 346. 



Tamarind, the, characteristics of, 

 411. 



Tamias, the, account of, 502. 



Tanganyika, Lake, in Central 

 Africa, 201, 202. 



Tanguen, or Tanghin, the, pro- 

 perties of, 427. 



Tapioca, commercial value of, 242. 



Tapir, the, 288, 239; natural his- 

 tory of the American, 328; mode 

 of defence, and peculiarities of, 



Tarpan, the, natural history of, 

 51-55; reference to, 291. 



Tartar-Nogals, the, their territo- 

 ries, customs, and religion, 80,81. 



Taro, the, account of, 245. 



Tarsi, the, description of, 492. 



TAYLOR, HENRY, quoted, 210. 



TAYLOR,ToM,Professor,quoted, 20 



Tchad, Lake, discovery of, 203, 

 204; description of, 204. 



Teak, the, properties and commer- 

 cial value of, 406. 



Tegeter, Mount, referred to, 247. 



Telfariapedata, the, described,246. 



Temperature, laws affecting, 580. 



Teneriffe, peak of, described, 597. 



TENNYSON, quoted, 14, 28, 44, 151, 

 231, 596. 



Tag, flora of, 258. 



Texas, vegetable life of, 262-2(56. 



Thedbroma cacao, properties of, 

 245. 



Thibet, bear of, 609. 



THOMSON, quoted, 119. 



Thrasaetus, 355. 



Three-toed Sloth, the, natural his- 

 tory of, 496. 



Thylacyni, the, natural history of, 

 371-373. 



Ti, the, described, 277. 



Tibboos, the, of Africa, their habits 

 and character, 181-183. 



Tierra-del-Fuego, inhabitants of, 

 541. 



Tiger, the, natural history of, 305: 

 described by Buffon, 306; by 

 Daubenton, 306; characteristics, 

 habits, swiftness of, 307, 308; 

 mode of hunting, 309, 310. 



Tiger-cats, the, description of, 420. 



Tigrg, geological features of, 243; 

 flora of, 248, 249. 



Tillandra usneoides, 264, 265. 



Tip, desert of, 111. 



Toads. See AGUA, BULL-FRDO, 

 SURINAM TOAD. 



Tocusra, the, 242. 



Todea Africa.no,, 256. 



Toothache-tree, the, described,264. 



Topaz, the, account of. :,4 >. 



Touaregs, the, of Africa, their 

 manners, habits, and character- 

 istics, 181-183. 



Traveller's tree, the, described, 



279. 427. 

 TRECUL, M., quoted, 254, 2C3, 264, 



266. 



Tree-ferns, their character, 436,437. 

 Trees, colossal, of Peru, M 

 TiiEMAi-x, M., quoted, 120, 137, 



184, 185. 



TP.EMBLET, M., quoted, 133. 

 Trichecus, 568. 

 Trigonocephalus, the, description 



of, 361. 



Tristegis gluttinosa, 271. 

 TRISTRAM, Rev. H. B., quoted. 96, 



97, 123. 

 Trumpet-Bird, the, description of, 



354. 



Tumboa.the, physiology of ,251,252. 

 Tnpinambis, the, described, 172. 

 Two-toed Sloth, the, natural 



history of, 496, 497. 



Unau, the, described, 406, 497. 

 Unghandia speciosa, 265. 

 L'pas-tree, the properties of, 410; 



fables relating to, 417. 

 Upper Guinea. See SENEGAMBIA. 

 L'ral Mountains, the, geology of, 



592. 



Urceola elastica, 418. 

 V-carla ^thiopica, 246. 



Vaquois, the, character of, 421, 42i. 

 Varan of the Nile, the, described, 



173. 

 Varans of the Desert, the, natural 



history of, 171-173. 

 Variegated Baboon, the, account 



of, 469. 



Venezuela, pampas of, 220-225. 

 Vesuvius,Mount.descriptionof,5X). 

 Vibro, the genus, 429. 

 Victoria N'yanza, Lake, discovery 



and account of, 202. 

 Victoria regia, the, history and 



description of, 2C9, 270. 

 Vicuna, the, natural history of, 



Vine, the, account of, 246. 



Viper, the camel-headed, descrip- 

 tion of, 361-363. 



Vipera cerastes, the, natural his- 

 tory of, 171, 172. 



Vipers, the, of the Desert. 166, 171, 

 172 ; of South Africa, 325, 326. 



Virgin Forests, their extent and 

 characteristics, 385-392 ; vegetable 

 life in, 393, 394 , a day in, 395-307. 



Vistula, the river, 592. 



ntis rinifera, 246. 



Viverrida;, the, natural history of, 

 316, 317. 



Vizcacha, the, described. 342. 



Vouabembfis, the, cannibalism 

 among, 514. 



VON MARTINS, the traveller, 

 quoted, 3S7. 



VON TSCHUDI, quoted, 229, 333, 

 334, 337. 



Vosges, the, mountain -ranje of, 

 14, 591. 



