INDEX. 



809 



Peru, ancient civilization of, 486. 



Pichincha, volcano, descent into, 494. 



Pimento, 577, 



Pippul, or Bo-tree, 530. 



Pique, or jigger,. 585. 



Plantain and banana, 551. 



Plant-lice, aphides, furnish honey to ants, 600. 



Plants, nutritive. (See i^ruzits and Trees.) Rice, 

 545 ; maize, 547 ; millet, 550 ; sugar-cane, 

 559; coffee, 562; cacao, or chocolate, 567; 

 vanilla, 568 ; coca, 568 ; cinnamon and cas- 

 sia, 571 ; nutmegs and cloves, 574. 



Ponera clavata, ant, 594. 



Porocococa, on the Amazon, 518. 



Potato, the sweet, 555. 



Prey, beasts and birds of, 693, 



Puma, or cougar, American lion, the, 710, 



Puna, the, or table-land of Peru : its extent 

 and character, 481 ; diseases of, 482; life in, 

 482; vegetation of, 483; animals of, 484; 

 cUmate of, 485. (See also Titicaca.) 



Python, the, 620; contests with the orang- 

 outang, 683. 



Q. 



QuAGGA. (See Zebra.) 



Quinua, a plant of the Puna, 483. 



Quito, table-land of: its elevation, 489; ways 

 of access, 490; approach from the Pacific 

 coast, 491 ; the climate and productions, 

 492 ; its fauna and flora, 492 ; the people, 

 493 ; its surrounding volcanos, 494. 



E. 



Eabbit, fascinated by serpent, 623. 



Eains and rain-fall, 476 ; at sea, 477 ; in various 



places, 477, 513. 

 Eatans, 541. 



Eattlesnakes, 619 ; power of fascination, 621. 

 Eealejo, or organ-bird, the, 650. 

 Eed ant of Ceylon 595. 

 Eeefs, 478. 



Eheas, or American ostriches, 667. 



Khinoceros, the, 721 ; species of, 721 ; differ- 

 ence between the white and the black, 721 ; 

 general characteristics, 722 ; acuteness of its 

 smell and hearing, 722 ; imperfection of its 

 vision, 722; its bird attendant, 722; bad 

 temper of the black species, 722; fondness 

 for its offspring, 723; its nocturnal habits, 

 723 ; hunting the rhinoceros, 723; its vitality, 

 723 ; value of its ivory, 723 ; rhinoceros 

 paths, 724 ; the Indian rhinoceros, 724. 



Eice, species and culture of, 545 ; rice lands of 

 the United States, 546 ; enemies of the rice- 

 plant, 547. 



Eice-bird, the, 547. 



Eice, Colonel, adventure with a tiger, 760. 

 Eoads of the Incas of Peru, 489. 

 Eogue elephants, 714; rogue hippopotami, 

 726. 



Kobber crab, 580 and 634. 



S. 



Sacelt, dancing parties of birds, 655. 

 Sacred island in Lake Titicaca, 485, 488. 

 52 



Sago, mode of manufacturing, 552 ; productive- 

 ness of the tree, 553. 



Sahara, Desert of, 509 ; Earth's adventure in, 

 510; oases in, 611; khamsin, or pestilential 

 wind, 511 ; animals and birds of, 512 ; seasons 

 of, 513. 



SaYmiris, monkey, 691. 



Sakis, the, 691. 



Sandal-tree, the, 531. 



Sargasso Sea, the, 474. 



Sarumpe, a disease on the Puna, 482. 



Satinwood-tree, 530. 



Savannas and Deserts (Chapter III.) The 

 Llanos of Venezuela, 4^^9 ; the Pampas, 500; 

 the Kalahari, 502 ; Lake Eegion of Africa, 

 506. 



Sawa, or marsh rice, 546. 

 Scorpions, 614 ; their aspect, 615 ; their venom, 

 615. 



Seasons, the : Changes of, in different hemis- 

 pheres, 476. 



Sea- weeds in the Sargasso Sea, 474. 



Secretary eagle, the, 624, 698. 



Semi-monkeys, lemurs, loris, etc., 688. 



Semnopitheci, monkeys, the, 686. 



Serpents : Earity of venomous species, 616 ; 

 danger from, 617; antidotes to their poison, 

 618; mechanism of their poison-fangs, 618; 

 the bushmaster, 619 ; rattlesnakes, 619 ; ex- 

 tirpated by hogs, 619 ; the cobra, 620 ; the 

 haje, 620; boas and pythons, 620; fascina- 

 tion of serpents, 621 ; catching their prey, 

 624 ; their bird enemies, 624 ; eating each 

 other, 625 ; anatomical structure, 625 ; the 

 formation of their jaws, 626 ; protracted fast- 

 ings, 626 ; useful serpents, 627 ; tree-snakes 

 and water-snakes, 627 ; enormous serpents, 

 627; large snake killed by Du Chaillu, 627; 

 larger one mentioned by Wallace, 628. 



Serpent-destroyers, 619, 624. 



Sikkim, the table-land of, 497. 



Silk-worm, the, 590. 



Silla, traveling by, 496. 



Simoom, the, 511, 729. 



Sjambok, whip of rhinoceros-hide, 727. 



Slave-hunting ants, 600. 



Sloth, the, 673; helplessness on the ground, 

 674 ; activity on trees, 674 ; tenacity of life, 

 675; gigantic fossil sloths, 676. 



Snakes. (See Serpents.) 



Soothsayer, or mantes, 583. 



Soroche, a disease on the Puna, 482. 



Sparrow-hawk, the, 698. 



Speke, John H., Account of the Lake Eegion 

 of Africa, 507. 



Spices, 559 ; cinnamon, 571 ; nutmegs and 

 cloves, 574; pepper, 576; pimento, 577 ; gin- 

 ger, 578. 



Spiders : Numerous on the Amazon, 520 ; gen- 

 eral characteristics of, 610; their venom, 

 611; their webs, 611; neutral-colored spi- 

 ders, 611 ; bright-colored spiders, 612 ; modes 

 of life, 612; spider-eating birds, 613; insect 

 enemies of the spider, 613 ; small effects of 

 the bites of spiders, 613; edible spiders, 614; 

 possible industrial uses of their filaments, 614. 



Spider-monkeys, 691. 



Spider-webs, their fineness, 614. 



Spoonbills, 651. 



Squier, E. G. : Notes from, 481, 484, 487. 

 Squirrel, charmed by serpent, 624 ; the flying' 

 squirrel, 673. 



