Land, sea and sky, or, Wonders of life and nature : a description of the physical geography and organic life of the earth / translated from the German of Herman J. Klein and Dr.Thomé by J.Minshull.

  • Klein, Hermann J. (Hermann Joseph), 1844-1914.
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[1884]
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    INDEX. Japan, Tea of, 549. Useful plants of, 550, 551. Western, Botanical life of, 462. Japanese currents, 105. • Java, Animals of, 631. Climate of, 533. European plants growing in, 533, 534- History of, 531. Indigenous mammals in, 535. Wild dog of, 535. Jeddo, Fruit in, 547, Jerusalem, 470. Jordan, Valley of, Fertility of the, 143. 469- Juan Fernandez, Isle of, 776. Judaea, Characteristics of, 468. Juniper tree considered sacred by the Mongols, The, 480. Jupiter Ammon, Oasis of, 578. Kamaoon, Cedar forests in, 489. Kamschatka, Luxuriance of vegeta- tion in, 436. Karabuga, Gulf of, 218. Karst, Rocky desert in, 182. Kawar, Thunderstorm at, 145. Oasis of, Tempests in, 144, Kerguela, Climate of, 649. cabbage, Captain Cook on, 648. Kepler's geographical researches, 24. Khiva, Scenery of, 456, 457. Kirghis, Deserted huts of, 445. Kohlf on the simoom of the desert, 574-. on Morocco, 582. Koodoos, 616, Kossin, Ray of, 197. Kuke, Scenery of, 458, Kuku-Nor, Climate, flora, and fauna of, 4SI. Kunges, Vegetation of the, 455. Kurile Islands, Agriculture and ani- mals of, 437. Climate of, 436, 437, Kurmel, Tigers in, 511. Kuro-Sivvo, Current of, 105. Kusuptscha, Desert of, 448. Lake Aral, 219. of Geneva, of what use to the Rhine, 215. an evasive lake, 222. Platse, in Hungary, 216. Salt, of Utah, 222. Ueunger, Legend of the, 220. Lakes a receptacle for mud and ddbris, 215. as river regulators, 216. Disappearance of, 217. Miocene and post-miocene, 220. Lowland and highland, 217. of Switzerland, 222, 223. all of recent formation, 216. of Upper Italy, 223, Scandinavia the home of, 216. Immense difference between, 215. Orographic and excavated, 222. or seas, Difficulty of determining between, 257. Land, Amount of, in Europe, 25, above the sea. Height of, 26. beneath the sea, sometimes visible, 42. Cubic measure of the, 25. Depression of, in Prussia, 229. supports. Average height of, 26. Uplifting force of, 232. Land, washed away by the sea in Holland, 230. Land and water, Former distribution of, in the Indian Ocean, 54. Respective weight of, 26. Unequal distribution of, 24. Landslips, Two disastrous, 181. Lava, Varieties of, 312. Lebanon, Cedars of, 471. Leeches of India, 518. Lemmings, Enemies of, 426. Leopard, Africa, 59g, 607. Life, Animal and vegetable, do not progress equally, 386. Beginning of animal and vegetable, 381. beneath the surface of the ocean, 48. Development of vegetable, 386. Light at the bottom of the sea, 45. Chemical intensity of, 323, 324. Collective absorption of, in the atmosphere, 322. in the sky, different shades of, 325. diffused from mist, 322. Occasional development of the earth's, 322. upon the surface of water, 29. Light-cloud, 322. Lights, Northern, of the frequency of, 375- Connection with the needle, 370.. Polar, height of the, 375. Southern, 374. Lightning, Action of, 363. by what most attracted, 362. conductors, 362. Different forms of, 361. Effect of, upon a sandy plain, 363. Instantaneous and painless death, as caused by, 363. Objects most sought after by, 362. Summer, what is it, 364. Lime, Carbonate of, 178. Limnemeter, use of the, 37. Lions, Habits of, 598. Liparis MonacHa, an enemy to plants, 396. Lisbon, Earthquake of, 281. Lizards in Australia, 786. Llanos, Colonization in, 74. Lobelia, how fertilized, 397. Log, Use of, in seafaring life, 97. Loire, Volume of, 195. Lombard Sea, the old world, 223, 224. Lotus flower in India, 494. Luneberg heath plain, 248. Lycian citie§, Ruins of, 465. Madagascar, Birds of, 645, Fauna of, 644—646. Geographical position of, 643. Hippopotamus of, 645. Insects of, 645. Jungle of, 644. Mammals of the adjacent islands, 646. Mountains of, 643. Savannahs of, 644. Plants of Mascarenes, 649. Reptiles of, 645. Roc of, 645. Seychelles, lying to the north of, 947. Madras, Teak tree in, 491. Maelstrom, Whirlpool known as the, 133- Magalhaen, Voyage of, 14, 15. his conception of the world's con- struction, 33. Magnet, Earth as a, 376. Magnetic declination, what it is, 368. intensity, 369. needle, change of direction, 116. . phenomena of the earth's surface 367- * properties of the earth, 367, 368. Mahriseh, Cavern of, 185. i Mainland, Waters of the, 13G. j Malta, Fossils of elephants at, 803. Mammal world, Sketch of the, 388'. :] Mammals, Varieties of, 433. Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, 188, 189^ tree of California, 675. Mammoths, Remains of, 428. Manatus, 606. Mangrove tree, 616. Manitoba, 66r. Mantchuria, Chief objects of culturei in, 556. Flora and fauna of, 555. Maple, red, 680. . Marabout, 611. Marshes and swamps, I-ormation of,; 224. Mat^ of Brazil, 758. Matter, Attractive force of, 78. ' Maylayan archipelago, 520. Mechanical force as generated by heat, II. Mediterranean Sea, the currents, 125, s 126, 230. and Syrian flora, 467. Region, 794. Climate of, 795. Flora of, 795. Melons in Russia, 249. Merv, Offlcial expedition to, 462. Mesembryanthemum of South Africa,'. 632. Mesopotamia, 472. Messina, Straits of, 133. Meteorology, what it teaches us, 7. Metres, Earth measurement by, 18. Mexico, Distribution of plants in, 701. . Fir tree of, 702. Fruit trees of, 704. Mangrove forests of, 703. Michigan, Lake of. Ebb and flow at, . 93- Middle ages, Dearth of science in a the, 76. Milky-way, 10, Mineral springs, 152, 173. Mirage, 328, 329, 465. Burkhardt on, 328. Mississippi, Delta at the mouth of the, 14. Mud in the, 214. Plains of, 246. Rise of waters at the mouth of, i6r, 199. ' • Volume of, 195. Mictral, The, 314. Mikaddasy. Ahmed Abdallah, as a scientific explorer, 2. Mist, how formed, 343, Moluccas, Birds of the, 541. Fruits of, 539. Insect world of, 541. Mammals of, 540. Spice trade in, 537. Mongolian Desert, 252. Monkey of the Hindoos held sacred, The, 513. Monkeyhcad, 591. Monkeys, Habits of, in Central Africa, • 609.