Index. 



Adventure with bear, 232— elephant, 234, 236— rhinoceros, 

 237, 238— buffalo, 238— kangaroo, 241— alligator, 249— serpents, 

 250-253— bees, 255. 



Africa, night in, 39 -elephant in, 60-beasts of, 117, 233, 267. 



Alatou Mountains, 51. 



Alligator, voracity of, 249. 



Altaian, sunset in, 31. 



Andes, scene in, 53. 



Animalcules, 153. 



Animals, jealousy of, 189 -combats with, 229— undiscovered, 263. 



A mmnt, 164. 



A)<tcltn<«lisfiis, 150. 



Arctic regions, 11. 



Aurora borealis, 11. 



Autumn in America, 19— Alps, 20. 



Banyan, 130. 



Baobab, 132. 



Bees, encounter with, 255, 



Beagle Channel, 52. 



Bear, brown, 231— Syrian, 232— grizzly, 233. 



Beaver pond, 22. 



Bird <»f paradise, 17t> — of Washington, 176. 



Birds, voices of, 14— awakening of, 25— oceanic, 82— planting 



forests, 103— tameness of, 187. 

 Bison, Russian, 194. 

 Bittern, boom of, 216— American, 217. 

 Blind Fauna, 78. 

 Brine, life in, 76. 

 Buffalo, fury of, 238. 

 Burrell, 59. 

 Bushmaster, 252, 

 Butterflies in spring, 14— in Brazil, 63— king of, 181. 



Cachalot, common, 115, 212— high-finned, 298. 



Cactus, giant, 128. 



Cane, length of, 127. 



Curclirsiuin, 157. 



Caves, blind animals of, 78. 



Chamois, 199. 



chuck-will's widow, 167. 



Churchyard, adventure in, 174. 



Collecting, pleasures of, 256— in Jamaica, 257— in Brazil, 259— 



in Arm, 2H2. 

 Condor, 1 L8. 

 Coral formations, 92. 

 Crocodile, 248. 

 Crusting, 198. 

 Cuttle, assault of, 223. 

 Cypress, large, 133. 

 Cypress swamp, 217. 



Darter, 205. 

 Depths, life at, 67, 275. 



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