INDEX. 



323 



Ears : erect ears of semi-domesticated 

 dogs, etc., 310 



Earthquakes in Cashmere, 177 



Ehhnl Khan, a Khyberee hunter, 180 



Eclipse of moon, superstitious idea of 

 Cashmerees, 255 



Eggs of crocodile where deposited, ii 



Mgretta alba, 121 



. Eish Makaur village, 196 ; slopes near, 

 once best hunting-ground in Cash- 

 mere, 197 



EloMus melomopterv^, 122 



Elephants crossing Indus, 313 ; sudden 

 fits of temper in, 314 



Elevation, effects of high elevation on 

 the frame, 273 



Emberina mekmoetphcUa, 22 ; ca/niixps, 

 142 ; ciMes, 164 ; stewarti, 164 



English plants gathered at Vemag, 

 203 



Enicwms mamHatus, 67 ; its plumage 

 and hahits, 72 ; scoideri, 72 



Entellus moiikey, 108 



Ermine in Cashmere, 206 



Ermine-skins sold at Peshawm-, 317 



Eud/ynmnys orientalis, or Wack cuckoo, 

 17 



Euphorhia hedges, 35 



Ewphorhia tieri/olia, 41 



Eujoloamms oBioenstatus, 67, 83, 92 ; 

 meUmwtus, 92 



Euspim hiteola, 156 



Extortion of Goulah Singh, 162 ■ 



Eye adapts itself to seeing distant ob- 

 jects, 179, 180 



Fakir of Yarkund, 270 



Falco jugger trained for falconry, 18 ; 



peregrinator, 108 ; haMus, 119 

 Falcon (Indian peregrine), nest of, 57 ; 



(royal) in request for hawking, 108 ; 



(black-winged), 122 ; (chicquera) 130 

 Falconry at Kalka, 119 

 Fat of bear, 239 

 FeUdce of Himalaya, great variety of, 



107 

 FelU bengalmsis, 20, 107, 190 ; hora- 



Jieldii, 107 ; Uopa/rdm, 144 ; pwrclMS, 



313 

 Feroma elephantvm, wild apple, 86 

 Ferozepoor, 59 



Ferula asafcsUda, a gigantic umbelli- 

 ferous plant, 257, 301 

 Festival (Sikh), 135 



Pig, 27 



Filth of Eastern towns, 172 



Finch (black'headed), 22 ; (roseate), 

 152 ; (brown mountain), 261 ; (red- 

 fronted), a favourite cage-bird in the 

 Punjaub, 264 



Fir, of lower ranges, 64 



Fire-flies, 18 



Fish, sacred, 178 



Fishmarket, Cashmere, 245 



Fish-owl, 114 



Flamingo, 40, 53 ; a ilock of, 147 



Flaying prisoners, 172 



Floriken (bastard), 51 



Fly (black), a great pest, 39 



Flycatcher (crimson-breasted), 17 ; 

 (broad-tailed), 21 ; paradise, its habits, 

 26, 27, 67, 202; (white-fronted), 

 37 ; (verditer), 100 ; (speckled). 111 ; 

 (flammeous), 113; (rose-oolonred),113 ; 

 (short-billed), 113 ; (crimson), 196 ; 

 (small), 201 



Flying-fishes off Madeira, 5 



Flying-foxes, a species of bat at Poonah, 

 habits of, 15 



Fog in atmosphere, 133 



Forecastle of troop-ship should have a 

 netting, 6 



Forget-me-not in Cashmere, 206 



Fork-tail (short-tailed), 72 ; spotted, 

 67 



Fossil remains, how deposited, 312 



Fossils in limestone at Kotela, 147 



FothergUla involucrata, 170 



Fox, 171 ; (red), its habits, 101, 102 ; 

 ffiengal), 102 ; (silver), 217, 287 ; 

 (mountain), 287 ; near Peshawur, 317 



Frcmcol/im/ua ponticenarms, 51 ; vul- 

 ga/ris, 51 



Frigate, or man-of-war bird, at Seychel- 

 les, 8 



Frogs at Poonah, 16 ; frog seizes body 

 of sun-bird, 17 ; the food of many 

 snakes, 19 

 FuUgida cHstata, 54 ; nyrooa, 54 

 Fuveed, 133 



Galenda cristata, 41, 133 

 Gall-bladder of brown bear used as 



medicine, 184 

 Gallinago solita/Ha, 73, 112 

 Gallus bcmkma, 84 

 Gannisbul, a feast at, on apples and 



pears, 303 



