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 Fournel, recent contributions to the physical geography of Northern Africa, i. 115.

Frémont, Captain, importance of his geographical memoirs on our knowledge of the geography of North America, i. 37, and generally in Note[5], also i. 280.

Geographical distribution of plants, laws of the, ii. 102.

Gobi, the plateau of, i. 74, 79.

Gramineæ, ii. 27, 183.

Guaranis, a tribe inhabiting the sea-coast and rivers near the mouth of the Orinoco, i. 178.

Granite, leaden-coloured rocks of, in the Orinoco, i. 188.

Great basin, the elevated plain so called, between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada of California, i. 44; forms an inland closed river basin, 280.

Gymnotus, description of its capture in South America by means of horses, i. 22.

Heat in plants developed during inflorescence, ii. 175.

Heaths, ii. 23, 145.

Himalaya, one of the four parallel mountain chains of Central Asia, i. 92.

Hiongnu, i. 101.

Hooker, Dr. J., regent determination of the elevation of the Kinchinjinga, one of the highest peaks of the Himalaya, i. 93; on the production of perfect seeds by the Cœlebogyne, ii. 51; remarks on the geographical distribution of plants in Antarctic floras, ii. 122.

Illimani and Sorata, their height above the sea recently corrected, i. 57, 96, 277.

Kashmeer, valley of, i. 80.

Kinchinjinga, one of the highest peaks of the Himalaya, its elevation recently determined, i. 92.

Kuen-lün, one of the four parallel mountain chains in Central Asia, i. 72, 90.

Lama, alpaca, and guanaco, three originally distinct species of animals, described, i. 166.