Index. 



327 



Hare, American, 79 



„ Enemies of the, 118, 120, 121 



,, Increase of the, 118 



,, Variable, of Scotland and Thibet, 

 80 

 Harvey's Settlement, 269 

 Hatchets (stone), 28, 32 

 Height of land, 4 

 Hermit Thrush, 136 

 Herring, American, 265 

 Hibernation, Effects of, on animals, 98 

 ,, ,, on the eye, 68 



Himalayas, Deer of the, 88 



,, Pheasant of the, 174 



Hirundo rustica, 181 

 Hoary Bat, 98 

 Hooded Golden-eye, 190 

 Hooded Merganser, 190 

 Hoofs of different deer, 81, 91 

 Horned Sucker, 254 

 Horns, Occurrence of, in female deer, 



89 

 Horsebacks, 203, 279 

 Hospital, Leper, of Tracadie, 49 et sq. 

 House Sparrow of Hindostan, 193 

 Humming-bird, 186 

 Hyla versicolor, 197 



I. 



Ibex, 88 



Ice, Blocking of rivers by, 276 

 ,, Breaking up of, on rivers, 278 

 ,, Fields of, 9 

 Iceberg theory, 280 

 Incisors, Deformity of the, in rodents, 



168 

 Indian devil, 59, 79 

 Indians, 17, 24 



Character of, 18 

 Degeneration and disappear- 

 ance of, 19, 24, 26, 92 

 Drunkenness among, 20, 24 

 Half-bred, 21, 23 

 Language of, 22, 27 

 Mode of life of, 22, 23, 24, 30, 



31 



Physical characteristics of, 21 

 Primitive condition of, 25, 27 

 Squaws of, 20, 22, 54 

 Taciturnity of, 54 

 Traditions of, 22, 54, 242 

 Tribes of, 27, 209, 246 

 Weapons of, 25 et sq., 85 

 (Note), 252 

 Interbreeding of allied species, 181 

 Interchange of birds between the Old 

 and New Worlds, 183 

 et sq. 



Interchange of species between remote 



regions, 192 

 Intermarriage, Evil effects of, 46, 47 



et sq. 

 Intervals, 273 

 Irish Elk, 85 et sq. 



, , Extinction of the, 86, 90 

 Irish settlers, 163 

 Italian sparrow, 182 

 Ivy, 130 ' 



J- 



Jay, Canadian, 131, 161, 173 



,, Long-crested Steller's, 18 

 Jesuit Fathers, The, 26 

 Joggins, The, 264 

 Jumping Mouse, 100 



K, 



Kennebeck River, 214 (Note) 

 Kennebeckasis River, 33 

 King Bird, 156 

 Kinglet, Ruby-crowned, 186 

 Knife (flint), 30 



Labrax albidus, 250 



Labrador duck, 39 



Labrador tea-plant, 92 



Lake basins, Formation of, 222 



Lake mounds, 274 



Lake scenery, 208 



Lake Trout, 234 et sq. 243 



, , Grey-spotted, 234 el sq. 



Lakes, Sport on the, 209, 223 (Note) 

 Lamprey Eel, 251 

 Land-ice theory, 276 et sq. 

 Larch, American, 109 

 Laurentian strata, 262 

 Lazaretto of Tracadie, 51 et sq. 

 Leopard frog, 197 

 Leopard-spotted snake, 196 

 Lepers of Tracadie, 48 et sq. 



,, Table of consanguinity of, 321 

 Leprosy, Origin of, in New Brunswick, 



5o 

 Lesser Woodpecker of Europe, 141 

 Leuciscus, 253, 255 

 Leveret, 80 



Lewey's Lake, 208 et sq. 

 Lhoks, 58 

 Lichen, 82 

 Light, Effects of, on the coloration of 



fishes, 225, 230, 231 

 Lin<za borealis, 145 (Note) 

 Liquor laws, Evasion of the, 206 et sq. 



