INDEX. 



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y. a. odorata, balsam hickory, 27'2. J. a. mata, shell 

 barked hickory, ib. y. pican, Illinois-nut, ib. 



yuncus bulbosns. black grass, 219. 



yuniperus Virginiana, red cedar tree, 27 o. 



K 



Kadir^s Kill, cataracts of, 455. 



Kalmia latifolia, broad leaved laurel, 282. K. angustifoliay 

 narrow leaved, 283. 



L 



Lakes, 122. Lake of the Woods, 124. Rainy or Long 

 Lake, 125. Superior, ib. Huron, 129. Michigan, 130. 

 St. Clair, 131. Erie, 132. Ontario, 134. Champlain, 

 135. George, 137. 



Lamprey, 361. 



Lanius excubitor, great shrike bird, 354, 

 Lapis hepaticus, 409. 



Laurel, broad leaved, 282. Narrow leaved, or dwarf, 283. 

 Evergreen, 290. 



Laurus borbonia, red stalked Carolinian bay tree, 265. 



Lead, abundance of, in the Illinois country, 421. In the Che- 

 rokee mountains, ib. In Upper Louisiana, ib. > 



' mines, in Virginia, 419. Method of working, 420. 



One on the Perkionnen creek, 421. Ten, near ^t. Gene- 

 vieve, on Grand River, ib. 



Liatris odoratissima, vanilla of Georgia, 297. 



Limestone, 406. 



Lime-tree, the ogeche, 266. Black or linden tree, 272. 

 Liriodenrun tulipifera^ tulip-tree, 255. 

 Lobelia, 286. 



Locust, 372. In the grub-worm state, 373. In the moth 

 state, 374. Its eggs, 376. 



tree, 256. llie honey, 258. 



Long nioss, 298. Its uses, 299. 



Lo'ver'^s Leap, a precipice of the Table mountain, in South 



Carolina, 471. 

 Lucerne, 226, 



