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Green isle, 136
Green, Tom, 65, 161
Grevillea, 133, 225
Guano, 152
Guerriere, 18, 28
Guinea, 164
Gulf of the Lion, 70, 93, 105, 106, 118, 130, 142
Gyaros, 128

Fishes, fly shooting, 87
Fjord, 129
Flagellants in New Mexico, 139, 148
Flamen, 183
Flowers of speech, 219

language of, 254
Fly, brazen, of Virgil, 162, 171

Helgramite, 36

shooting fishes, 87
Fool Hay, 101
Foot, bare as sign of respect, 14, 48
Fountain of youth, 227
Fox, 272
Foxglove Spire, 93, 118
Franklin, State of, 66, 77, 89, 105
French language, English words in, 26, 37, 51
Frogs of Windham, 171, 209
Fruits, forgotten wild, 305
Fudge, 41
Funeral plants, 243
Fush, 18, 41

Galleries, whispering, 31
Gamblers, superstitions of, 116
Gamut, 150
Garments following drowned body, 114, 137
Gatling, 95
Gem-lore, 29, 91
General arose from sick-bed, 103

shot for disobedience, 64, 77, 138
Genius, hardships of, 180
Gentlemen, city built by, 305
Gentoo, 8
Geography, Devil in, 265, 312
Georgeana, 306
Ghost, Woodhouselee, ioi
Gilsonite, 101, 116
Glass, Isle of, 128
Glasses, covering, looking, 6, 218
Glorious time, a, 274
God, derivation of the name of, 86

save the king, 251
Golden, Jerusalem the, 91
Goliards, 20
Goober, 234, 248
Goody-Two-Shoes, 3
Goose in history, 99, 119

bone, 6, 102
Gotham, wise men of, 177
Go West, young man, 269
Grain coast, 137
Grammar, question in, 27, 58, 72, 83, 96, 104, 118,

129, 143

more, 142
Grant's whisky, 270
Grass Poly, 66

rescue, 16
Greek boy, 103, 125

cities, 126, 162, 173, 190
island names, 147
laves, 269
"ords in Chinese, 276, 299

Hackney-Barney, 45
Happiness, dread of, 297, 311
Hare and Easter, 7

mad as a March, 63
Harmattan wind, 199, 255
Hat, stovepipe, 245
Hay, fool, 101
He hears it not, 280, 302
Ile spake, etc., 186
Headed, level, 33
Hebrew, 263
Helgramite fly, 36
Hell, leading apes in, 84, 309
Heraldry, canting, 50, 94, 276
Herod and Mariamne, 171
Herrings, battle of the, 3
Ilighbelia, 107
Ilighbinder, 231, 271, 310
High life, 37
Hindu words, 71
Holland, 269
Holtselster, 5, 24, 30, 67, 127
Hoop-snake, 206, 226
Horicon, 104, 117, 125, 131
Horn, little end of, 55

mad, 45, 58
Hulder, 186
Hum, 8
Humble origin, men of, 259, 296
Humming bird, 12, 96
Hundred-harbored Maine, 90
Hymettus, Mount, 5
Hymn, heathen in Christian churches, 8

oldest Christian, 67, 152

Iceland, no snakes in, 296, 305
Icta, 66, 82
If you your lips, etc., 245
Ignatius, Father, 23, 52
Ignis Fatuus, 9
Ildegerte of Kotzebue, 294
Ilford, spoon of, 69
Imph-m, 45, 55
Imprint-bearing stones, 231
India, North America called, 207

rubber for erasing, 247

superstitions of, 42
Indian summer, 185, 226
Indigo, 126
Infinitesimals, 288
Inland, rivers flowing, 87, 108, 132, 142, 179, 202, 236
Inquisition, 162
Insolent doctor, 208

Ireland's eye, 221, 232, 249
I saw a jackdaw, etc., 115
I shall be satisfied, 161, 239, 246
Island, Davis, 185, 204, 222, 236, 246, 262

Last, 209, 220, 239, 250
Islands, floating, 30, 132, 144

line, 148
North Pacific, 269
sunken, 19, 35, 131, 150, 180, 192, 227, 245,

272
Isle of glass, 128

serpents, 139
Israelite, 263
Itasca, 232, 247

Jambee, 4
Jansonus, 65, 148
Jenkin's, 300

ear, 95
Jersey, 263
Jerusalem, fallen, 263

the golden, 91
Jew, 263

market, 95
Jiboose, 268
Jimpsecute, 6
Jingo, 69
Jockey, 37
John Company, 239
Joint, 3
Jo-Jo, 115
John Dory, 79, 119
Juffer, 7
Junk-Ceylon, 295
Junker, 239
Jury, 38
Justice, vicarious, 41, 84
Jutes, 233, 268

