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Amazon march, 177

Amazon stone, 24

Antiope, 153

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Antipodes, 9-10, 346
Antoninus, 358

Antony, Mark, 97, 246
Anubis, 338
Anuradhapura, 214
Anutschin, 115
Ape, 48, 121, 356
Aphrodisiacs, 20, 22
Apollo, 201, 203
Apple Island, 345
Apples of Adam, 358
Apurimac, valley of the, 314
Arab geography, 269, 362-363
Arabia, 1, 2, 50, 69, 95, 104, 171,
195, 224, 229, 231, 234, 245, 358,
365

Arabian Nights, 3, 16, 63, 74, 110, 159,
251, 354

Arabian Sea, 261

Araby the Happy, 232

Arachne, 28

Arapahoes, the, 139
Arawaks, the, 292

Arcadia, 1, 77, 246-248

Arctic night, 221
Arctinus, 151, 152
Ardnainiq, the, 112

Aretias, island of, 77

Argensola, 206

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Argonauts, 75, 77

Argos, 174

Ariana, 197

Arimaspians, 55, 107

Arinadillo, 218

Ariosto, 373

Aristeas of Proconesus, 107, 349

Aristophanes, 285, 373

Aristotle, 12, 16, 39, 50, 51, 59, 135,

334, 353, 354

Arjuna, Rajah, 156, 157

Ark, 87, 292

Arkansas River, 326

Armada, the, 306

Armenia, 60, 100, 113, 151, 171, 185,

195, 238, 258

Aromatic Cape, 10, 231

Arngrim, 92

Arrian, 154, 196, 197, 225

Artemidorus, 81, 195

Artemis Stymphalia, 77

Arthur, King, 64, 256, 259

Art's beginning in magic, 376
Aryan culture, 357

Asafoetida, 94

Asesa, 148

Asia, 1, 2, 109, 135, 136, 148, 196, 211,

212, 913, 967, 351, 364

Asia Minor, 135, 153, 169, 186, 281,
283, 365

Ass, 46, 48, 122, 338, 361, 374; Feast

of the, 48, Baalam's, 370
Ass-bittern, 67

Assuan, 143

Assyria, 56, 66, 169

Astarte, 186, 187

Astolpho, home of, 76
Astomi, the, 107-108
Astrakhan, 237

Astronomy, Maya, 293, 294
Asuang, 111

Asuncion, 300, 311

Aswamedha quest, 156, 157
Atahnallpa, Inca, 313, 333
Atbara River, 199

Athenæus, 350

Athens, 83, 281, 286
Athos, Mount, 193
Atlantes, 194

Atlantic Ocean, 1, 104, 252, 256, 261,
262-273, 277, 278, 287, 289, 291
Atlantis, 1, 252, 254, 255, 266, 274,
276, 277, 278, 280, 281-297, 369
Atlantis: The Antediluvian World,
288

Atlas Mountains, 140, 206, 264, 282,
290

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Bible, 83, 86, 122, 185, 192, 213, 338

Bibliography, 378-383

Bielovodye, 222

Big-footed men, 2

Billdad, 66

Bimini, 314, 315

Bird of paradise, 43

Birds, 373

Birthstone, 24

Bishop-fish, 100

Black River, 136

Black Sea, 135, 151, 153, 187, 268

Black Side of Cathedral, 204

"Black Virgin," 171

Bladder as sky, 119

"Blameless" peoples, 203

Brazil, 95, 123, 126, 188, 193, 218,

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Bruce, 71

Brundusium, 349

Brushwood Town, 128

Brusilov, 175

Brynhild, 79

Buache, 369

Bucephali, 103

Buchanan, 125

Buddha, 215, 361

Buddhism, 188, 240, 261, 360

Buenos Aires, 311

Buffalo, 6, 318, 319, 323, 324, 325;

Caffrarian, 56

Buffon, 33, 35, 43, 77, 111, 140, 141,

192, 350

Bull, 81, 338, 342, 367

Bulotu, 260

Bunyan, 262, 367

Bunyan, Paul, 66
Bunyip, 95

Buried cities, 213-215

Burma, 269, 293, 364

Burrowing creatures, 218

Burton, Lady, 180

Burton, Sir Richard, 159, 179, 180,
181, 182, 183

Busbequins, 63

Bushmen, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 227
Bustard, 210

Butterfly, 344
Buzzard, 370
Byssus silk, 59
Byzantium, 361

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Cabeza, de Vaca, 319, 372
Cabul, 62

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Cataclysm in New World myth, 292,
294

Catalan map, 90, 160

Cat-fish, 6, 67

Cathay, 106, 113, 222, 240, 312, 365
Cathedrals, animal symbolism in, 46-
48, 375

Catoblepas, 36

Caucasus Mountains, 72, 114, 153, 171,

193, 194, 195, 207, 235, 237

Cave drawings, 340

Celtic glamour, 256, 348

Celts, 83, 367

Central America, 77, 291-294, 297
Celebes, 242

Cellar strain in human nature, 217
Cellini, Benvenuto, 38
Centaur, 66, 114, 361

Central point of earth, 7
Cephalopod, 95

Cercopes, the, 125
Cerne, 275

Ceylon, 42, 157, 160, 258, 363
Chalcedony, 25

Chaldea, 98, 159, 366
Chambers' Journal, 142
Chameleon, 366
Chamlakhu, 127

Chains of Indo-China, 31

Chao Fu-Kua, 137

Chaos, 86

Chardin, 171

Charia, Isle of, 366

Charlemagne cycle, 56, 75, 76, 95

Charles III of Spain, 318

Charles V of Spain, 317

Charlevoix, Father, 343

Charon's ferry, 262

Chassenée as rat advocate, 31

Chatan, pygmy city of, 138

Chelonophagi, the, 96, 198

Chenoos, the, 119

Cherokees, the, 217

Chestnuts, 283

Chiau Yau, 136

Chibcha Indians, 301, 312

Chichen Itza, 291

Childbirth, a means of promoting, 24
Chilean mythology, 338

Chimæra, 66

China, 59, 60, 72, 73, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85,
113, 137, 147, 203, 218, 230, 259, 267,
269, 318, 335, 349, 359, 360, 364, 365
China seas, 74

Chinese discovery of North America,
360

Chinese Encyclopedia, 57, 107

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Corvo, 271

Cosmas, 6, 34, 52, 362

Cossack colonel a woman, 177
Costa Rica, 127

Cotton-plant, 59
Cotzbalam, the bird, 293
Cougnantainsecouima, the, 164

Council of Virgins, 172

Country of the Dwarfs, 142
Country of Widows, 158

Country of Women, 156

Court of the Universe, 284
Cow, 257, 374
Cowry shell, 87

Coyote, 106, 118, 370, 374

Crab, 30, 43, 61, 97
Cradle of Gold, 312, 332

Cramps, a cure for, 24

Crane, 2, 42, 118, 350; war with

pygmies, 141

Crantor, 286

Crayfish, 245

Creative caricature, 340

Credulity of Greeks, 353

Crete, 287

Cricket, 81, 361

Crimean war, 171

Criminal courts of birds, 42

Critias, the, 281, 282, 285

Crocker Land, 255

Crocodile, 36-37, 45, 47, 338, 361

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