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New Zealand language...................-. lk 
Nicker nuts ..........200...0222...-2--. 78, 74, 288 
Nipa leaves used for thatch .............. 150, 334 
Nipa palm, habitat..........22020.00000.02. 72 
Nobles, position ..............00000.00020008 104 
Noddies (sea-birds).................2.0.0... 80 
Nuestra Sefiora de Guadelupe (vessel) ..... 22 
Nuestra Sefiora de la Incarnacion (vessel). 22 
Nulton, Lieut. L. N....222 22222022 4 
Numenius, migratory shore birds .......... 80 
Numeral system, adopted from the Spanish. — 118 
Numeral system of the aborigines. ....... 102,118 
Ocean bottom near Guam..............2.-- 44 
currents as a means of dispersing plants. 72 
Ochrosia mariannensis, buoyant fruits... .. 75 
Oil, Coconut... 2... 2. eee eee eee eee 240 
Oil plants ... 2.0.0.2. 2.02 202. e eee eee eee 147, 887 
Ophicthus, snake-fish, or sea-eel 2.2.22... .. 82 
Oratory of aborigines. .........2.00.0.20..0- 110 
Origin of natives of Guam..............---. 116 
of modern inhabitants ..........2....222 117, 138 
Orkney Islands, West Indian seeds cast 
UPON 2.0... eee eee eee eee eee eee eee 73 
Ornaments of aborigines ...........0....... 96 
Orote Peninsula..........2000...00.00..20000- 47 
geological structure of ......22..... 20... 48 
Orthoptera . 2.2.2.0... 22.202 2020 00000022 94 
Ostracion, trunk fish. .........00002.0202-. 84, 89 
Oustalet, ornithologist ...........20........ Jd58 
Ovens, ancient ..............02200.00..0.... 99 
modern............2.22.-.002000.00-- 000 189 
Owls... 222-2. e eee eee ee eee 79 
Oxymonacanthus longirostris, a tile-tish...... 85 
Paa, an ancient village of Guam........... 14 
Pacifie, early navigation ................... 12,13 
Agafia, the first European settlement in... 24 
contour of bottom ........2......222.....-. 45 
currents 2... eee 45 
Pacific islands, botany ........0......2..... 158 
Padina (seaweeds) .......0.0.00..0.2....... 52 
Pagan Island, population .......02......... 138 
Pago Bay ..............2.02.2202002-2-...... 47 
Paint made of turmeric .................... 242 
mixed with breadfrnit latex ............. 190 
Palmer, Edward, Mexiean plant names col- 
lected 22... wee eee eee eee eee ee eee eee eee 17 
Palo Maria wood .............0...0022.....-. 97 
Palomo, Rev. José. ......02000000 0000002. 4,10, 122 
Panama Canal, importanee to Guam....... 50 
Panama plant names.................22.... 170 
Pandanus fruit not a food staple........... 98 
Pandanus leaves, use.............2....2-- 124, 150 
Pandanus seeds sometimes eaten........... 98 
Pandanus, species confused............... 64, 343 
Panulirus, a spiny lobster................-- 90 
Papaw ferments................022..002022- 215 
Paper mulberry absent from Guam ...... 117,189 
OTIZIN 22... ee eee eee 154 
Papuans compared with Chamorros........ 116 
Paradise, aborigines’ idea .................. 109 
Parasites, animal..........202000.00000...0.... 122 
Parasitic plants .......2.200000000..00..... 194, 219 
Parental authority recognized by adults... 129 
Parents and children, relations ...... 106, 129, 130 
Parexocoetus (flying fishes)........2....... 84 
Pariti tiliaceum, extrafloral nectaries....... 67 
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Parrot-fishes (Gomphosus and Scarus) ..... 86 
Paulana River........2....0022 222. c cece eee 49 
Peanuts ..........0....002002. 2c ee 148, 151, 186 
Pempheris otaitensis, a fish .......2222..022.- 88 
Peonage abolished by Americans .......... 133 
Perez, Atanasio T .........2........-....... 10 
Perez, Don Pablo, Spanish governor ....... 36 
Percis cephalopunctatus, a fish ......22...... 87 
Perfume, ilangilang........2......2..2..... 210 
jasmine... 0.22.22. eee cece eee 200 
Periophthalmus koetreuteri, an air-breathing 
1) 82 
Pests, animal.......02...00000020.2022.-2000- 152 
Pests in gardens. ...............2-2...-.---- 280 
Phaéthon lepturus, the boatswain bird...... 80 
Phaseolus mongo, the green gram......... 151, 350 
Philippine languages compared with the 
Chamorro .........0..2.2.0.2200202 ee eee 115, 116 
Philippine plant names .................... 170 
Phleqoenas xanthonura, a fruit dove ........ 78 
Physic nut Oil 2.22.22... 000000 e eee eee 147 
Physical characteristics of aborigines. ..... 95 
Physical conditions of the island .......... 41 
Physical geography ......2..2.2...2........ 46, 52 
Picul, a measure of weight................. 139 
Pigafetta 2... .0.0.0.00000200.0 000000000022 12 
Pigafetta’s description of canoes .........-. 100 
Pigeons... 2.22... eee eee eee eee ee eee 78 
Pigments . 2.2 ........020200.000022.-.-2.02. 190 
PISS... eee cence eee 77 
Pillars, ancient stone .......20.2..2.02..... 97 
Pimentel, Spanish governor, trial of .....-. 19, 20 
Pineapple fiber... 2... ..2.0000002.000..... 124, 188 
Piper betel leaves used as a narcotic ........ 99 
Piper methysticum absent from Guam....... 99 
Pirates, English .............0...022-..--.0- 16 
Pith plants .. 2.2.0.0 20 0020. 175, 310 
Pithecolobium dulce for forage .............. 151 
for tan bark ........002.00.0220.2.....-.-. 126 
Piti, landing place of harbor............... 50 
Pittier, Professor H............2........-. 159, 160 
Placuna shells for window panes .......... 123 
Plantains and bananas..................-. 63,145 
Plant names.........0.....000220 2.002 eee 152, 154 
Plant World, articles on Guam ............ 167 
Plants absent from Guam ................-. 56 
introduced by the Jesuits ....2....002.... 22 
not well known ............222.0..2...... 62 
of special interest .....22.....2.0..02222.. 61 
origin indicated by vernacular names... 152 
unidentified. ........02000.0.00.0022220022. 61 
Platophrys pavo, a flounder ..............-. 88 
Ploteres (aquatic inseets).........2222...2. 94 
Plovers called dulili......2.0 2.22..02.2..... 80 
Plow points made of musket barrels ....... 143 
Poetry, natives’ regard for ....2............ 103 
Poisoned weapons................2-....---. 107 
Poisons, fish .........2.00000.0.000020.00.2-- 103 
Poisonous nuts used for food........ 22... 98, 253 
plants 22.2.2... 22.2.2 eee eee ee 358 
Poliolimnas cinereus, a rail ...........-..2-- 79 
Polistes, a wasp..............00.2..----- eee 91 
Polydactylus sexfilas, a thread-tin fish. . 22... 83 
Polygamy unusual................2....... 104 
Polynesia 2.2.2.0... 0.00 ee eee ccc eee eee 113 
botanical works. ...............0.0...20.5. 158 
