INDEX OF NATURAL OBJECTS, ETC. 



419 



Hogs impervious to rattlesnakes' fangs, 

 118 



Honey, 276 



Honey -guides, the, 250 



Honey may be poisonous, in, 275 



Honey-moth and the bees, 384 



Horse and the (Estrus, 356 



Hot spring at Aix la Chapelle, 181 



House martin, intelligence of, 54 



Human body, disintegration and reno- 

 vation of the, 72 



Humble bees, services of the, 367 



Humming birds, 47 



Hybernation, 90, 331 



Hydra, the, 383 



Hydrae, voracity of the, 392 



Hydrogen gas, 275 



Hylobius, destructive power of the, 

 288 



IBISES, 107 



Icebergs as transporters of seeds, 363 



Icebergs, method of movement of, 131 



Ichneumon fly, the, and the cater- 

 pillars, 84, 103 



Ichneumon tribe, the, 105 



Ichthyosaurs, the, 337 



Ichthyosaurus, 399 



Infusoriae or world-makers, 171 



Insect, relative muscular strength of 

 the, 58 



Insect venerators of the Ganges, 313 



Insects, cessation of eating of, 195 



Insects, some, live longer decapitated, 

 146 



Insects, theirpowers of destruction, 81 



Invertebrate animals, strength of, 397 



Iodine, 183 



Iris, the, 202 



Iron and gold, 382 



Iron, general diffusion of, 381 



Ivy, the, 341 



JACKAL, the, 161, 187 

 Jackdaw, 35 



Jackdaw, the, and the sticks, 365 

 Juniper, foliage of the, 264 



KARROO, 196 



King-rat, composite nature of the, 59 



King-vulture, 140, 274 



Kite, the, 103 



LAKE-WATER, 225 



Lance-headed viper, deaths caused by 



the, 112 



Lance-headed viper, retreat of, 127 

 Lance-headed viper and the birds, 



232 

 Languages, when many, 374 



Laplanders, torpor of the, 51 



Lapwings, 69 



Larch, the, and its destroyers, 288 



Laudanum, 316 



Leaves, purposes of dead, 70 



Leguminosse, 46 



Lemmings, the, 37 



Leopard, the, 126 



Lepidosiren of the Gambia, 286 



Lichen esculentus, 28 



Light, influence of, on plants, 46 



Lightning rod, the, 389 



Limestone rocks, 288 



Lion, how to detect the intentions of, 



10 



Lion, the, self-distrustful ness of, 82 

 Lion, the roar of, 303, 208 

 Lion-worm, the, 324 

 Lizards and temperature, 351 

 Llama, the, refuses a too heavy burden 



112 



Loo-soo, the, 269 

 Long-eared owl, the, 214 

 Lotus leaf, the, 346 

 Lucilia homini vorax, the, 234 

 Luminous shark, the, 33 

 Lym-Fiord in Jutland, the, 277 

 Lyme Regis, fossils of, 399 



MADREPORES, 205 



Magnet, the, 155 



Magnetic needle, the, 59 



Magnetism, 293 



Magpie, the, 220 



Man, organic strength of, 56 



Man, primeval, 372 



Manatees, the 314 



Manchineel, blistering fluid of, 383 



Manchineel, perilous effects of the, 20 



Manna, the, of the Bible, 28 



Mantis oratoria, 292 



Mantis, the, 155 



Marl, the, of Lake Superior, 43 



Mayfly, the, 282 



Medusae, beauty and subtle venom of 



the, 14 



Medusae, stings of the, 321 

 Melicerta, the, 226 

 Mellinus arvensis, the, 246 

 Melted lead, 190 

 Mesmeric sleep, 257 

 Metalliferous gneiss, 180 

 Metalliferous laboratory of Nature, 339 

 Metals, colours of burning, 209 

 Metals, expansion of, 114 

 Microscope revealing myriads in an 



atom, 19 



Microscopic eels, 195 

 Milk, when fatal in effects, 404 

 Mirage, the, 76, 115, 195 



