Contents of Vol. ÎII. — continued. 



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Royal Institution . . . . 39 



Description of one supposed New 

 Species of Cetonia, from Syria, 



by A. Boucard . . . . 40 



How Animals are Protected 

 Against Their Enemies, by 



W. Rosenberg , . . . 41 



Abundance of Wasps , . . 48 i 



Notes on Wasps, by A. Boucard 49 I 



The Ways of Wasps. . . . 52 



Las Guêpes . . . . . . 54 



Rectification of Name for 



Semioptera gouldi . . . . 57 



Alligators . . . . • • 57 



Destructive Insects of Victoria, 



by French 

 International Exhibitions 

 The late World's Fair 

 International Exhibition of 



Lyon (France) 

 International Exhibition of 



Paris, 1900 

 International Exhibition of 



Industry, Science and Art in 



Hobart Town (Tasmania) . . 

 Internatiçnal Exhibition in 



San Francisco (California) . . 



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TRAVELS OF A NATURALIST, 



By A. Boucard. 



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Preface . . . . . . i 



x\t oea • • • • . . I 



Baptism of the Line . . . . 3 



Dolphins . . . . . . 5 



Whalebone Whale . . . . 7 



Tempest . . . . . . g 



Humming Birds .. .. 11 



Conquest of Chili by the Spaniards 13 



Boundaries of Chili . . . . 15 



Volcanoes, Lakes, and Rivers of 



Chili . . . . • • 17 



Valparaiso . , . . . . ig 



Remarkable Chilian Animals . . 21 



A Mirage . . . . • • 23 



Bonito and Dorado Fish . . 25 



Porpoises . . . . . . 27 



Guillemot and Grebes . . . . 2g 



Sea Lions or Seals .. .. 31 



California . . . . • • 33 



San Francisco . . • • 35 



Count Raousset Boulbon . . 37 

 Principal Buildings of San 



Francisco . . . . . . 45 



Chinese . . . . . . 47 



Californian Humming Birds . . 49 



Californian Birds and Mammals 51 



Rare Insects and Giant Trees . . 53 



Discovery of California . . 55 



Fertility of the Soil . . • • 57 



John A. Sutter .. ••59 



Colonel Fremont 



First Discovery of Gold 



Golden Age . . 



Mining Laws. . 



Acapulco 



Pearl Fisheries 



Ruins of Xochicalco 



Indian Pintos 



Nicaragua 



Tropical Forests 



Animal Life in the Tropics 



Lake of Nicaragua 



Granada 



Plantains 



Howling Monkeys 



Mot-Mot and Manakins 



Humming Birds and Butterflies 



Cacao and Chocolate . . 



Cacao Harvests 



Chocolate as Food 



India-rubber and other Product 



Climate, Lakes and Rivers 



History of Nicaragua . . 



Spanish Expeditions . . 



Barbarous Execution of Indians 



Civil Wars . . 



First President of the Federal 



Government 

 Walker 

 Mosquito Kingdom 



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