CONTENTS. 



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CHAPTER X. 



AMONGST THE SOUTHEKN ICE. 



First Iceberg Sighted, 232. Typical 

 Forms of Southern Bergs, 233. Pre- 

 servation of Equilibrium, 234. Wash- 

 lines, 234. Caverns, 235. Bi-tabular 

 Bergs, How Formed, 236. Weather- 

 ing of Bergs, 238. Stratification of 

 Ice in Bergs, 239. Cleavage, 240. 

 Scarcity of Rocks on Bergs, 242. Dis- 

 coloured Bands in the Ice, 243. Bev. 

 Canon Moseley on the Motion of Gla- 

 ciers, 244. Colouring of Bergs, 245. 

 Blue Bergs, 246. Surf on the Coasts 

 of Bergs, 246. Scenic effects of Ice- 

 bergs, 246. Appearance of the Pack- 

 ice, 248. Discolouration of Ice by Dia- 

 toms, 249. Gales of Wind amongst 

 the Icebergs, 250. Snow Bow, 252. 

 Whales Blowing, 252. Grampuses, 

 253. Birds amongst the Ice, 253. 

 Antarctic Climate in Summer, 254. 



CHAPTER XL 



VICTORIA. NEW SOUTH WALES. 



Excursions into the Bush near Melbourne, 

 256. Opossum Snare, 257. Tracks of 

 the Aborigines on Tree-trunks, 258. 

 Town of Sandhurst, 259. The High- 

 est Tree in the World, 260. Abori- 

 gines on a Government Beserve, 261. 

 Ornithorynchus paradoxus, 262. Leaves 

 of Australian Trees, why Vertically 

 Disposed, 264. Fur Seal in the Open 

 Sea, 265. Sydney Harbour, 266. The 

 Blue Mountains, 266. Excavations in 

 the Ground caused by Bain, 267. 

 Shooting Opossums by Moonlight, 267. 

 Fruit-eating Bats, 268. Hunting Ban- 

 dicoots, 269. Browera Creek, 270. 

 Intimate Relation of Land and Sea 

 Animals, 271. Geological Import of 

 this, 272. Medusae in Fresh Water, 

 272. Kitchen Middens, 273. Drawings 

 by Aborigines, 273. Handmarks, 275. 

 Trigonia and Cestracion, 276. 



CHAPTER XII. 



NEW ZEALAND. THE FEIENDLY 

 ISLANDS. MATUKU ISLAND. 



Wellington, New Zealand, 277. The 

 Bata Tree, 278. Kingfisher with Lit- 

 toral Habits, 278. Peripatus, 279. 

 Egg Capsules of Land Planarians, 279. 

 The Vegetation of the Kermadec Is- 

 lands, 280. Bed coloured Muscles of 

 the Shark, 281. Island of Eua, 282. 

 General Appearance of the Island of 

 Tongatabu, 282. Tongan Natives, 283. 



Mode of Hairdressing, 284. Facial ex- 

 pression of the Natives, 284. A Pea- 

 jacket a Badge of Distinction, 285. 

 Town of Nukualofa, 286. Dress of 

 Tongan Women, 287. Getting Fire by 

 Friction, 287. Deserted Plantations, 



290. Fruit-bats Feeding on Flowers, 



291. Herons, Tree-swifts, and other 

 Birds, 291. Parasitic Algse in Forami- 

 nifera, 292. Matuku Island, Fiji 

 Group, 293. The Island an Ancient 

 Crater, 293. Its Vegetation, 294. 

 Encircling Beef, 294. Flocks of 

 Lories, 295. Periophthahnus, a Fish 

 Living on Land, 295. Living Pearly 

 Nautilus, 297. Its Mode of Swimming, 

 297. Account of the Nautilus, by 

 Rumphius, 299. 



CHAPTER XIII. 



FIJI ISLANDS. 



Position and Area of the Islands of the 

 Group, 301. Kandavu Island, 302. 

 Grindstones for Stone Adzes, 302. 

 Shooting Birds in the Woods, 303. 

 Terrestrial Hermit Crabs, 304. Visit 

 to a Barrier Beef, 306. Ovalau Island, 

 308. Excursion to Livoni, 308. Fijian 

 Convicts, 309. Log Drum, 309. 

 Native Hairdressing, 310. Kaava 

 Drinking, 311. Buying Stone Adzes, 

 313. Excursion to Mbau Island, 314. 

 Structure of the Island, 315. Na 

 vatani tawaki, 316. Belies of Canni- 

 balism, 318. Interview with King 

 Thackombau, 319. Connection of 

 Wooden Drums and Bells, 321. Ex- 

 cursion up the Wai Levu, 322. Sugar 

 Plantations at Viti, 323. Freshwater 

 Sharks, 325. Joe the Pilot, 325. 

 Fijian Fortifications and Tombs, 326. 

 A Chief's House and his Children, 328. 

 A Missionary Meeting, 329. Various 

 Modes of Painting the Body, 331. 

 Grand Dancing Performances, 331. 

 Primitive Origin of Music, Poetry, and 

 the Drama, 333. Wesleyan Missionary, 

 335. Albino Native, 335. Congrega- 

 tion of Races at Levuka, 336. Fijian 

 Modes of Expression, 336. Laughter, 

 337. Cicatrisation, 338. The Ula, 338. 

 Particulars concerning Cannibalism, 

 339. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



NEW HEBE IDES. CAPE YORK. 

 TORRES STRAITS. 



Api Island, New Hebrides, 342. Fring- 

 ing Reefs, 343. Proofs of Elevation, 

 344. Coral Living Detached, 344. 

 Natives of Api, their Ornaments and 

 Weapons, 345. Condition of Returned 



