INDEX. 



613 



Holothurians, abundance of, at Bermuda, 

 28; deep-sea, 591. 



Honam, Monastery of, 421. 



Hong Kong, 415. 



Honolulu, 495; rainfall at, 497; scientific 

 library at, 512. 



Hooker, Sir J. D., on the Big Trees of Cali- 

 fornia, 260 ; on the flora of Australia, 

 142 ; on the flora of Kerguelen's Land, 

 169, 200 ; on the flora of Tristan da 

 Cunha, 135 ; on ice stained by diatoms, 

 249 ; on vegetation of the Kermadec 

 Islands, 280; on vegetation of Posses- 

 sion Island, Heard Island, &c, 225. 



Hooker Mount, 185. 



Horses, charging with, 544; dealing in, in 

 Brazil, lUO ; with deformed hoofs, 554 ; 

 Falkland Island, domestic and wild, 

 554 ; learning not to trip in mole-holes, 

 145 ; and mules compared, 549 ; white, 

 worshipped, 482. 



Horta, Town of, costume of women at, 31. 



Hot springs, Azores, 35; at Camiguin,409. 



Hottentots, middens of, 147. 



Houses, of the Admiralty Islanders, 465, 

 of natives of Aru, 370; at Humboldt 

 Bay, 445 ; at Ke Dulan, 381 ; at the 

 Philippines 396 ; of Tongans, 286 ; 

 origin of first story in, 399. 



Hoya, 345. 



Humboldt Bay, 435. 



Humming birds, of Juan Fernandez, 539 ; 

 flight of, 13, 570 ; shooting, 91. 



Hura crepitans, 15. 



Hutton, Capt. F. W., on Peripatus, 161 ; 

 on Land Planarians, 279. 



Hybernation of animals on the Peak of 

 Teneriffe, 7. 



Hydrocotyle, 135. 



Hydnophytumformicarum, 389. 



Hydrocorallince, 534. 



Hydrophidas, 479. 



Hydrosaurus namnoratiis, 405. 



Hymenophyllum, 550 ; tunbridgense, 167. 



Hynes, Mr. J., E.N., adventure with a rat, 

 594. 



Hypsiprimnus, 269. 



Hyrax cajjensis, habits of, 144. 



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Isabella, Port, houses of Lutaos at, 397. 



lanthina, 568. 



Icebergs at Crozets, 183 ; bi-tabular, 236 ; 

 colour of, 245 ; cleavage of ice of, 241 ; 

 dimensions of, 242 ; first sighted, 232 ; 

 foreign matter on, 243; height of, 238 ; run 

 into by ship, 251 ; stratified structure of, 

 239 ; sunset effects on, 247 ; typical form 

 of, and immersion of. 233; wash lines on, 

 235. 



Ice, pack, 248 ; stained by diatoms, 249 ; 

 stream, 249. 



Ichneumon, 153. 



Indulgences, Papal, sold in Philippines, 

 414. 



Ilo Ilo, pile-dwellings at, 398. 



Inaccessible Island, 114; position, appear- 

 ance, and vegetation, 115 ; German settlers 

 at, 116 ; penguins at, 117 ; other birds at, 

 122 ; wild goats and pigs at, 124. 



Insects, ancestor of, 159 ; .of Heard Island, 

 230 ; Pelagic, 571 ; at summits of volcanoes, 

 384 ; of St. Paul's Kocks, 73 ; swarms 

 of, blown off land, 85. 



Inter-breeding in islands, 512. 



Invocation of winds at Fiji, 321. 



Ipomaza pes Caprce, 18, 56, 79, 304, 345, 433. 



Iron, clamoured for by savages, 438, 451. 



Islands, oceanic, necessity for investigation 

 of, 599. 



Istlophorus, 448. 



Itch, Vegetable, the, 379. 



J. 



Jack fruit, 88, 392. 



Japan, 481. 



Ja23anese, picture books, 493 ; sight seeing, 



483 ; women, drink of, 495. 

 Jatropha, curcas, 57, 63; gossyplfolia, 78; 



manihot, 102 ; urens, 79, 83. 

 Jeffreys, Mr. Gwyn, on phosphorescence, 



590. 

 Jew's-harp, of Admiralty Islanders, 471 ; 



of Lutaos, 401. 

 Juan Fernandez, 537 ; Sea-elephant at, 



201 ; Fur Seal of, gcat of, 596. 

 Jukes, Mr., on calcareous rock, 21 ; on 



Kaine Island, 347. 

 Jumperus barbadensis, 23. 



K. 



Kaava, at Tonga, 287 ; drinking, 320 ; mode 



of preparing, effects of, &c, 311. 

 Kandavu Island, 301. 

 Katkartes pernicopterus, 53. 

 Ke Islands, 379. 

 Kentia, 323 ; exorhiza, 294. 

 Kerguelen's Land, 45, 135, 169, 184. 

 Kerguelen Cabbage, described, 167, 191; 



seeds of, eaten by teal, 190. 

 Kerguelen Plateau, 170. 

 Kermadec Islands, 280 ; dredgings off, 



589. 

 Kidder, J. H., M.D., on Chionis, 210 ; on the 



flora of the Crozets, 183. 

 Kilauea, crater of, 500. 

 Kingfisher, at St. Jago Island, 56 ; jewels 



made of feathers of the, 420 ; marine habits 



of a, 278. 

 King, Kalakaua, 497 ; Thackombau, 309, 



319 ; George, of Tonga, 320. 

 Kioto, 486. 



Kirk, Mr. T., on the Eata, 278. 

 Kitchen middens, at the Cape of Good 



Hope, 147 ; Australian, 273, 354 ; at Fiji, 



316, 326 ; at Magellan's Straits, 552. 

 Kites, mode of feeding of. 55. 

 Knysna Forest, the, 161. 



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