BOOK IV.

THE FORESTS.

I. THE VIRGIN FORESTS, 379

II. VEGETABLE LIFE IN THE FORESTS OF THE OLD WORLD, 397

III. VEGETABLE LIFE IN THE FORESTS OF THE GREAT ISLANDS, 412

IV. VEGETABLE LIFE IN THE FORESTS OF THE NEW WORLD, 428

V. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE TROPICAL FORESTS:--THE ELEPHANT--THE RHINOCEROS, 447

VI. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE VIRGIN FORESTS:--THE GREAT APES, 463

VII. THE ANTHROPOMORPHIC APES:--ORANGS--GIBBONS--CHIMPANZEES--GORILLAS, 472

VIII. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE FORESTS:--THE CEBIDÆ, OR MONKEYS OF AMERICA--THE LEMURS--THE SLOTHS--THE SQUIRRELS, 487

IX. MAN IN THE SAVANNAHS AND THE FORESTS:--ANTHROPOPHAGY, 502

X. MAN IN THE SAVANNAHS AND THE FORESTS:--THE SAVAGE RACES--THE NEGROES, 514

XI. MAN IN THE SAVANNAHS AND THE FORESTS:--THE MALAYS--POLYNESIANS--THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, 526