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BURMA, ITS PEOPLE ASD PRODUCTIOSS. 



Narcissales, ii. 146. 

 Narcotme, ii. 653. 

 Nasturtium, ii. 6-iS. 

 Isatire Alumina, i. 11. 

 Kative descriptions of won- 

 drous animals, i. 411. 

 Native elements, i. 8. 

 Native Loadstone, i. 12. 

 Native testimony not utterly 



untnistworthy, i. 506. 

 Nut-mee, or the Spirit- Fire, 



i. 486. 

 Natron, i. 14. 



Nat-toung, distinction be- 

 tween the two places so 



named, ii. 571. 

 Nature, the study of, ii. 671- 

 Navel-wort, ii. 484. 

 Necklace hidbophyllum,ii.l54. 

 Necklace snake, i. 312. 

 Nectarine, ii. 485. 

 Neem-tree, ii. 581, 586. 

 Negritos, race whence the Min- 



copies have sprung, i. 482. 

 Nelumbo, a useful plant, held 



in mystic reverence, ii. 655. 

 Nematodes, i. 22, 

 Nemertes, i. 20. 

 Nepenthales, ii. 230. 

 Nepenthe of Homer, ii. 653. 

 Nerium, or oleander, ii. 350. 

 Nether world, s])irits of the, 



propitiated by black beans, 



ii. 491. 

 Neuralrria, remedies for, ii. 



327,'646. 

 Nevill, G. and H., quoted and 



mentioned, i. 123 et seq. 

 Niceville, Lionel de, quoted 



and mentioned, \. b\ et seq. 

 Nicholson, Dr., account of the 



teeth of snakes, quoted, i. 



314 ; his method for killing 



snakes, i. 315 ; quoted and 



mentioned, i. 326 et seq. 

 Nicobar canoes, ii. 636. 

 Nicobar ground doves, i. 389. 

 Niepa bark, its bitter qualities, 



ii. 589. 

 Nightjar, difference of opinion 



regarding the note of, i. 355, 

 Ninepins, the game of, in the 



Chittagong Hills, ii. 692. 

 Ninety-nine Islands, ii. 185. 

 Nipal spinach, ii. 291. 

 Nipal wolverine, i. 465. 

 Nistry silkworm, i. 81. 

 Nocturnal moths, plan for 



catching, i. 107. 

 Noddy, i. 401. 

 Non-poisonous snakes, how 



distinguished, i. 322. 

 Nordenskiiild, Baron, ' Voyage 



of the Vega,' quoted, i. 485. 

 Norman, Judge, attacked by 



a kite, i. 502. 

 North American Sea Island 



cotton, ii. 417. 

 Nudibranchs, picturesque de- 

 scription of, i. 140-1. 



Nummulitcs, i. 16. 

 Nummulitic Group, i. 3. 

 Nuptial flight of the queen- 

 bee, i. 1 19. 

 Nut-hatch, i. 377. 

 Nutmeg, ii. 289. 

 Nux-vomica, ii. 342. 

 Nyctagine:c, ii. 293. 

 Nymphweu', ii. 654-5. 



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Oak of Dodona, 216-217. 



Oaks, ii. 258 ; legends relating 

 to, u. 261. 



Gates, E., mentioned and 

 quoted, i. 345 et passim. 



Oaths, bincbng, ii. 298. 



Oaths in patriarclial times, ii. 

 274, 689. 



Ochnacea, ii. 587-8. 



Octopoda, i. 181. 



Ocypodes, i. 30. 



Odontophore, i. 124. 



Oil,aveffetableconcrete.ii.363. 



Oil beetle, i. 110. 



Oil of ben, ii. 648. 



Oil sardine, i. 275. 



Olacales, ii. 574 et seq. 



01aciuea>, ii. 576-o8(». 



Oldham, Dr., on gold for- 

 warded to Calcutta by 

 Major Berdniore, i. 9 ; 

 mentioned, i. 310. 



