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INDEX. 



Tr>/gon, 271 ; knives of spine of, 468. 



T/lbipora musica, 404. 



Tucotuco, 146. 



Tumuli, under temples, 317; over graves, 327. 



Tunny, the, 38. 



Tupman, Capt. KM. A., on phosphorescence, 



574. 

 Turacus albocristatus, 161. 

 Turbo operculum, 307 ; pica, 17. 

 Turkey Brush, the, 353. 

 Tiimix melanonotus, 364. 

 Turnstone, the, 348. 

 Turtles, 350, 479 ; eggs of, batching of, 561 ; 



food of, 568. 

 Tussock grass, Tristan da Cunha, llo, 



117, 126. 



U. 



Ula, the, of Fiji, 338. 



Unicorn, the, 424; horn of, experiments on, 

 as an antidote, 427 ; the origin of, 424. 



Unio, 325, 326. 



Uspallata Pass, excursion to, 544. 



V. 



Vaccinium, 393, 521. 

 Vaginulus, 89. 

 Valparaiso, 543. 

 Vanessa. 134. 

 Vanilla at Tahiti, 524. 

 Vaquerios of Brazil, 98. 

 Vegetable itch, the, 379, 440. 

 Vegetation, Arctic and Antarctic, com- 

 pared, 225 ; debris of, on deep sea bottom, 

 583 • of the Admiralty Islands, 454 ; at 

 Api, 345 ; at Artj, 366 ; of the Azores, 

 34 • of the Cape of Good Hope, 140, 142 , 

 introduced at the Cape of Good Hope, 

 141- of Cape York, mixed aspect of, 

 351; at Hawaii Island, 499; of Heard 

 Island, 224 ; of Kermadec Islands, 280 ; 

 of Mattjku Island, 294; at Tahiti, 518 

 521- of Tonga, 283, 290; of banks of 

 the Wai Levu, 323 ; limit in altitude of, 

 in Kerguelen's Land, 194; iu. Marion 

 Island, 168; in the Southern Islands, 

 225. 

 Velella, 568. 

 Ventriculites, 589. 



Verreaux, M. Jules, on turacou, 162. 

 Virgin Islands, 11. 

 Visibility of islands at a distance, 54. 

 Viti, 323. 

 VitiLevu, 315. 



Volcano, of Banda, ascent of, 382 ; active, 



at Kerguelen's Land, 186; active, 



Trachytic, 409; Hawaiau, eruptions of, 



503 ; zones of vegetation on, 45. 



Voyage, objects and duration of the, 1 ; 



slowness of, 597. 

 Vultures at St. Vincent Island, 53. 



W. 



Wai Levu, the, 322. 

 Wallabies, Bush, 261, 269. 

 Wallace, Mr. A. B., on' the Agouti at St. 

 Thomas, 14; on ferns at Tahiti, 518; 

 on Juan Fernandez, 540-41 ; on Kb 

 Island boats, 379 ; on moulting of Great' 

 Bird of Paradise, 376; on roots of trees, 

 405 ; at Wanumbai, 373. 

 Wallich, Surgeon Major, G. C, on distribu- 

 tion of deep-sea animals, 585 ; on colours 

 of deep-sea animals, 591 ; on icebergs, 243. 

 Walrus, food of the, 205. 

 Wamma Island, 367. 

 Wanumbai, 374. 

 Water clock at Canton, 419. 

 Waterhouse, Mr. C. 0., on the Coleoptera of 



Kerguelen's Land, 193. 

 Waxworks in Japan, 493. 

 Weapons, native, of the Admiralty Islanders, 

 468 ; of Api, 346 ; of Fiji, 338 ; of Hum- 

 boldt Bay, 443 ; of Am Islanders, 370, 3/ 4 ; 

 mart for, at Cape York, 361 ; spurious, 496. 

 Wednesday Island, 361 ; birds of, 363. 

 Wellington, New Zealand, 277. 

 Wells, at Admiralty Islands, 465; at 

 Tonga, 290 ; at St. Vincent Island, 51. 

 Wesleyans at Fiji, 327, 331. 

 West Indies. 11. 



Whales, 569;' origin of tail fin of, 26o ; 

 remarkable, with tusks, 157; southern, 

 mode of killing, 213 ; southern Fin-back, 

 blowing of, &c, 252 ; southern Whalebone, 

 197;- Ziphioid at the Falklands, o59 ; 

 following ships, 11. 

 Whisky Bay, 217. 

 White ants, nests of, 14, 350. 

 Wideawake, the, 349, 363, 563. 

 Wild, Dr. J. J-, 550 ; on Kerguelen 



Plateau, 170 ; sketches of gods, 4/4. 

 Williams, Mr. Thomas, on Fiji, 317. _ 

 Wilkes, Commodore, on Fiji, 318 ; on ice- 

 bergs, 242, 250 ; on the Lutaos, 398 (note) ; 

 on Fiji, 318, 341. 

 Wokan Island, 367. 

 Wood, drift, 367; from New Guinea Coast, 



432. 

 Wood-lice, at St. Vincent Island, 51. 

 Woodwardiaradicans, §3, 34. 

 Wynberg, 140, 141. 



Zamboanga, 395. 



Ziphioid whale, 157, 559. _ 



Zones of vegetation, on mountains generally, 

 45- at Kerguelen's Land, 194; at 

 Marion Island, 168 ; at St. Jago Island, 

 63 ; at St. Vincent Island, 44 ; at Ter- 

 n ate, 392; in Arctic and Antarctic regions, 



225. 

 Zostera eaten by deep-sea animal, 583. 

 Zoster ops, luteus andflawceps, 365. 

 Zygcena malleus, 9, 52. 



HAEEI80N~A^l^r^^« IN OEDINAEV TO HER MAJESTY, ST. MARTIN. LAN., 





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