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INDEX. 



Chirimoya, the, 492, 556. 

 Chocolate, 567. 



Church, F. A., his painting of the Heart of the 



Andes 491. 

 Cicadae, the, 592. 

 Cilgero, the, 650. 



Cinnamon, 571 ; the Dutch monopoly of, 572; 

 amount produced, 572; historical notices of, 

 573; present consumption of, 574, 



Climbers, the, 669; the hat, 669; the flying 

 squirrel, 673 ; the galeopitheci, 673 ; the 

 anomaluri, 673 ; the sloth, 673; monkeys, 676. 



Climbing plants, 535. 



Cloves, 574, 576. 



Cobra de Capello, the, 619. 



Coca, the leaves of, 568 ; effects of their use, 569. 



Cochineal insect, the, 591. 



Cockatoos, 662. 



Cock of the rock, 648. 



Cockroaches, 589. 



Cocoa, Cacao, and roca,nottobeconfounded,568. 

 Cocoa palm, the, 538. 



Coffee, 662; home of the plant, 562; coffee 

 countries, 563, 565 ; coffee plantations in 

 Brazil, 564 ; gathering the berries, 565 ; 

 enemies of the plant, 566. 



Coffee-bug, the, 566. 



Coffee-moth, Mrs, Agassiz's description of, 566. 

 Colobi, the. 691. 



Columbus, and the Gulf-stream, 474. 



Condor, the, 480, 498 ; his character and flight, 

 693 ; mode of capturing, 694, 



Coppersmith, bird, the, 657, 



Coqueros, or coca-chewers, 570. 



Coral, reefs and islands, 478, 479 



Cordilleras, the, 490. 



Cotingas, 647. 



Cougar, or puma, the, 711. 



Crab, robber, the, 580. 



Crane, caught by alligator, 637. 



Crocodiles. (See Alligators.) 



Cubbeer-burr, a famous tree, 529. 



Currents of the ocean, 473 ; the equatorial cur- 

 rent, 474; the Gulf Stream, 474. 



Cynocephali, monkeys, the, 687. 



D. 



Dancing parties of birds of paradise, 655. 



Deryas, sacred monkey of Egypt, the, 688. 



Desplobado, the, 480, 482, 485, 



Deserts (See also Savannas.) Of Atacama, 

 508; of Australia, 5c8; the Sahara, 509. 



Devil-bird of Ceylon, 657. 



Dioscorea, or yam-plants, 555. 



Doldrums, or equatorial calm belts, 476. 



Dorey, ants of, 597. 



Douw, or Burchell's zebra, 734. 



Dragon trees, 528 



Dromedary, the, (See Camel.) 



Du Chaillu, Paul : Account of the bashikouay 

 ant, 598 ; of squirrel charmed by serpent, 

 624 ; kills large snake, 627 ; kills a gorilla, 

 678; female gorilla and young, 679 ; number 

 of gorillas seen by him, 680 ; whips of hippo- 

 potamus-skin, 727, 



Durion, the, 557 ; favorite food of the orang- 

 outang, 684, 



Dutch, their monopoly of spices, 572, 575, 



Dyaks, of Borneo, 6>^1 ; contest with the orang- 

 outang, 684. 



E. 



Eagle, the harpy, 696 ; the fishing, 698 ; the 

 secretary, 698. 



Ecuador, characteristics of, 490. 



Edible insects, 592; edible spiders, 614. 



Elevation, its influence upon climate, 480, 485, 



Elephant, the, 712; difierence between the 

 tamed and wild, 712; timidity of the ele- 

 phant, 713; his power of climbing, 713 ; his 

 water-stomach, 713 ; his trunk, and its uses, 

 713; his tusks, and their possible uses, 714; 

 elephant herds, 504, 714 ; tuskers, 714 ; rogue 

 elephants, 714 ; distinction between African 

 and Asiatic elephants, 715 ; elephants known 

 to the ancients, 715; range of the African 

 elephant, 715 ; how they are hunted by the 

 natives, 716; by Europeans, 716; in Abys- 

 synia, 716; the Asiatic elephant, 717; their 

 abundance in Ceylon, 717 ; mode of cap- 

 turing them, 718 ; behavior of the captured 

 animals, 719; great elephant-hunts, 719; 

 elephant-corral, 719 ; tied up, 470, 719 ; tame 

 elephants assisting to capture wild ones, 719 ; 

 decoy-elephants, 720 ; an obstinate brute, 

 720; a little head-work, 720; dying of a 

 broken heart, 720 ; the elephant in captivity, 

 720; value of their labor, 720, 



Elliott, Ensign, adventure with a tiger, 707. 



Emu, the, 667, 



Emydas, or marsh-tortoises, 641, 

 Enormous snakes, stories of, 627, 

 Epiphytic plants, 535, 



E, 



Fangs, poison, of serpents, 618. 



Fascination of serpents, 621. 



Fire-ant of Guiana, 595. 



Fire-flies, 584. 



Fishing eagle, the, 698. 



Flamingo, the, 650. 



Flies, noxious, 587. 



Flying frog, Wallace's, 633. 



Flying lizards, 632. 



Flying squirrels, 673, 



Forests of the Tropical World, 514. 



Formica. (See Ants.) 



Fox-bat, or kalong, the, 670. 



Franklin, Dr., Account of Indian corn, 549. 



Frogs and toads : Gigantic of the Amazon, 520 ; 

 the pipa, 632 ; Brazilian tree-frog, 633 ; Wal- 

 lace's flying frog, 633; singular toad at 

 Bahia, 633 ; the bufo gigas, 634, 



Fruits and* Plants of the Tropical World ; the 

 chirimoya, 492, 556; the leroshua, 504; the 

 mokuri, the kengwe, the naras, 505; the 

 date, 542 ; the litchi, 556 ; the mangosteen, 

 557 ; the mango, 557 ; the durion, 557. 



G. 



Galagos, semi-monkeys, the, 688. 

 Galapagos, or Tortoise Islands, 640. 

 Galeopitheci, the, 673, 

 Gallinazos, or carrion vultures, 695. 

 Gavials, (See Alligators.) 

 Geckoes, the, 629, " 

 Gibbons, monkeys, the, 685. 

 Ginger, 578. 



