Index. 



5^1 



Botel-nut and fibre, ii. 73, 102, 144, 



238, 260 

 Biche de Mar, or sea slug. See Trcpang. 

 Big Island. See Sikayana. 

 Binondo, suburb of Manila, ii. 290 

 Birloche, the, a two- wheeled vehicle 



in use in Chile, iii. 294 

 Bleeker, Dr., Ichthyologist in Java, ii. 



183 

 Bligh, Capt., commander of the Bounty, 



iii. 260 ; his fate, 261 ; becomes 



Governor of the penal colony of 



Botany Bay, 75 

 Blodgett, Rev. Mr., Missionary at 



Shanghai, ii. 460 

 Boehmeria nivea, the Rame fibre, ii. 



167, 205, 321-324 

 Bohea mountains of China, the, ii. 506 

 Bo-tree, the {Ficus religiosa), i. 357 

 Bolts, William, his attempt to colonize 



the Nicobars for Austria, ii. 6-10 

 Book-printing introduced into Tahiti, 



iii. 202 

 Boomerang, known to the ancient 



Egyptians, iii. 31 

 Borax, or Tincal, trade in, along tlie 



Peruvian coast, iii. 344 

 Botanical garden of Rio, i. 143 ; of 



Cape Town, 205 ; of Buitenzorg 



(Java), ii. 205 ; of Sydney, iii. 20 

 Botanical riches of the Nicobars, ii. 



101-103 ; of Java, 204-206 ; of 



Sydney, iii. 19-21 

 Botany Bay, account of, iii. 18 

 Botany Tower, in Sydney, iii. 18 

 Bounty, abridged account of mutiny 



of the, and subsequent fate of the 



mutineers and their descendants, iii. 



261-2*76 

 Brahmaism, its tenets, i. 435-437 

 Brand Vley, hot springs of (Cape Co- 

 lony), i. 225-229 

 Brauns, William, Consul-general of 



Hamburg, at Lima, iii. 364 

 Brazil, importance of, as a field for 



Gei'man emigration, i. 132, 171 

 Bi'eadfruit tree found in the Nicobars, 



ii. 101 ; in Puynipet, 558, 567 ; in 



Tahiti, iii. 243 

 " Brickfielder," unpleasant sensations 



in a, iii. 52 

 Bridgman, Dr., Missionary and Sino- 

 logue, ii. 460 

 Bromelia ananas. SeeAnanassasativa. 

 Brooke's deep-sea lead, mode of using 



and results, i. 112, 263 

 Brotherhood of the Heaven and Earth 



(secret society of the Chinese of 



Singapore), ii. 147 

 Broughton's Pass in New South Wales, 



iii. 27 

 Browne, Col. T. Gore, Governor of 



New Zealand, iii, 136 

 Buddha, tooth of, i. 405 

 Buddhism, tenets and history of, i. 352- 



358 

 Buitenzorg (Java), excursion to, ii. 



203-208 

 Bukit Timah, the, or mountain of tin 



at Singapore, ii. 143 

 " Bullock-bandy," Cingalese native 



conveyance, i. 417 

 Bungalow, description of one at Vel- 



lore, i. 452 