Old man, ii. 403. 



Oleanders, ii. 344. 



Onagrarea>, ii. 453. 



Onion, ii. 128 ; Juvenal's 

 lines on the, ii. 129 ; part 

 taken in religion, ii. 129. 



Onion of Asbalon, ii. 128. 



Onyx, i. 13. 



Open Forests, ii. 9. 



Ophiocephali, i. 237. 



Ophioglosseae, ii. 94. 



Ophthalmia, remedy for, ii. 

 206. 



Opium, remarks on, ii. 653. 



Orange-flower water, ii. 596. 



Oranges, ii. 678. 



Orchidaceae, ii. 148. 



Orchidales, ii. 153. 



Orchids, Burmese, ii. 148 ft 

 seq. ; ii. 189 ct seq. ; of the 

 Andamans, ii. 202 ; Addi- 

 tional, ii. 680 ; fertilization 

 of, ii. 680. 



Oriental woodpecker, i. 347. 



Orientals, dyeing their own 

 skin and nails, and also the 

 manes and tails of their 

 horses, ii. 456. 



O'Biley. Mr., mentioned, i. 

 209, 345. 



O'Eilevite, i. 10. 



Ormuzi ii. 687. 



Ornithology, i. 345 et seq. ; 

 list of authorities, papers, 

 and books on, ibie/. 



Orobanchea;, ii. 321. 



Orris root, ii. 147. 



Orthoptera, i. 43. 



Ortolan, i. 385. 



O'Shaughnessy, Dr., direc 

 tions for preparing seaweed, 

 ii. 30 ; referred to, ii. 653. 



Osmunda, derivation of, ii. 77. 



Otaheity cane, ii. 115. 



Otters, 1. 464. 



Ovid, on Echeneis, quoted, i. 

 221 ; describing Ceres as 

 first teaching the cultivation 

 of com, ii. 116; quoted, 

 ii. 209, 491, 688. 



Owen, Prof., quoted, i. 80. 



Owls, habits of. i. 406. 



Oxygen Compounds, i. 11. 



Oysters, i. 124. 



Oyster catchers, i. 393. 



Faddy bird, i. 39S. 



I'addy-eater, i. 196. 



Fai, hot springs at, i. 7 ; 

 analysis of the water, i. 8. 



Fainted snipe, i. 394. 



Fahis of Intlia, ii. 505. 



Falma-Christi, ii. 251. 



Falmales. ii. 135. 



Palms, economic uses, i. 136. 



I'alouk, hot-springs at, i. 7. 



Fan, ii. 207 ; chewing, a harm- 

 less luxury, ii. 231. 



Fandane;e, ii. 133. 



Pandanus, uses of, ii. 135. 



Pangolin, i. 412. 



Pantheism of the Mahabha- 

 rata, ii. 340. 



Papaveracese, ii. 653-4. 



Papaw, juice of. good for 

 rendering meat tender, ii. 

 352 ; power of dissolving 

 living tissues, ii. 353 ; Sir 

 J. D. Hooker on, ii. 452. 



Papayotin, its peculiar pro- 

 perty, ii. 452. 



Paper, plants yielding, ii. 

 276, 281. 



Paradise flycatcher, i. 381. 



Paradoxures, horrible stench 

 emitted from, i. 468. 



Paraguay tea, ii. 576. 



Paralysis, caused by unwhole- 

 some food, ii. 503 ; induced 

 by a species of pidse, ii. 509. 



Farietales, ii. 643 et s(q. 



Parish, Rev. C, remarks on 

 the habitat of crabs, i. 

 30-1 ; account of Pgai- 

 nwet, i. 121 ; quoted, i. 

 146 ; his account of musical 

 fishes, i. 214, 492-3; on 

 the botany of Burma, ii. 3 

 et passim ; liis account of 

 Burmese Orchids, ii. 148 et 

 srq. ; his ' Enumeration of 

 Burmese Orchids systemati- 



