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INDEX. 



L. 



Labillardiere, M., 450. 



Land Crabs, catching, 536 ; killing rabbits, 



561 ; young of, 64. 

 Land Nemertine. 26. 

 Land Planarians, 89, 154, 279, 494. 

 Language, loss of by all races, but English, 



391; Malay and Spanish mixed, 405; Malay, 



simplicity of, 369 ; savage, changes of, 358. 

 Lankester, Prof. E. Eay, ou Haemoglobin, 



281 ; on Terrestrial Annelida of Kergue- 



len's Land, 215. 

 Lams, dominlcanus 155, 212, 230, 278 ; 



Novce Hollandke, 266, 348 ; scopulinus, 266. 

 Lasso, the, used in the streets, 544 ; use of 



in robbery and flirtation, 548. 

 Laughing Jackass, 257. 

 Laughter, of Fijians, 337 ; remarks on, 337. 

 Lava, ponds of fluid, at Kilauea, 501 ; flow 



in Inaccessible Island, 127. 

 Lavandula rotundifolia, 42. 

 Leaves, vertically of Australian, explained, 



264. 

 Lecanora esculenta, 344. 

 Lefroy, Gen. Sir J. H., self-sown grapes 



found by, 24 ; assistance to Expedition by, 



28. 

 Legge, Rev. James, on Chinese natural 



history, 431. 

 Leprosy at the Hawaian Islands, 512. 

 Leptocephalus , 281. 

 Leucadendron argent eum, 142. 

 Libations, pouring of, 420. 

 Lichens at Kerguelen's Land, 193. 

 Limestone bed at St. Jago Island, 64. 

 Limosel/a, 194, 227. 

 Limnhis rotundicaudatus, 402. 

 Lingula, 402. 



Li Shi Chan, medical works of, 425. 

 Lithodomns caudigerus, 47. 

 Lithothammion, 47, 65 ; polymorphum, 76. 

 Little Saba Island, 16. 

 Livoni, visit to, 308. 

 Lomarla, Alpina, 111, 167 ; Botyana, 113. 

 Loranthus, Aphyllus, 545 ; celastroides, 545 ; 



Eucalypti folius, 545 ; eucalptoides, 545. 

 Lutaos, the, 396, 402. 

 Ijutra inunguis, habits of, 154. 

 Lory, Rev. H. C, on Diptera, 559. 

 Lumbriculus, 194. 

 Lyallia Kerguelensis, 167, 169. 

 Lycopodium, 393. 



Lycosa, habits of, 13 ; on board the " Chal- 

 lenger," 596. 

 Lyell, Sir C, on diffusion of plants, 386. 

 Lygodium retiadatum, 295. 

 Lyre Birds, 261, 270. 



M. 



Mceandrina, 3H5. 



Mbau Island, excursion to, 314. 



McArthuk, Sir W., seat of, in New South 



Walks, 267 ; on Loranthus, 545. 

 Macdonald Island, 216. 



Macdonald, Dr. J. D., R.N.,on fish at Fiji, 



325. 

 MacGillivray, Mr., 280 ; on Gudangs, 354, 



358. 

 Maclean, Staff-Surgeon G., R.N., 595 ; 



curious medical fee to, 361. 

 Maclear, Capt. J. P. L. P., R.N., use of air 



gun, 593. 

 Macrocystis pirifera, 116, 205, 227, 567. 

 Mactan Island, 408. 



Madeira, 38 ; cap worn by peasants of, 40 ; 

 streets of, Grand Cural, 39 ; sunset 

 effect at, 61 ; wine, 40. 

 Madrepora, 17, 306. 

 Magellan Straits, 549. 

 Magenta, useless on a dark skin, 463 ; in 



China and Japan, 489. 

 Majaquens aiquinoctkdis, 137, 208, 254. 

 Malamoui Island, 405. 

 Malanipa Island, 406. 

 Malays, at the Cape of Good Hope, 141; 



pets kept by, 384. 

 Manchineel, 16. 

 Manganese, used as paint, 463. 

 Manilla, 411. 

 Mauna Loa, form of, 499 ; glow from crater 



of, 500. 

 Maoris, cannibalism of, 339. 

 Maorioris, 340. 



Map, Tahitian mountain, 520. 

 Marco Polo, on the Unicorn, 424. 

 Marion Island, 163. 

 Marsupials, distribution of, 142. 

 Mas-afuera, birds of, 539. 

 Materia Medica, ancient, in England, 427 ; 



Chinese and Japanese, 423. 

 Mattjku Island, 293. 

 McKellar, Mr., ostrich farm of, 151. 

 Meangis Islands, 432 ; dredgings off, 589. 

 Medicine, Chinese, 425 ; old English, 426, 



427 ; flesh of strange animals used as, 97. 

 Medusce in fresh water, 272 ; upturned, 404. 

 Megapodius, eggs of, 403 ; tumidus, 353, 365. 

 Melastomacece, 95. 

 Melbourne, 256. 

 Melville Island, 225. 

 Membrampora, 567. 

 Merops ornatus, 353, 365. 

 Mesoplodon Layardii, 157. 

 Messier Channel, the, 549. 

 Metrosideros, 521 ; Robusta and Florida, 278. 

 Migration, of animals in the deep sea, 583, 

 585 ; of birds to Bermuda, 24 ; of birds of 

 the Sandwich Islands, 500; of birds, 

 Torres Straits, 364; of penguins, 

 turtles, and seals, 133. 

 Mice, at Fernando do Norhona, 79 ; at 

 Tristan da Cunha, 114 ; at Marion and 

 St. Paul's Islands, 181. 

 Mikloucho Maclay, 392 ; at Admiralty 



Islands, 450, 460. 

 Microglossia!! aterrimum, 352. 

 Miers, Mr. E. J., Crustacea of Kerguelen's 



Land, 215. 

 Mill, women at the, in the Azores, 34. 

 Millepora, nodosa, structure of, 525 ; sting- 

 ing of, 388. 



