-♦) Index 



Owls, 779 



Ox, the, in Liberia, 93, 900, 902 ct seq., 907 



Ox-carts, 422, 424 



Oxen, the breeds of domestic, of Africa, 



902 et seq., 908-12 

 Oysters, 452, 840-1, 861 



Padebu language, 1099, 11 36, 11 38 et seq. 



Padmore, J. S. (Liberian General), 380 



Palm: Borasstis, 43, 89, 454, 553-5, 660, 

 998 ; coconut, 43, 89, 553, 661, 901 ; 

 oil (Ela'is), 49, 89, 176, 241, 400, 

 404-5, 452, 492,553-4; Raphia (Pias- 

 sava), 79, 89, 400, 452, 551, 660, 998 ; 

 Calamus, 454, 550, 660; wild date, 

 548, 660 ; palms in general, 89, 660 



Palm cabbage, 996 



Palm civet, see Paradoxure 



Palm kernels, 405 



Palm wine, 988, 998 



Palma, Island of, 5 1 



Palmas, Cape, i et seq., 35, 43, 62, 154, 

 148, 233, 472 et seq., 398, 501, 924, 963 



Palmerston, Viscount, 224 



Pandanus, 445, 450-1, 553, 661 



Papaw, the, 423, 536, 568, 608, 901 



Papyrus, 561 



Paradoxure, two-spotted (Nandinia), 

 703-4, 705-6, 1090 



Parinarium, 451, 531-3, 601 



Paris, Grand et Petit, 32, 51 



Parrots, grey parrot, j/j 



Paul, St., River, 49, 94 et seq., 130, 143, 

 152, 180-2, 31 1, 438 et seq., 478, 486, 

 5"i8 



Payne, James Sprigg (President), 258, 269 



Payne, Right Rev. J. S. (afterwards 

 Bishop), 192, 374, 381,11034, 1068,1074 



" Peaceful Penetration," 310 



Pearson, Captain H. D., 309 



Pecora (the ruminating ungulates), 721 

 et seq., 728 



Pedro, San, River, 188, 282, 296, 470 



Pel, H. S. (Dutch naturalist), 730, 733, 735 



Pennsylvania (and the Emigration Socie- 

 ties), 155, 179 



Pepper, 36, 56 et seq., 59, 575, 901, 990, 

 1 108 



Periodicticus, 684 



Periophthalmus , 827 



Peripatus, 847 



Periplus of Hanno, ig et seq. 



Perseverance Island, see Providence 



Island 

 Peter, " King" (of Des Marchais), loo-i 

 Peter, "King," of 1821, 128, 143 

 Petrology of Liberia, 5 1 3 ei seq. 

 Phalarope (the grey), Erra'a, 762-3, 790-1 

 Phallic worship, 1034 

 Phasniidce (stick insects), 849, 864 

 Phoenicians, the, 18, 27, 80 

 Phcenix (palm), 548 

 Phonology of West African languages,. 



1094-5 

 Phyllopeziis (Jagana), 761, 789 

 Piassava (raphia) fibre, 400, 405-6, 553 

 Pig : Red bush {see Red river hog^ 



Potamo cheer us porous), 368, 716-8; 



forest, 717-8 

 Pigeons of Liberia, 759-60 

 Pigs, wild, 76, 89, 90 ; domestic, yS, 448,. 



720 

 " Pilgrim Fathers " of Liberia, 136-7 

 Pineapple (fruit and fibre), 402, 421, 423,. 



568, 901, 988 

 Pinney, the Rev. J. B., 155 

 Pinteado, Antonio Anes de, 61 et seq. 

 Piper (pepper), 59 

 Pirates on Liberian coast, 102, 161 

 Pisu, Lake (Fisherman), 87, 432 

 Pitta (ground thrush), 783 

 Plantain-eater, the Great blue (Cory- 



thcBola), 368, 776-j 

 Plantain-eaters (Musophagidce), 775-6 

 Pliny (the older), 19, 24, 26 

 Plover, the Spur-winged, 762-3 

 Plovers, 762 



Plough on Liberian shield, 218-21 

 Po game (like backgammon), loii 

 P6 hills (West Liberia), 436, 488 

 Poba River, 436 

 Podica, 763 et seq., 767 

 Poison ordeal, 1065 et seq., 1069-70 

 Polybius, 24 

 Polygamy, 98, 1047-8 

 Polypterus, 824 

 Pomponius Mela, 19 

 Pongo or Pongas River, 120, 162 

 Porcupines, 697 



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