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INDEX. 



49; resuscitation after desiccatiou dis- 

 jiroved, 55. 



Telluric iihenomeua, 571. 



Teini>le of Jupiter Serapis gnawed hy Litho- 

 phagi, 83; engraving of, 85. 



Teredo navaUs, description of, 84 ; ravages 

 of, 87 ; and fragment of wood devoured by 

 others, engraving of, 87. 



Ta'mcslucifu(jn.% caused havocin France, 190. 



Termites [T. bellicosi), or wliite ants, live in 

 republics, workmen, soldier, queen, 185; 

 engraving of, 186; dimensions and solidity 

 of their uests, 186; village of warrior, en- 

 graving of, 187; devastation effected by, 

 in houses, 189; some build on trees, 190; 

 nest of tree termite, engraving of, 191. 



Tertiary epoch, 59IJ ; imaginary view of land- 

 scape of, 597. 



Theophrastus on ceremonies necessary for 

 gathering mandrake, 469, and note. 



Theories, Various, concerning the Deluge, 

 62G. 



Theory of M. Fi'ederick Klee concerning the 

 Deluge, iyiO. 



Thor, the god of the Scandinavians, 5; the 

 Keptune and Creator of the Scandinavians 

 reconstructing the globe, engraving of, 6. 



Thyrsus of ilowers of the yellow cinchona 

 {C. cordifoUa), engraving of, 452, 



Tin-Schu, fabulous account of the, 606. 



Titmouse, Long-tailed {Parus eaudatuii), nest 

 of, 259; engraving of, 260; Cape, mode of 

 closing nest, 262; engraving of, 263. 



Toads, showers of, 345. 



Tonnay-Cbarcntc, accident at, caused by ter- 

 mites, 191. 



Torlrix Turionana, engraving of, 225; T. 

 Strohiliana, 229 ; engraving of, 228. 



Tourlourous or land-crabs, 358. 



Tournefort on nature of coral, (Jo. 



Transpiration, in plants, 420; engraving of, 

 422 ; great activity of, 422, 424 ; in the 

 sun-flower, engraving of, 424; of leaves, 

 engraving of, 431. 



Ti'avellers attacked by vampires, engraving 

 of, 699. 



Tree producing the sea-ducks, engraving of, 

 773. 



Trees, a^e of, 542. 



Tvemella, or imstoc, bestrews the earth 

 with masses like jelly, its nature, 551; 

 called by peasants moon'Spittle, 551, note. 



Trichina spiralis, the pig its favourite abode, 

 27; guawing a muscle, magnified 200 dia- 

 meters, engraving of, 27; female depositing 

 her young, engraving of, 28. 



Trichodesmia, Ked [T. rubra), cause of colour 

 in the Eed Sea, 23; seen under the micro- 

 scope, engraving of, 23. 



Tridacna, Gigantic, a bivalve commonly called 

 the "font," 38; used in the Mollucas as a 

 bathing tub, engi-aving of, 41. 



Trilobites, marine ci-ustaceans, predominated 

 during tlie Silurian jjeriod, 576 ; general 

 account of, 577, note. 



Tripoli almost exclusively composed of In- 

 fusoria, 29. 



Tsetse-fly, only destroys certain animals, 100; 

 natural size and magnified, engraving of, 

 106. 



Tusks, Elephant, immense quantity of, in 

 New Siberia, 605. 



Ti/pha'na Duponti, limited sphere of action 

 of, 345. 



Ty])ogra.phic insects, ravages of, 220. 



Upas-tree [Antiaris toxicaria), deadly nature 

 of its juice, 461; fables about the, 461; 

 engraving of, 487. 



Upholsterer insects, 197. 



Utricularia, Common, nuptials of, 504; hydro- 

 static, vesicular leaves of, engraving, 505. 



y. 



Tale of Hell in the Black Forest, 642. 



Valley of Hell in the mountains of Spain 

 (Alpujarras), engraving of, 643. 



Vallisnerici spiralis, fecundation of, 502; 

 nuptials of, 502; engraving of, 503. 



Vampire, American ( Vampirus S2}ectrum), 

 attacks cattle and travellers, 699; engrav- 

 ings of, 699, 700; source of the name, 700, 

 ■)iote. 



Vanessa, great tortoise-shell butterfly ( V. 

 2KjhfehIoros), imago, caterpillar, and chrysa- 

 lis, engraving of, 149. 



Vegetable kingdom, the. general observa- 

 tions respecting, 363. 



Vegetation on rocks, mode in which it forms, 

 563. 



Venus' flytrap {Dioneea muscipula), engrav- 

 ing of, 479; capture of insects by, 480; 

 great irritability of, 479. 



Vesicles creative in plants, 369. 



Vibriones in man, 26. 



Victoria, regia, the great water-lily, abounds 

 in the Amazon, 385; its great leaves, 385; 

 river reach flUed with, engraving of, 386. 



Village of human beavers, 614, note; village 

 of warrior termites, engraving of, 187. 



Virgin, threads of the, 199. 



Virgin-forest in the equatorial regions, en- 

 graving of, 525. 



Vital nature of forces of plants, 471. 



Volcanoes, 648; send forth lava, 648; Goe- 

 nong Api, engraving of, and destructive 

 effects of, 649, and note; their appearance 

 at a distance, 650; Orizaba, Popocatepetl, 

 650; Orizaba, eugraving of crater, 651; 



