Index. 



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Dahata Wahansa (the Holy Tooth), 

 Ceylon. See Buddha's Tooth, 



Dammara pine. See Kauri pine. 



Damper, unleavened bread used in the 

 Australian Bush, iii. 38 



Dana, his researches in New Zealand, 

 iii. 181 



Dances of savage races — Caffres, i. 

 209 ; Javanese, ii. 260-264 ; in- 

 habitants of Puynipet Island, 583 ; 

 Australians, iii. 34 ; New Zealand- 

 ers, 101 ; Tahitians, 219 ; natives 

 of New Caledonia, 221 



Davis, John, an English sailor, aban- 

 doned on the island of Sikayana, 

 his account of the natives, ii. 608- 

 610 



Denison, Sir William, his reception, 

 iii. 5, 14 ; his work on convict dis- 

 cipline, 51 ; hospitable reception 

 by, 55 ; opens Parliament of New 

 South Wales, 56 



Diadem, the, a mountain peak of Ta- 

 hiti, iii. 225 



Dictionary, Maori, iii. 127 



Dieffenbach, his geological researches 

 in New Zealand, iii. 109, 127 



Divers (pearl-) of Ceylon, i. 382- 

 384 



Dkinawasima, island of, ii. 547 



Domeyko, Professor Ignacio, of San- 

 tiago, iii. 303 



Dominican Monks of Manila, ii. 302 



Dragon tree of Madeira, i. 59-64 



Drury, district of in New Zealand, 

 visit to, iii. 155 ; its coal-fields, 

 169-172 



Dubash (an Indian factotum), his func- 

 tions, i. 425 

 Duck-hunting in Manila, ii. 329-339 

 Du Petit Thouars, captain of French 

 frigate Vetius, his oppression in 

 Tahiti, iii. 208 



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Earthquakes in Peru, iii. 362 

 Edible swallows' nests, ii. 235-237 

 Eimeo, one of the Society Islands, iii. 



196, 241 

 Elephantiasis gi'tecorum, its ravages in 



Brazil, i. 135 ; singular mode of 



treatment for, 136 

 Elephants in Ceylon, i. 410, 411 

 Emigration of Chinese, ii. 397-400 

 Emu, the, description of, iii. 31, 34 

 Encouragement of learning in China, 



ii. 419 

 English colonies, their influence on the 



mother country, iii. 1-3 

 Evans, Lieut., U. S. A., director of 



the Chilean railway, iii. 308 

 , F., his chart of magnetic declin- 

 ations, iii. 257 

 Expedition, Kennedy's, for traversing 



the continent of Australia, tragical 



fate of, iii. 13 

 , table of, throughout the 



voyage, i. Appendix 



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Faaa, village of Tahiti, iii. 223 ; fete 



there, 230-235 

 Falkland Islands, passed on voyage 



home, iii. 329-330 



