The polar and tropical worlds : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe . ; of edible bats, 670;of the orang-outang, 681; his pet orang,684; notice of the bai)irusa, 736. Water: Proportion of to land, 472; relationsto fertility, 475, 499, 525; obtaining in theKalahari, 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, 663. Whirlwinds, 477. White Ants. (See Termites.) Wild-Cats, different species of, 711. Winds, as regulators of rain, 476. INDEX
The polar and tropical worlds : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe . ; of edible bats, 670;of the orang-outang, 681; his pet orang,684; notice of the bai)irusa, 736. Water: Proportion of to land, 472; relationsto fertility, 475, 499, 525; obtaining in theKalahari, 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, 663. Whirlwinds, 477. White Ants. (See Termites.) Wild-Cats, different species of, 711. Winds, as regulators of rain, 476. INDEX. 811 Woods, ornamental of the Amazon, poison, the, 690. Yam, the, , palms, the, 543. Z. Zebra, the, 733 ; its appearance, 733; capacityfor domestication, 733; habits, 733; ancientnotices of 734. Zimb-fly, the, 588. Zones of the Earth, Limits of, 472. PLEASE DO NOT REMOVECARDS OR SLIPS FROM THIS POCKET UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO LIBRARY QH Hartwig, Georg LudwigQA The polar and tropical H37 worlds. New ed, 187/:t .J 1 ^i •?HI•»??. THE Polar anb Tropical WOKLDS: A DESCRIPTION OF MAN AND NATURE IN THE Polar and Equatorial Regions of the Globe. TWO VOLUMES IN ONE. ALSO AX ACCOLXT OF THE EXPEDITIONS OF ALL THE ARCTIC EXILOREItS, FROM THE DISCOVEliV OF ICELjVXD, OVER ONE THOUSAKD YEARS AGO, TO HALLS LAST EXlEl>ITIO-\ IX THE XORTHEIJX MORLIJ, TOGETHER WITH THE WONDERFUL DISCOVERIES AND ADVENTURES OF A(;ASSIZ, LIVINGSTONE, WALLACE, AND OTHER DISTINGUISHED TRAVELERS IN THE TROPICAL COUNTRIES. V- BY DR. , Author of The Sea and its Living Wonders, and The Harmonies of Nature, EDITED, WITH ADDITIONAL CHAPTERS, BY DR. A. H. GUERNSEY. THE WHOLE SPLENDIDLY EMBELLISHED WITH NEARLY TWO HUNDRED BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS. TRUE TO NATURE, FROM DESIGNS FURNISHED BY ARTISTS IN THE REGIONS TO WHICH THEY RELATE. WTTH AN ACCOUNT OF HALLs LAST EXPEDITION, A SUMMARY OF ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS. AND NEW MAPS OF THE ARCTIC REGIONS. SOLD ONLY BY SUBSCRIPTION.
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