INDEX. 



759 



Peru, ancient civilization of, 486. 



Pichincha, volcano, descent into, 494, 



Pimento, 577. 



Pippul, or Bo-tree, 530. 



Pique, or jig^'er, 585. 



Plantain and banana, 551. 



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



Plants, nutritive. {See Fruits and Trees.) Kice, 

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

 550 ; 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 ti e 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 I'eru : its extent 

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

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

 climate of, 485. (See also Titicaca.) 



Python, the, 620 ; contests with the orang- 

 outang, 683. 



Q- 



QcAGGA, (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, 



Rabbit, fascinated by serpent, 623. 



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



places, 477, 513. 

 Ratans, 541. 



Rattlesnakes, 619; power of fascination, 021. 

 Realejo, or organ-bird, the, 650. 

 Red ant of Ceylon 595. 

 Reefs, 478. 



Rheas, or American ostriches, G67. 



Jxhinoceros, 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. 



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

 the United States, 546 ; enemies of the rice- 

 plant, 547. 



Rice bird, the, 547. 



Rice, Colonel, adventure with a tiger, 760, 

 Roads of the Incas of Peru, 489. 

 Rogue elephants, 714; rogue hippopotami, 

 726. 



S. 



Saceli, dancing parties of birds, 655, 

 Sacred island in Lake Titicaca, 485, 488. 



Sago, mode of manufacturing, 552; productive- 

 ness of the tree, 553. 



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

 510; oases in, 511; khamsin, or pestilential 

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

 of, 513. 



Saimiris, 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 Region ot Africa, 

 506. 



Sawa, or marsh rice, 546. 

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

 615. 



Seaso7}s, 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 : Rarity 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; tl:e 

 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 Region 

 of Africa, 507. 



Spices, 559; cinnamon, 571; nutmegs and 

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

 ger, 578. 



Spiders : Numerous on the Amazon, 520 ; pen- 

 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. 



Sp der-webs, their fineness 614. 



Spoonbills, 651. 



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

 Squirrel, charmed by serpent, 624; the flying- 

 squirrel, 673. 



