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BURMA, ITS PEOPLE ASD PRODUCTIOXS. 



Calcutta, i. 9 ; mcationctl, 

 i. 345 ; and the Hama- 

 dryad, i. 310; error of, as 

 tfl the dammar pine, ii. 

 216. 



Berfjamot, ii. 596. 



Beryl, i. 14. 



Betel leaf used in chewing 

 pun. ii. 231. 



Betel-nut pahn, ii. 143. 



Betel vine, cultivation of, ii. 

 231. 



Betuline, ii. 258. 



Bhangar, i. 4. 



Bliimraj , Blyth's remarks on, 

 i. 379. 



Bhutni, Indian name for 

 IffNis faliius, i. 489. 



Bh\Ti, the peregrine falcon, 

 i'. 403. 



Bignoniaceie, ii. 317-321. 



Bilberries, ii. 372. 



Bimana, i. 479. 



Binary Compounds, i. H. 



Bingham, C. T., mentioned, 

 i. 345. 



Binoxide of Tin, i. 12. 



Binturong, i. 409. 



Bion, quoted, ii. 488. 



Birch, ii. 258. 



Birch-camphor, ii. 258. 



Birdlime, ii. 224. 



Bird's eye chillies, ii. 326. 



Birds of Burma, authorities 

 quoted from, i. 345 it seq. 



Birds of prey, i. 402. 



Bisulphide of Iron, i. 10. 



Bitter aloes, ii. 129, 147, 282. 



Bixinea;, 643-646. 



Black dammar-tree, ii. 587. 



Black leopards, i. 472. 



Black Oxide of Manganese, i. 

 13. 



Black pepper, ii. 231. 



Black pomfret, i. 220. 



Black mck-cod. i. 206. 



Black tigers, i. 472. 



Black-varnish ti-ee, ii. 549. 



Blanford and Medlicott's 

 ' Geology of India,' i. 1. 



Blennies, characters of, i. 233. 



Blessed thistle, ii. 403. 



Blind crustacean, i. 26. 



Blind snakes, myths concern- 

 ing, i. 297. 



Blister fly, i. 110. 



Blood rain, ii. 25. 



Bloodsucker, i. 334. 



Blue birds, i. 308. 



Blue bungarus. i. 322. 



Blue dye exti'acted from Poly- 

 gonum, ii. 292. 



Blue thrush-tits, i. 375. 



Blue Vauda, ii. 176. 



Blue water-lily, ii. 654. 



Blue-winged teal, i. 400. 



Blimdell,Mr.,introduces cotton 

 into Burma, ii. 616. 



Blyth, E.. ' f)n the Mammals 

 and Birdsof Burma,' quoted, 



i. 88, et passim ; his state- 

 ments not to be lightly set 

 aside, i. 399 ; our indebted- 

 ness to, for knowledge of the 

 mammalia of Bumia, i. 411. 



Boatswain birds, i. 401. 



Bob-tailed thrushes, i. 363. 



Bocas Islands, where Canon 

 Kingsley heard his musical 

 fish,"i. 4"93. 



Bombadier beetles, i. lit; 

 disagreeable encounter with 

 one, ibid. 



Bombay ducts, i. 260. 



Bonaparte, Prince, referred 

 to, i. 397. 



Bonitos, i. 221. 



Boodh's cocoa-nut, ii. 621. 



Boraginenc, ii. 327 ; mcili- 

 cinal plants, ii. 329. 



Bornean iron wood, ii. 289. 



" Bosh," i. 130, 316. 



Botanical authorities, ii. 308. 



Botany and Zoology, their 

 twin relationship, ii. 1. 



Bots, i. 48. 



Boulenger, G. A., his ' Cata- 

 logue of Batrachia Salien- 

 tia ' mentioned, i. 289 ; 

 quoted, i. 497. 



Bourbon cotton, ii. 417. 



