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INDEX. 



Squirrel-monkeys, 692. 



Sturt, Mr., Explorations in Australia, 509. 



Sugar, manufacture of, 561. 



Sugar-cane, the, 559 ; its introduction into 



America, 560; characteristics of the plant, 



561. 

 Sun-birds, 652. 

 Sycamore, the, 529. 



T. 



Table Lands, of Peru, 480 ; of Quito, 489 ; 

 Bogota, 495 ; of Mexico, 496 ; of the Hima- 

 layas, 497. 



Tailor-bird, the, 658. 



Talegalla, or brush-turkey, the, 656. 



Tapir, the, 521. 



Tarantula, spider, exaggerated accounts of its 



venom, 614. 

 Taro-root, the, 556. 

 Tatooed Indians on the Amazon, 521. 

 Teak-tree, the, 530. 

 Teju lizard, the, 631. 



Tennent, Sir Emerson ; Notes of, 527, 535, 616, 

 638,640,644, 672, 713, 721. 



Termites, or white ants: Their habits and 

 food, 601 ; destructiveness to books and fur- 

 niture, 601 ; their uses, 602, their communi- 

 ties, 602; their buildings, 602 ; their indus- 

 try, 603; their military operations, 604; 

 American termites, 605 ; mode of capture, 

 605 ; marching termites, 606. 



Theobroma, or chocolate, 567. 



Thorny plants, 504, 536. 



Ticks, 586. 



Thorpe, T. B., on the fascination of serpents, 

 622 ; on the size of alligators, 636. 



Tierras, climatic regions of Mexico, 496. 



Tiger, the, 705 ; appearance and habits, 705 ; his 

 ferocity, 705 ; his present and former range, 

 704 ; tiger-hunting by natives of India, 706 ; 

 by English residents, 706; perilous adven- 

 ture, 706; peacocks and monkeys warning 

 against the tiger, 707; preying upon tor- 

 toises, 708. 



Titicaca, the sacred lake and island of Peru : 

 elevation of the lake, 485 ; the sacred island, 

 486. 



Toads. (See Frogs.) 

 Toropishu, the, 650. 

 Tortoises. (See Turtles.) 

 Toucan, the, 646. 

 Trade winds, the, 476. 



Trees and Plants of the Tropical World : Mau- 

 ritia palm, 499; the wait-a-bit thorn, 504; 

 baobab, 527 ; dragon trees, 528 ; the syca- 

 more, 529 ; banyan, 529 ; pippul, or bo-tree, 

 530 ; the teak-tree, 530 ; satinwood, 530 ; 

 sandal-wood, 531; ceiba, 531; mahogany, 

 531 ; mora, 531 ; bamboos {see under head) ; 

 agave, 533 ; pandanus, 533 ; cactuses, 534 ; 

 mimosas, 534; lianas, 535; acacias, 537; 

 mangroves, 538 ; palms {see under head) ; rat- 

 ans, 541 ; bread-fruit, 550 ; cinnamon, 572. 



Trigonocephalus snake, the, 618. 



Troopials, 648. 



Tropical World, the : Ocean and Atmosphere 

 of, 471-479. (Chapter I.)— Table-Lands and 

 Plateaus of, 480-498. (Chapter II.)— Savan- 

 nas and Deserts of, 499-513. (Chapter III.) 

 Forests of, 514-524. (Chapter IV.)— Charac- 



teristic forms of Vegetation, 525-544. (Chap- 

 ter V. )— Nutritive Plants of, 545-558. ( Chap- 

 ter VI.) — Condiments and Spices, 559-578- 

 ( Chapter VII.)— Insects of, 581-593. (Chap- 

 ter VIII.) — Ants, Spiders, and Scorpions^ 

 594-615. (Chapter IX.)— Serpents, Lizards, 

 Frogs and Toads, 616-634. (Chapter X.)— 

 Alligators, Crocodiles, and Turtles, 635-644. 

 Chapter XI.)^Bird Life, 645-668. (Chapter 



XII. )— The Climbers, 669-692. (Chapter 



XIII. )— Beasts and Birds of Prey, 693-711. 

 (Chapter XIV.)— The Elephant, Rhinoceros, 

 Hippopotamus, Camel, and Zebra, 712-736. 

 (Chapter XV.) 



Tschudi, von, Notes from, 484, 485, 569, 585, 



590, 694, 710, 711. 

 Tsetse-fly, the, 587. 

 Tunqui, the 650. 



Turkey, the, ocellated, 652 ; the brush-turkey, 

 656. 



Turkey -buzzard, the, 694. 



Turtles, 640 ; their chief habitats, 641 ; slow 

 travelers, 641 ; hunting their eggs on the 

 Amazon, 641 ; Marsh-tortoises, 641 ; sea- 

 turtles, 642; enemies of the turtle, 643; 

 modes of taking, 643 ; barbarous treatment 

 of, 644 ; vocal turtles, 644. 



U. 



Urfbu, or carrion vulture, 695. 

 Urquiza, General, his vast estates, 501. 

 Umbrella ant, the, 696. 



V. 



Vanilla, 568. 

 Vampires, 671. 



Vegetation, Tropical, characteristic Forms of, 

 525. 



Veruga, poisoned water of the Puna, 482. 

 Veta, a disease in the Puna, 482. 

 Victoria regia, the, 536. 

 Vicuna, the, 483 ; hunts of, 484. 

 Vivagua-ant, the, 596. 



Volcanos : of Ecuador, 494 ; of Mexico, 497. 

 Vulture, the carrion, 695 ; the sociable, 696. 



W. 



Wallace, Alfred R. : Account of the bread* 

 fruit, 650; the manufacture of sago, 552 

 description of the durion, 557; of the leai- 

 butterfly, 582 ; ants in Dorey, 597 ; describe* 

 huge snake, 628 ; of a flying frog, 633 ; of 

 birds of paradise, 653 ; of edible bats, 670 ; 

 of the orang-outang, 681; his pet orang, 

 684 ; notice of the babirusa, 736. 



Water: Proportion of to land, 472; relations 

 to fertility, 475, 499, 525; obtaining in the 

 Kalahari, 505. 



Waterton, William : Notes of, 617, 637, 646, 

 650, 672, 674. 



Weaving-birds, and their nests, 659. 



Webs of spiders, 611. 



West Indies, sugar in, 561 ; coffee in, 668. 



Whirlwinds, 477. 



White Ants. (See Termites.) 



Wild- Cats, different species of, 711. 



Winds, as regulators of rain, 476. 



