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INDEX. 



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Birds, uses of . . .134 



Birman empire, the . . .152 

 Bisons . . . . .12 



Bizarres . . . . .305 



Black arches moth . . .332 



Blackberry, the . . . .272 

 Blackbird, the . . . 244 



Black-cock, the . . . .133 

 Black hair-streak butterfly . . 330 

 Blackthorn, the . . - .261 



Black-veined white butterfly . . 329 

 Bleaberry, the .... 266 

 Blunt ruscous-like delessaria . . 345 

 Bogs ..... 26 



Boiling point . . . .97 



Borneo . . . . .61 

 Bosjesmen . . . 143 

 Botanical systems . . .292 



Bracts . . . . .290 



Brazilian dock . . . .324 



Breakers . . . . .22 

 Bridges, natural . . . .10 

 Brig ..... 362 



Brimstone butterfly . . . 330 



Broken-barred carpet moth . 33 1 



Brooks ..... 23 

 Brown hair-streak butterfly . . 329 

 Brown muslin moth . . . 332 

 Buck's horn fucus .... 342 

 Buckthorn, the . . . .261 

 Buffaloes ..... 25 

 Bulrush moth . . . .331 

 Butcher's broom, the . . . 265 

 Butterflies . . . . .328 



Buzzard, the . . . .241 



Cabbage white butterfly . . .331 

 Cacti . . . s . • .317 

 Caddice-worms .... 367 

 Calceiform petals .... 296 

 Calyx . . . . .290 



Camberwell beauty butterfly . . 329 

 Camel, bones of the . . .167 

 Camel, foot of the . . .189 



Camel, hump of the . . .191 

 Camel, stomach of the . . .191 

 Camels, travelling . . .156 



Camellias . . . . . 310 

 Campanulate flowers V . *.. ^ . . 290 

 Camphor tree, the . " ~ . * . 221 



Cancer, tropic of . • • 49 



Candles, history of JKpP . . 69 



Cape Horn . tf8i«r '• • 57 

 Cape of Good Hojjp^ . . .142 



Capes . . . . 22, 48 



Capricorn . ^Sr-. . . .49 

 Capsule . f ~ . . . . 322 

 Carnaria . . . . .169 

 Carnations ..... 305 

 Carnivora . . . . .171 



Carpella . . . . .323 



Cascades . . . . .24 



Caspian Sea . . . .23 

 Cataracts . . . . .24 



Catlin's adventure with a panther . 56 

 Caudate-perfoliate flowers . . 297 

 Cauline flowers .... 297 

 Caverns . . . . .18 



Cedar tree 228 



Cells, vegetable . . . .194 

 Cellulares . . . . .294 



Cetacea 192 



Chsetodons . . . .7,85 



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Chameleon fly . . . .369 

 Channels ..... 22 

 Charybdis, whirlpool ... 3 

 Chasms ..... 9 

 Cheetah, the . . . .173 

 Cheiroptera . . . .169 



Chequered leaves .... 298 

 Cherries . . . . .323 



Chestnut tree . . . 22 1 



Chimpanzee, the . . . .168 

 Chinese ..... 60 

 Chrysanthemums . . . .313 

 Cinerarias . . . . .313 

 Circassia . . . . .153 



Circles . . . . .45 



Circulation in plants . . .195 

 Citron orange .... 323 

 Classes of plants . . . .293 

 Clematis . . . . .308 



Cliffs 14 



Climbing securidaca . . . 325 

 Clouded yellow butterfly . . .331 

 Clouds, changes of ... 27 



Clouds, formation of . .2 



Clouds, forms of . . . .27 



Clouds produce rain . . .28 

 Coal, geological history of 79 

 Coal mines, Dr. Buckland's description of 79 

 Coal, what is it ? . . . .78 



Coasts ..... 22 

 Cochin China fowls . . .134 



Cochineal insect . . . .37 



Cock-a-too, the . . . .127 

 Columbus ..... 9 

 Combustion, phenomena of .74 

 Comma butterfly . . . .329 



Common blue butterfly . . . 330 

 Common sargassum . . .341 



Condor, the . . . .119 



Cones . . . . .326 



Conger eel . . . . .88 

 Coniferous trees .... 226 

 Continents . . . . 22 



Convolvulus . . . .301 



Copper butterfly . . . .330 

 Coral islands . . . .66 

 Corallines .... 359 



Coreans ..... 60 



Cork 211 



Corolla . . . . .290 

 Corona . . . . .290 



Corrugated leaves .... 298 

 Corymb . . . . .295 



Cotton spinner, the . . . 353 

 Cotyledons ..... 326 

 Coves . . . . .21 



Cowberry, the .... 267 

 Cowled flowers . . . . 2't6 

 Cowslip . . . . .302 

 Crabs . . . . .356 



Crags ..... 9 

 Cranks in machinery . . .164 

 Creeks ..... 22 

 Crescent-podded pterocarpus . . 325 

 Cressets . . . . .71 

 Crocodile . . . . .13 

 Crocuses . . . . .319 

 Cross-bill, the . . . .121 

 Crow, the carrion .... 249 

 Cruciate corolla . . . .291 

 Crustacea ..... 8 

 Cuckoo-pint . . . .315 



Cucumber, the sea ... 353 