Bourne, Vincent, his ' Crea- 

 tiim,' quoted, i. 130; ii. 1. 



Brachelytrous beetles, i. 113. 



Braehiopods, i. 124. 



Bracken, in Burma, ii. 4. 



Brahminy heads, ii. 008. 



Braminy duck, i. 399. 



Brandis, quoted, as to the 

 economic value of timbers, 

 etc., ii. 99 tt passim. 



Brandis, Dr., his list of 

 Biu'mese woods, ii. 3. 



Brazil gooseberry, ii. 325. 



Brazil wood, ii. 491. 



Bridgewater Treatise, error in, 

 regarding snails, i. 168. 



Brine springs, i. 6 ; ii. 616. 



Brittle stars, i. 19. 



Brittleworts, ii. 18. 



Broad beans, ii. 491. 



Broadbills, i. 354. 



Bromeliacea;, ii. 203. 



Bronze implements, i. 505. 



Broome, C. E., mentioned, 

 ii. 91. 



Brucine, a poison, ii. 343. 



Bryony, ii. 449. 



Buccinum,the source of Tyrian 

 purple, i. 145. 



Buchanan, Dr., an early col- 

 lector of Burmese plants, 

 ii. 2 ; derivation of fapsi 

 milch, i. 211; quoted, i. 

 257, 278. 



Buckwheat, ii. 292. 



Buddhism, charming trait of, 

 i. 309. 



Buddhist doctrine, a pleasing 

 trait of, i. 463. 



Buddhist notions of the origin 

 of fire-flies, i. 115. 



Buddhist legends of the Crea- 

 tion, i. 511. 



Buddhist traditions of the 

 dance of the Devas, ii. 506. 



Buddhists, yellow dye used by 

 the, ii. 351. 



Buffaloes, characteristics of, 

 i. 461 ; general ignorance 

 and amusing instances of 

 mistakes concerning, i. 

 462. 



Bug-powder, how puffed, ii. 

 502. 



Bugs, i. 40, 41. 



Buist, Dr., on sharks, i. 284. 



Bulbuls, i. 308. 



Bull frog, i. 290. 



BuU, ^Y., an orchid grower, 

 ii. 167. 



BuUet wood, ii. 363. 



Bullock's heart, ii. 664. 



Bumble bees, i. 122. 



Buntings, i. 383, 384. 



Bunyan, referred to, ii. 262. 



Burachang, a fish, curious 

 belief relating to, i. 237. 



Burgess's suggestion as to 

 bayas, i. 383. 



Burial ceremonies of the 

 Andamanese, i. 483. 



Eumianuiacea^ ii. 147. 



Burmese Avifauna, i. 376. 



Burmese boxwood, ii. 592. 



Burmese cheroots, ii. 328. 



Burmese custom in canoe 

 building, ii. 217- 



Burmese Forests, ii. 5 ei scj. 



Burmese houses built of bam- 

 boos, ii. 102. 



Bunnese legend of the Spirit- 

 Fire, i. 486. 



Bunnese nightingale, i. 371. 



Burmese Orchids, Enumera- 

 tion of, ii. 189 et scq. 



Birrmese palm swift, i. 357. 



Burmese priests straining at 

 gnats, i. 49. 



Burmese Shikarree, a, his 

 observations on Thamen, 

 quoted, i. 458. 



Burmese superstition regard- 

 ing the pangolin, i. 412; 

 with reijard to elephants, i. 

 447. 



Burmese superstitions, i. 

 504-5. 



Burney, locality given by, for 

 platina, i. 9. 



Burrowing crabs, i. 26. 



Burseracea:, ii. 586 ; balsamic 

 products of, ii. 587. 



Bush bulbuls, i. 308. 



Bustard quail, i. 391. 



Bustards, i. 392. 



Butea, vivid eft'ect produced 

 by the flowers of, ii. 505. 



Butler, Capt, A. E., on the 

 egg of Dromas, i. 394. 



