INDEX. 



371 



Locust-tree, size of, 138. 

 Locusts, ravages of, 105. 



MAMMOTH-TREE, 141. 



Manoota, 268. 



Melicerta, 150. 



Methuen, peril of, 251. 



Moose, caution of, 205. 



Monkeys, voices of, 237. 



Morning in Newfoundland, 13 in 



Jamaica, 16 in Venezuela, 18 



in the Oural, 19. 

 Moss in Africa, 192. 

 Mothing, 24. 

 M'Quhse, Captain, sees sea-serpent, 



315 replies to Owen, 332. 

 Musquito, 112. 



NEWFOUNDLAND, morning in, 13. 



Noon, winter in England, 20 in 

 Brazil, 21. 



Notommata, 165. 



Night in the Alps, 26 in Jamaica, 

 27 sounds of, 28 on the Ama- 

 zon, 32 in Africa, 33 among 

 fern-owls, 186. 



OAK, large, 137. 

 Ocean, depths of, 290. 

 Omithoptera, 188. 

 Ostrich, shyness of, 201. 

 Oswell, adventures of, 248, 250. 

 Oural, morning in, 19 sunset in, 



22. ,' 



Owen, Professor, on sea-serpent, 322. 

 Owls, voices of, 227, 231. 

 Oxen, wild, 201. 



PARK, M., moss of, 192. 



Plesiosaur, characters of, :j 5 7 re- 

 vived, 358. 



Pool in America, 213. 

 Polypes, coral, 90. 

 Prairie wolves, 237. 



RATAN, size of, 129. 

 Reindeer, 50. 

 Rhea, 201. 



Rhinoceros, rage of, 250. 

 Rotifera, 165-170. 



Salpina, 165 egg of, 167. 



Sculpture of Rotifera, 169. 



Sea, deep, 64, 290, 295 dust at, 72 

 insects at, 84 streaks at, 99 

 clearness of, 295. 



Sea-weeds, long, 128. 



Serpent, the great sea, 300 in 

 Norway, 300 in N. America, 

 306 seen by five officers, 311 

 of the Dcedalw, 314, 317, 332, 

 343 seen by Mr Stirling, 318 

 identified with Plesiosaurus, 320, 

 331, 357-368 seal, 325, 347-353 

 ribbon-fish, 338, 354 sea-weed, 

 339, 342 whale, 353 shark, 353 

 eel, 354 snakes, 354 seen by 

 Davidson, 334 Steele, 336 Her 

 riman, 339 Harrington, 341 

 Smith, 342 characters of, 345. 



Serpents, great, 122 venom of, '1 i 

 marine, 354. 



Sequoia, 141. 



Shark, capture of, 218 coimtfmr> 

 of, 221 instinct of, 222 vow 

 city of, 261. 



Sheep, wild, 54. 



Shrew, water, 215. 



