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INDEX. 



Eetuvu of ants after a buttle, engraving of, 

 179. 



Rheum jyaJ malum, engraving of, 403. 



Ehinoceros, fossil, 515. 



Rhubarb, value of, 402. 



iiice-paper, nature of, 3So. 



Eichard, Achille, on the vital nature of the 

 circulation of the sap, 411. 



River reach filled with floating leaves of the 

 Victoria re[/ia, engraving of, 386. 



Roads formed by lava, 659. 



Rock of the Arabian cliain formed by agglo- 

 merated nummulites, engraving, 37. 



Rocks of primary epoch, 573. 



Roots, identity of, witlr trunk, 375; trans- 

 formation of, into leaved branches, 376 ; 

 absoii^>tion by, 396 ; extension of, towards 

 water, 307 ; lighted from below, and direct- 

 ing themselves towards the light, engrav- 

 ing of, 514. 



Rose-leaf cutter [Megadiile ccntuncularis), 

 207, note. 



Rosse telescope, the, 729. 



Rotifer^e, description of, 52; desiccation of, 

 fatal to life, 52 ; revival of, after desicca- 

 tion of, denied, 52; Pouchet's experiments 

 on, 53 ; power of resisting high tempera- 

 ture, 53 ; great changes of temperature, 56. 



Ruins at Torro del Greco, engraving of, 657; 

 of the temple of Jupiter Serapis, engrav- 

 ing of, i^o. 



s. 



Sacred beetle (Scarabreus) of the Egyptians, 

 13S; dung-beetle uf the {Atcuchus saccr)^ 

 engi-aving of, 1-tl. 



Sago extracted from pith of palm, 373; palm, 

 the wine-bearing, 407. 



Salangane or esculent swallow, nest of, 204; 

 fixed in sombre caverns, 294; engraving of, 

 297; gathering of, dangerous, 298; used as 

 food, 208; extensive trade in, 298, note. 



Sajj, power displayed in the circulation of, 

 404. 



Sarraccnia. purpurea, 439; engraving of, 430. 



Scales from the wings of different butterllies, 

 engraving of, 113. 



Scandinavian Peninsula, rise in, 033. 



Scandinavians, Thor the Neptune and Crea- 

 tor of tbe, 5; engraving, 6. 



Scarabfeus, Sacred, cartouches of, from the 

 temple of Phih-e, 106. 



Scarites, Giant, in itslurking-place, engraving 

 of, 235. 



Scheuchzer on aerial monsters, 766. 



Schleiden on extreme minuteness of Infusoria, 

 30. 



Sehultz on the vital nature of the circula- 

 tion of the sap, 411. 



Sea, architects of, 62; fecundity of, 62; the 



gelatinous or herbose, 62; hedgehogs, en- 

 graving of, 286; dwellings in New Guinea, 

 614, note. 



Sea-mews, flight of, 330. 



Sea-serpent, engraving of, 769. 



Sea-weed, great bank of, 02. 



Secondary period, imaginary view of land- 

 scape of, 587. 



Secretary-bird, strength of, 246. 



Secretions, vegetable, 437 ; from roots of 

 plants, 463. 



Section of the trunk of a cork-tree, engrav- 

 ing of, 379. 



Seeds, large numbers of, in certain plants, 

 .553; preservation of, 515. 



Sensibility, seat of, in protoplasm, 475, note ; 

 vegetable, 468. 



Sensitive-plant {Mimosa pmdica), 4:7 '?>; asleep 

 and awake, engraving of, 467; during sleep, 

 405. 



Sensitive souls in xjlants, Adanson on, 409. 



Shea-butter, 448. 



Sheath Phryganea [Phriiganea striata), en- 

 graving of, 210. 



Shells, fossil, of tertiary epoch, 002; engra^dng 

 of, 603. 



Siberia, immense quantities of elephants' 

 tusks in, 605. 



Siberian sow-thistle, opening of, in cloudy 

 weather, 366. 



Sidereal universe, the, 723. 



Silk in cocoon, tenuity of, 144, note. 



Silurian period, 576. 



Simoom, description of, 702. 



Sirex, Giant [S. giganteus), perforation of lead 

 by, 210. 



Sirius, diameter of, 731. 



Sisi/uibrium Irio, sudden growth of, after the 

 fire of London, 517. 



Slave-razzias, 177; slave-making insects, 176. 



Sleep of plants, 464 ; discovery of, by Lin- 

 niieus, 464 ; attributed by De Candolle to 

 aljsence of light, 466. 



Smell, organ of, in insects, 122. 



Snail, imprisonment of, by bees, 159. 



Snow, Red, cause of, 25. 



Soapwort, use of, for soap, 458, note. 



Social grossbeaks, community of the African, 

 262; engraving of, 265. 



Solar heat, attempt to estimate, 743. 



Solar world, the, 740. 



Sonnerat, 51., on mode of closing nest prac- 

 tised by Cape titmouse, 262. 



Spallanzani on revivification of animalcules, 

 ^j\); on migration of swallows, 337. 



Spathe, the, of palm-tree used as a bath, 305 ; 

 engraving of, 394. 



Spectres of the Brockcn, 041; in the Harz, 

 engraving of, 63il. 



Sphex-fly, mode of providing food for young, 

 163. 

 I Sphinxes, great activity of, 112. 



