Part 52

Buran or snow-hurricane, 94.

Camel of the Kirghiz, 466, 571.

Capuchin monkeys, 239, 296.

Cat, ancestors of the, 116, 571.

Cataracts of the Nile, 358, 583; navigation of the, 379.

Cattle of the Kirghiz, 466.

Cembra or stone-pine of Siberia, 128.

Cerastes or horned viper, 178, 575.

Chabir or leader of a caravan, 322.

Chimpanzee, character of the, 311; story of one, 315.

Chinese breakfast, a, 400.

Climbing plants in primitive forests, 210.

Colonists and Exiles in Siberia, 510, 586; their conditions of life, 511; abolition of serfdom, 512; the crown-estate of Altai, 513; condition of its inhabitants, 515; their character, 518; a peasant’s views, 519; over-abundant harvests, 521; early marriages, 522; marriage customs, 523; the criminal classes, 524; their transport and government allowances, 524; their considerate treatment, 530; a prison school, 532; orphan asylum, 533; among the criminals, 533; their reformation sought, 534; convict work in the mines, 534; attempted escapes, 536.

Convicts in Siberia, 524.

Crested crane, notes of the, 216.

Crocodile, the, 225, 227, 577.

Crocodile-bird, the, 227, 577.

Cuckoo, courting of the, 264; its polygamy, 279.

Danube, an Ornithologist on the, 540.

Darwin, Charles, xxiv; his Doctrine of Descent, 317, 438.

Dauw, flight of the, 256.

Desert Journeys, 318; bargaining with a sheikh, 318; preparations for a start, 321; camel-riding, 325; the Sahara or Great Desert described, 326; its animal life, 331; discomforts of the desert journey, 336; the camel-driver sketched, 338; a night in the desert, 340; the oasis, 341; life at a well in the desert, 345; a festival of nomads and travellers, 347; coming of the Simoom, 348; the mirage, 351; an interview with Bedouins, 352; the Nile reached, 355.

Diving-birds in the tundra, 78.

Dog-like monkeys, 296.

Dogs, of the Ostiaks, 429; of the Kirghiz, 467.

Domesticated animals, ancestors of our, 115, 571.

Dove, courting of the, 266.

Dromedary, the, 466.