LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



CL'3 



WALLACE, Mr., quoted, 329, 330. 

 Walrus, the, natural history of , 568. 

 Water-lily, yellow, the, described, 



263. 



Water snake, the, habits of, 378. 

 WATERTON, the naturalist, quoted, 



495, 496. 



Wells in the Sahara, 161. 

 WELWITSCH, Dr., quoted, 251. 

 Welwitschia, the, described, 251, 252. 

 Whirlwinds of sand, description 



of, 141, 142. 



WHITE, WALTER, quoted, 45. 

 White wormwood, the, properties 



of, 150, 151. 



Whydah, serpents at, 324. 

 WILKES, Admiral, quoted.541,542; 



Arctic discoveries of, 553, 554. 

 WILLS. W. J., quoted, 236, 238. 



WILSOX, ALEXANDER, quoted, 



355, 356. 

 Wistman's Wood, description of, 



40, 41. 

 Wolf of Tartary, description of, 



68; his ravages, 68-70. 

 Wombat, the, 370. See PHASCO- 



LOSIYS. 



WOOD, Rev. J. G., quoted, 343, 



344. 

 Woods of Europe, their aspect and 



characteristics, 397, 398. 

 WORDSWORTH, quoted, 177, 209, 



247. 

 Wourali, the poison, deadly nature 



of, 439. 

 Wou-wou, the, natural history of, 



478. 

 WREDE, Baron DE, quoted, 107, 110. 



Xanthorrhcea arborea, 278, 279. 



Yakoutes, the, their habits and 



mode of hunting, 576, 577. 

 Yucca treculeana, 266. 

 YVAX, Dr. , quoted, 587. 



Zambesi, the, course of, 195, 196; 



delta and cascades of, 198, 201; 



vegetation of, 258. 

 Zana, Lake, vegetation on the 



shores of, 247, 248. 

 Zebra, the, natural history of, 



292. 

 Zebra Wolf, the, natural history of, 



372. 



Zibeth, the, described, 316. 

 Zopelotes, the, described, 354. 

 Zorga, the, account of, 194. 



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WHOLE PAGE ENGRAVINGS. 



A Pyrenean Landscape, .. .. . 15 



Celtic Memorials in Brittany 21 



The Shepherds of the Landes, .. .. 25 



A Flood in Brittany, . . . . . . 33 



Wild Horses terrified by a Storm, .. .. 53 



The Dead Sea, 103 



Caravan in the Desert, . . . . . . 107 



Lake Baudouin (a Salt Lake\ . . . . 115 



Landscape in the Atlas (Region of Table- 

 lands), 125 



The Sahara (Desert of Erosion), . . . . 129 



French Column surprised by the Simoom, 139 



Night-Scene in the African Interior, . . 189 



Victoria Falls, River Zambesi, . . . . 199 



Prairies of North America, . . . . 207 



View of the " Mauvaises-Terres," Nebraska, 213 



A Prairie on Fire in Central America, . . 217 



Pampas of South America, .. .. 221 



Australian Landscape, . . . . . . 233 



19. Vegetable Life in the African Plains, . . 243 



20. Tiger hunting in the Indo-Chinese Penin- 



sula, 311 



21. Hunter pursued by Peccaries, . . . . 331 



22. The Virgin Forest of the Gaboon, . . . . 381 



23. The Virgin Forest in Brazil, . . . . 391 



24. Tropical Vegetation, 399 



25. Flora of the East Indian Islands, . . . . 419 



26. A Forest in Madagascar, 426 



27. Flora of the New World, 443 



28. Hunting the Elephant in Africa, .. .. 453 



29. A Corral in Ceylon, 457 



30. Death of an Orang-Outang, . . . . 475 



31. A Gorilla killing a Negro, 485 



32. A Cannibal Feast among the Battas of 



Sumatra, 511 



33. The Desert of Ice (Arctic Pole), . . . . 547 



34. The Reindeer of Lapland 559 



35. The Condor of the Andes, 611 



VIGNETTES. 



L, The Tarpan, or Wild Horse, 



2. Onagra, or Wild Ass, 



3. Bactrian Camel, 



4. The Eland, 



5. Capture of a Wolf by a Kirghiz Horseman, 



6. Great Bittern White Heron Curlew, . . 



7. The Eagle of the Steppes, and the Antelope 



Saiga 



8. Cossack Horsemen in the Steppes, 



9. Night Encampment of Gipsies in the 



Steppes 



10. Khirgiz Aoul or Village, 



11. Mount Sinai, 



12. Ravines of Korosko, . . . . . . 122 



13. Whirlwinds of Sand, 141 



14. A Mirage in the Desert, 145 



15. Jujube Tree Lentiscus Tamarisk, . . 150 



16. Doum-Palm Date-Palm Alfa, .. .. 153 



17. A Street in Ouargla, 159 



18. The Mahari The Djemel, . . . . 163 



19. Striped Hyaenas of the Sahara, . . . . 165 



20. Jackals disinterring Dead Bodies, .. 166 



21. Gypaetos Sociable Vulture Cathartes 



Percnopterus, .. .. .. .. 167 



22. Gazelles Antelope Nanguer 169 



23. Gazelles of Arabia opposing a Panther, .. 170 