Lake, Pyramid, 186

Sadawga, 30
Lakes, colors of, 177

drained, 114, 125, 141, 179, 191, 213, 223,

238, 249, 262, 274, 288, 300
formed, 249, 259
restored, 273

walled, 65
Lamb, yoked with a, 103
Lamballe, Princess de, 95
Lambick, 16
Lampadite, 16
Land of charity, 220

Devil's, 199, 220, 234, 249
east of the sun, 160
of lakes, 269
Luic, 87
marker, 126

unknown, 57
Landgraves, 306
Land-pike, 21
Language of flowers, 254

Palestine, 245, 267
Lapland, Buddhism in, 36, 115, 153
Larrigan, 21
Last Island, 209, 220, 239, 250
Latania, II
Latinized Proper Names, 27, 57, 226, 272
Lawn tennis, 205
Lazirillo de Tormes, 159
Leaf, palm, 90
Leaving his country for his country's good, 244
Legends of the rose, 81
Lender, 95
Leper kings, 161, 176, 216, 223
Lepers in England, 244
Leuca, 113, 157
Level headed, 33
Liard, 32
Liberty pole, 90
Libraries, 198
Like for as, 91
Lin, 15
Lingua Franca, 233
Lion, Gulf of the, 70, 93, 105, 106, 119, 130, 1.12
Liriodendron, 7
Literate, 90
"Little meeting, 269
Llanthony Abbey, 23
Lobster changing color, 160
Localisms in speech, 46
Lockram, 65
Locust trees and witches, 269
Lofty towns, 252
London plague, 220
Looking-glass fancies, 217
Loquot, 183
Losh, 70, 105

Kangaroo, 47
Kansas, 176
Kaolin, 36
Karamnasa, 266
Karen traditions, 207
Katahdin, 280
Kelp, 19
Key of death, 96
Kill, Arthur, 16, 52, 67, 165, 178, 225
Kill van Kull, 65, 78
King of two worlds, 197
Kitchen cabinet, 95
Knout, 74
Knyphausen, General, 86, 204
Koromantyn, 280, 303
Kubla Khan, 174

Lot, 9

Labrador, 256, 267
Labrus, 15
Lady, the white, 8
Lake of the Christians, 280, 304

deepest, 299
names, 122

Lowey, 6, 113, 213
Lo, what a motley, etc., 305
Luic-land, 87

Mountain of Russia, flying, 256

Old Bald, 123

Shaking Bald, 280, 304
Muckamuck, 258, 271, 310
Mud baths, 294
Mudsills of society, 274
Muse, tenth, 295, 302
Music, mysterious, 30
Musical weathercock, 62, 95
Musion, 183
Myatt, 158
Nailer, busy as a, 161
Nainsook, 40, 60
Names, English village, 135, 214

Ff in proper, 90, 103, 129, 156, 192, 226
how they grow, 207
Latinized proper, 27, 57, 226, 272
odd pronunciation, 23, 273
peculiar, 48
peculiar place, 237, 258, 312
place, origin of, 296
* The” in place, 70, 92, 95, 128, 214, 239, 271,

282

Lynch-law, 253

Macellarius, 65
Madstone, 35
Magic, recoupment by, 296, 303
Mahot, 69
Mai Poena, 150
Main, Spanish, 50
Maine, hundred-harbored, 90

State of, 112
Mainland, 94
Maize, 84
Majesty, 225, 248
Malmsley, 54
Manatee, 84
Manège, 65
Man-of-war, 288, 309

of the world, 5
Mantuan, 198
Marble Faun, 221
March hare, 63
Marimba, 151, 255
Market Jew, 95
Maroon, 146, 165, 216, 251
Marshy tracts, names for, 70, 127
Marteno, 89, 103
Martin Vaz, 280
Mascarene family, 213
Master-builders, ancient, 298
Mate, Nix's, 108
Matie, 170
Mathematical error,

