INDEX 
A 
Page 
Abandoning ship.. 3 
Acorns 116 
Africa, plants of ... 119 
Air plants as thirst quenchers _ 33, 59 
Alcohol, danger of drinking 8, 76. 174 
America, tropical plants of 119 
Animals in the Arctic 141, 145, 147 
Animals in the tropics 59, 79 
Ants 74 
Arctic: 
animals of 141,145,147 
plants of 149 
survival in 132 
Atabrine, dosage as malaria preventive 72 
B 
Bait for fish____ 13, 14, 16, 43, 144 
Balsam vine___ 91 
Bamboo: 
shoots as food____ 99 
use of, for rafts 62 
use of, for shelter 64 
Bananas, kinds of 93 
Bearberries 152 
Bears, polar 147 
Bees__ 74 
Beetles, as food 81 
Berries, as food 103, 149 
Bilberries 152 
Birds, edible: 
ducks 141,148 
geese___-__--__-~ 141, 148 
loons. 148 
owls___ 148 
parrots _______ 80 
ptarmigans. 148 
ravens__________ 148 
sea gulls. 149 
Bird eggs. 148 
Blood worms.. 77 
Box fish 49 
Breadfruit tree 89 
Burning glass for starting fire 71 
Burr fish , 49 
Butterflies and moths. __________________ 74 
177 
