CONTENTS. 



PAGS 



— Sperm-whales in Beagle Channel — Guanaco on the Andes — 

 Reindeer on a Snow Fjeld — Burrell at the Source of the Ganges 

 — Elephant in South African Forest — Lions at an African Pool 

 at Midnight — Butterflies in Bra^lian Forest, . . . .38 



III. DISCREPANCIES. 



Life at great Depths of Ocean — Life in Snow — Trees growing in 

 Ice — Life in the Sandy Desert — Life in a Volcano — Life in 

 Dust at Sea — Life in Brine — Life in boiling Springs — Blind 

 Fauna of Caverns — Oceanic Bird Stations — Land Birds at Sea — . 

 Insects at Sea — Insects at lofty Elevations — Flying-fish in Bed 

 — Shoal of Fish in a Parlour, ....... 64 



IV. MULTUM 1; PARVO. 



Coral Structures — Polypes — Lagoons — Beauty of Coral Island — 

 Rate of Increase — Proposed Employment of Coral-bxiilders — 

 DiatomacecE — Immense Accumulations of Diatoms — Presence 

 in Guano — Ocean Streaks — Food of Salpse — of Whales — Origin 

 of Chalk-flints — Vermilion Sea — Green Water — Forests 

 planted by Finches — Destructive Insects — Locusts — Timber- 

 beetles — White-ants — Forest Scavengers in Bra^iil — Zimb — 

 Tsetse — Golubacser Fly — Musquito, 89 



V. THE VAST. 



Whales — Elephants — in India — in Africa — Condor — Exaggerations 

 of Travellers — Great Serpents — Ancient Celebrities — DanieU's 

 Picture — Guiana Boa — Oriental Pythons — African Python — 

 Tabular Summary — Colossal Sea-weeds — Cane — Cacti — Echi- 

 nocactus — Candelabra Cacti — Giant Cactus — Dragon-tree of 

 Orotava — Banyan of India— Baobab of Senegal — Mexican Cy- 