186
Mayflower, 63
Meditate, 170
Meercat, 183
Melancthon, 27
Ménage, 65
Men as things, 35, 43, 58, 68
Mephistopheles, 160
Meristem, 170
Merry, Robert, 58
Metaxite, 170
Metla, 295, 305
Meum Nil Non Fert, 171
Miner's superstition, 202
Mirabilis, 267
Miriam, 221
Mirrors, magic, 278
Mississippi, 275
Missouri, 281
Moha, 147
Money in all ages, 134

makes the mare go, 188
Monkey-wrench, 232, 256
Moors in New Zealand, 267
Mormon sects, 184
Moslem, 67
Mosquito, the great, 56
Mot, 170, 225
Mother Earth, 90, 112, 113
Mount Abora, 139
Mountain, highest in U. S., 268, 303

Ville in place, 226
Name wanted, 76

for city, 29, 41
Nations, characteristics of, 80
Neck, 240
Nectar, 6, 21, 46, 59
Newspapers, odd names for, 189, 214
Nicajack, 190, 234
Nicker, 35, 44
Nicknames, Italian, 261

of peoples, 273

of States, 224
Nicobar, 53
Nix's mate, 108
No, 17, 45, 55
No Man's Land, 62, 191, 216, 227, 233, 247
Nootka Sound dogs, 186
Norman's Woe, 66
North America called India, 207

Pacific islands, 269
Norumbega, 27, 70, 235
Not answered yet, 6
Now I lay me, 167

Oaths, forms of, 139
Ocean, depth of, 4, 31
Oddities of noted people, 165
Old Bald mountain, 123
Oldest Christian hymn, 67, 152
On the score, 47, 227
Once, 128
One-eyed commanders, 209, 221, 275

days, 199
Oregon, 104
Oriana, 148, 287

triumphs of, 70
Orrery, 58
Owl-shield, 312

Oxen in batile, 251

Poison maid, the, 75
Oxford, 108

Poisons, curious, 297
Oysters and R, 5

Pole, liberty, 90

Ponds, bottomless, 128, 141, 165, 192
Paixhan, 95

runaway, 233, 244
Palm leaf, 90

slobbery, 142
Palace of forty pillars, 82, 114

Pope, first to wear beard, 76
Palæologus, 165, 175, 276

half English, 136
Pale ale, 38

only English, 4, 93
Palestine, language of, 245, 267

Popocatepetl, 41, 53, 175, 273, 260
Parkinson, 27

Porcupig, 68
Passages, parallel, 29, 46, 69, 92, 106, 177, 228, 251, 'Possum, playing, 126
312

Pour, turn for, 35
Patience, 150

Prayer, agony of, 295
Patriarchs, 305

an Egyptian, 38
Patterson, Billy, 181

book, the wicked, 290
Pearmain, 87

Precious stones in medicine, 273
Pens, steel, 143

Preëxistence, sense of, 250
Percy, William, 68, 91

Presbyterians, blue nosed, 6, 47
Peter out, 29, 41, 56

President who did not vote, 86
Pets of distinguished people, 117, 154, 192, 234, 276, Pretzel, 115, 139
282, 310

Primroses by river brim, 64
Phantomnation, 93

Primuiste, 53, 77
Phonograph anticipated, 292

Prince Consort's family name, 239, 273
Picayune, 282

Prince of priests, 219
Picnics, 277

Priscian's head, 90, 125, 139, 227,
Pig's eye, 87

Prison, subterraneous, 306
Pig, swimming, 115

Program, 19
Pike, Land, 21

Proverbs of the sea, 75
Pilgrim Island, 257

Punctation, 280
Pillars of the church, 103

Punishment by water, 33
Pillars, palace of forty, 82, 114

whipping as a, 73, 104
Pinder, 9

Putrid sea, 115, 160
Pine figure, 279

Pyramid lake, 186
Pipe-lore, 184, 252, 262

of skulls, 137
Pipes, T. D., 104

Pyxie (see Pixie)
Pits, shrieking, 296
Pixie, 91

Quadrivium (see Trivium)
Place names, “ ford” in, 180

Qui vive, 103, 173, 192
• The” in, 70, 92, 95, 128, 214, 239, 271, Quantrell, 257, 268

