INDEX. 



609 



Canoes, at Caxoelra, 93; building, 326 



felling trees for, 406 ; Fijian double, 340 ; 



voyage in a, 314 ; of Admiralty Islanders, 



466. 

 Canton, 419. 



Cap worn by Madeira peasants, 40. 

 Cape flats, the, 139, 148. 

 Cape of Good Hope, 151, 152. 

 Cape Town, 143. 

 Cape Verde Islands, 41. 

 Cape York, 350. 

 Caranx, 53, 71, 479. 

 Carcharias, 434 ; fishing for, 71 ; large, at 



St. Jago Island, 57 ; brachiurus, 8, 281 ; 



gangeticus, 325. 

 Cardisoma, 26, 64. 

 Garble p lumipes, 431. 

 Carmichael, Captain, experiment on the 



Albatross by, 131. 

 Carpenter, Dr. W. B., 595 ; on algse, 581 ; 



originator of the expedition, 598 ; on 



phosphorescence, 590. 

 Carpophaga, Concinna, 382, 386 ; pacifica, 



292, 304 ; rhodinolcema, 386, 479. 

 Caryota, 351. 



Cassava, preparation of, 102. 

 Cassowary, 372, 390; tame on board the 



" Challenger,"' 595. 

 Casuarina, 290 ; Loranthus on, 545. 

 Catamaran, 81. 

 Cattle, driven over the Andes, 547 ; mode of 



driving in Brazil, 98, 101 ; at Tristan da 



Cunha, 113 ; various modes of handling, 



557; wild, of the Falkland Islands, 



556. 

 Caiderpa clavifera, 76. 

 Cavalli, fishing for, 71, 74. 

 Caves, corals growing in, 27 ; in Inaccessible 



Island, 128 ; in sandstone rock, 22 ; at 



Kerguelen's Land, 196. 

 Caxoelra, 92. 

 Cebu Island, 407. 

 Cephaloptera, 65. 

 Centrococcyx viridis, 404. 

 Centropus phasianus, 352. 

 Centipedes on board the " Challenger," 594. 

 Cereus, 16, 141 ; Quisco, 544. 

 Cerianthus, Bathymelricus, 409, 583 ; very 



large, 408. 

 Ceroxylon Australe, 541. 

 Cestracion Philippi, 276. 

 Chameleon, tameness of, 154. 

 Chamisso, on drift wood at sea, 368. 

 Channer, A., Lieut., R.N., excursion with, 



516, 553 ; killing a Sea-elephant, 201 ; pet 



spaniel of, 132 ; sketch by, 355. 

 Chant, of Fijian pilot, 321 ; Fijian, used in 



dances, 329 ; of the Ke Islanders, 379 ; of 



the Admiralty Islanders, 472. 

 Chara, 200. 



Charles Lewis Mountains, The, 434. 

 Chatham Islanders, 340. 

 Chaves, Sr. J. M. Q,., Crustacea from, 62. 

 Chelifer, 73. 

 Ckelone, imbricata, 479 ; food of, 568 ; midas 



479, 561. 

 Chenopodium lomentostim. 111. 



Chinese, dinner, 422 ; and English delicacies 

 compared, 422 ; and Japanese books, 418; 

 loss of language by; graves of, 391; 

 fighting cocks of the, 414 ; writing and 

 European compared, 417 ; in the Sand- 

 wich Islands, the, 497; examinations, 

 420; floral decorations, 421. 



Chionis, alba, 209 ; minor, 171, 179, 209. 



Chirodota, 402. 



Chloephaga Patagonicha, 551. 



Chlorophyll, importance of, 567. 



Chevreulia, 136 ; Thouarxii, 547. 



Cimoliornis Diomedeus, 523. 



Clapmatch, origin of name, 129. 



Climate of Antarctic Ocean, 255 ; of Heard 

 Island, 227 ; of Kerguelen's Land, 214; 

 of Tristan da Cunha, 112. 



Clock, water, at Canton, 419. 



Clotho arietans, 153. 



Clubs, decorative and processional in Fiji 

 and England, 332 ; Fijian, 329. 



Coal at Kerguelen's Land, 199. 



Cobra, the 153. 



Cochineal fields, curious appearance of, 2. 



Cockatoos, 264, 352 ; and parrots, 372 ; Black, 

 352, 479. 



Cock fighting, 95, 412 ; spurs for, 413. 



Cockroaches on board tlie "Challenger," 592. 



Cocoanut palm scarce inland at Fiji, 324 ; 

 does not thrive at Cape York, 351. 



Camobita, 304. 



Camoplana, 279. 



Cainopsammia Ehrenbergiana, 52. 



Coffee, wild, berries eaten by pigeons, 387 ; 

 at Bermuda, 24. 



Cold water cure in Japan, 488. 



Collocalia, 479 ; spodiopygia, 292. 



Colobanthus Kerguelensis, 193, 224. 



Colours, protective, of animals, 13, 349, 567-8 ; 

 of birds, experiments proposed on, 373 ; of 

 deep-sea animals, 591 ; of muscles of shark, 

 281 ; of muscles of seals, 204. 



Colouring matters of Turacou, 161; of deep- 

 sea animals, 592. 



Coluniba, Uvea, 60 ; oznas, 542. 



Condor, the, 548. 



Cook, Captain, observations of, 386, 508 ; 

 worshipped by Hawaians, 505. 



Cookson, Commander R.N., 595. 



Coolies, Japanese, endurance of, 482-5. 



Corals, 306 ; at Bermuda, 27 ; at St. Vin- 

 cent Island, colours of, 52 ; Blue and 

 Organ corals, 404 ; Brain and Mushroom 

 corals, 385 ; dying at the top, 290, 343, 

 385; growing in caves, 2/ ; living exposed 

 at low tide, 385 ; living detached, 344 ; 

 large size of certain, 17 ; mud flats formed 

 by, 360-62; Mushroom, life history of, 

 524 ; Precious, fishery of, 65 ; coral rock at 

 Aru Islands, 378; stinging of, 388; 

 parasites in, 581, 590; deep-sea, 586. 



Corallinacece, 65, 74 ; at Fiji, 306 ; at St. 

 Vincent Island, 46; in great depths, 



581. 

 Coranderrk, 261. 

 Cordyceps sinensis, 422. 

 Co riphilus fringillaceus, 292. 



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