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INDEX. 
Baths, &c., for invalid, 245 
Beaufort’s scale of wind force, 4 
Bellows camera, description and illus¬ 
tration of, 53 
Berkefeld Filter Company’s filters, 
where to be obtained, 161 
Birds and mammals, hints on collecting, 
87-90 
Blackwater fever, symptoms of, treat¬ 
ment recommended for, 183 
Blanford, W. T., F.R.S., his article on 
Geology, 65-79 
Blanford, H. F., description and illus¬ 
tration of his portable thermometer 
screen, 15 
Bleeding or haemorrhage, 208 
Blisters on the feet, treatment for, 205 | 
Blizzard, 9 
Blow-pipe for geologist, 68; works on 
the use of, 69 
Blood-poisoning, treatment for, 211 
Boating, note on, by J. Coles, 149 
Boiling-point thermometer, 31; form 
recommended by Mr. J. Y. Buchanan, 31 
Boils, treatment for, 193 
Boots for travellers, 159 
Botanical collecting, remarks by the 
late J. Ball, F.R.S., 98 
Bottles for natural history collecting, 84 
Boxes for collecting natural history 
specimens, 103 
Broca’s scale of colours (anthropological), 
107 
Bronchitis, treatment recommended for, j 
170 
Bruises, treatment for, 211 
Buchan and Herbertson, Drs., their 
“ Atlas of Meteorology ” referred to, 41 1 
Buchanan, J. Y., form of boiling- 
point thermometer recommended by 
him, 31 
Buck, Messrs., their address, geological 
hammers, &c., can be obtained of, 66 
Buildings made by different races, 115 
Bulbs, note on collecting, 101 
“ Buran ” of Siberia, 9 
Burial, different modes of, 114 
Burns and scalds, treatment for, 204 
Burroughs, Wellcome & Co.’s drugs 
recommended, 157 
Burton, W. K., his work on photo¬ 
graphy, 61 
Camera, bellows, description and illus¬ 
tration of, 53 ; cost of, 63; addresses 
of makers of, 54 
Camera stand, remarks on, makers, sizes, 
&c., 55 
Canoeing, note on, by J. Coles, 146 
Carbuncles, treatment for, 194 
Catheters, hints on using, 246 
Centigrade thermometer readings, rule 
for converting into Fahrenheit, 12 
Charts showing isothermal lines for 
June and July, 50. 
Chart of the World, showing mean 
annual rainfall, 50 
Chemicals and apparatus for develop¬ 
ment, 60 
Chigger or sandflea, treatment for, 197 
Chicken-pox, symptoms of, treatment 
recommended for, 166 
Chilblains and frostbite, treatment re" 
commended for, 192 
Children and infants, care of, 222 , 