282
“ ville" in, 226

R and oysters, 5
origin of, 297

Race-track slang, 196
peculiar, 237, 258, 312

Rafe's chasm, 90
Plafery, 17

Rail, 38, 170
Plant, compass, 280

Rainfall, largest, 273
cruel, 147

phenomenal, 203
Devil, 243

Rakestale, 236
traveling, 146

Ranpike, 61
Plaquemine, 152

Raphael of cats, 266
Playing cards, 2

Rappacini's daughter, 75
superstitions about, 25

Rare words, 273
Pluck buffet, 66, 101

Rattle-rand of beef, 5
Plum for berry, 250

Raymond Lully, 164
Plum-quire, 6

Red-haired girl, 282
Poems, alliterative, 8

Red Sea, 123, 176
Poet-laureate of Australia, 40

Redingote, 38
first English, 309

Remeinber boy, etc., 174
of nursery, 137

Reprints, 40, 58
Squab, 296, 303

Resolute, 79
Poets, city, 221, 240, 257

Réunion Island, 12
Point of view, 240

Reverend, 230

Seiche, 174, 186
Sennacherib, King, 32
Sentence containing alphabet, shortest, 12, 31, 59
Serpents, Isle of, 139

in mineral spring, 136
Servant, killed by a, 138
Seven in Bible, number, i
Shakespeare, prose, 281, 304
Shaking Bald mountain, 280, 304
Shaloti, 139
Shamrock, 63, 84, 94
Shaving, 270
Shed no tear, etc., 27
Ships and boats, names of, 106
Shoe, casting out the, 199, 208, 226
Shoes, ancient laws concerning, 13, 48

superstitions of, 2
Shrewsbury, 174, 208, 249
Siege,.longest, 185, 215, 247, 260
Silures, 51
Since, 184
Sir Patrick Spens, 272
Sivash, 160
Skate runners, 126, 139, 272, 286, 311
Skiff, 38
Skulls, pyramid of, 137
Slang, 6, 28, 47

race track, 196
Slaw-berry, 141, 260
Slow and swist, 70
Sludge, 41
Slush, 41
Snakes, countries without, 147

in Iceland, no, 296, 305
Snickersee, 40, 271
Snob, 121
Snow.shoes, 286
Sohrab (see Zohrab)
Somnific devices, 39
Sovereigns, deaths of English, 22
Spanish Main, 50
Spectacles and eye-glasses, 241
Speech, 38

localisms in, 46
Spiders and bees, 59

flying, 112, 155
Spinsters, famous, 166
Spire, foxglove, 93, 118
Spontaneous combustion, 272
Spoon of Ilford, 69
Sport, 51
Stanhope, 58
Starch, colored, 170, 227
State, Empire, 79

of Franklin, 66, 77, 89, 105
of Maine, 112

line towns, 219, 239
States, nicknames of, 224
Statesman, honest, 86
Steamboat, 51
Steamer, 51
Steam gun,

280

Rhymed history of England, 48, 179
Rhymesters, hard words for, 32, 44, 59
Rice, wild, 184
Riflemen on skates, 126, 139, 272, 311
Rise, 41
River, accursed, 266

basins, 19

sabbatical, 52, 63, 64
Rivers, colors of, 177

flowing inland, 87, 108, 132, 142, 179, 202, 236
nomenclature of, 54, 71, 105
stone, 126, 149, 191

turned back, 159, 216
Robbing Peter to pay Paul, 147
Robespierre, 199, 255
Robin, superstitions about the, 203
Rockall, 127
Rock City, 305
Roland for an Oliver, 279
Romans of America, 199
Rose, legends of the, 81
Rotten Row, 225
Rubber, India, for erasing, 247
Ruffets, holly, 52
Run, 54
Runaway pond, 233, 244
Runcible, 20, 48
Rush carpets, 65, 161

lights, 108
Ruskin, 899 102, 128
Russian Byron, 209, 221, 234
Rye-coffee, 259

S, long, 150
Sabbatical river, 52, 63, 64
Sacred trees, 199
Sadawga Lake, 30
Sahara, flooding the, 280
Sailor king, 267
Saint Elias, Mount, 268, 294

John's Day, 112
Mary's Church, 281
Michael, 150, 161

Victor, Adam of, 102, 155
Sambo, 161
Samson Occom, 239
Sands, musical, 152, 179, 214
Santa Anna's wooden leg, 190
Satyr-beetle, 206
Saunter, 91
Schamir, 79, 88
Scholastic doctors, 188
Schoolmaster is abroad, 63
Score, on the, 47, 227
Scot free, 63
Sea, Billington, 45

color names for, 135
proverbs of the, 75
putrid, 115, 160

Red, 123, 176
Seaky, 271
Seal of the Confederacy, 161

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