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Index. 



Salt-petre, obtained at Iquique, iii. 



343 

 Sambelong. See Great Nicobar. 

 Sampan, or Chinese boat, ii. 413 

 Saraschoo, a Chinese beverage ob- 

 tained from rice, ii. 474 

 San Cristoval, island of, Solomon 



group, ii. 596, 624 

 San Luis de Apra, harbour in Marianne 



Archipelago, ii. 549 

 San Miguel, village near Manila, ii. 



348 

 Sandal-wood cutters, ii. 609 ; atroci- 

 ties perpetrated by, 610 

 Sandy Cape, Australia, ii. 626 

 Santiago de Chile, visit to, iii. 295- 



303 

 Sargasso, Mar de, iii. 334. 

 Saui, village of the Nicobar Islands, 



i. 481, ii. 24, 83 

 Saya y Manto, the native dress of the 



Lima ladies, decline in the use of, 



iii. 399 

 Scherzer, Dr. von, overland journey 



from Valparaiso, iii. 337-447 

 Schierbrand, Col. von, Batavia, ii. 



277 

 Schroff, or Chinese factotum. See 



Comprador . 

 Schu-king (old Chinese Book), ii. 



498 

 Sculptures of aboriginal Australians, 



iii. 34 

 Sea-birds, habits of. See Cape Pigeon, 



Albatross, &c. 

 Serpent-breeding in Ceylon, i. 362 

 Sesarga, Island of, ii. 624 



Sheep, statistics of, in New South 



Wales, iii. 62-64 ; in Australia at 



large, 64 ; estimated value of, 64 

 Ship's complement, crew, officers, and 



scientific staff, i. Appendix 

 Shrove Tuesday on shipboard, ii. 



256 

 Sicard, Dr. Adrian, monograph on 



Chinese sugar-cane, ii. 513 

 Sikayana, visit to, ii. 601-622 

 Sikkawei, Jesuit mission at, ii. 480- 



483 

 Silk, Chinese, statistics of, ii. 498- 



450 

 Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope, 



anchorage of, i. 195-197 

 Town, description of, i. 197- 



199 

 Simpson's Island, inaccurately assign- 

 ed position of, ii. 591 

 Sinamay (or Sinamarre), Manila 



cloth, ii. 325 (note) 

 " Singing Stones," the, Macao, ii 



406 

 Siva, the Indian divinity, i. 435 

 Skulls, human, used as drinking cups 



in Australia, iii. 34 ; Indian, found 



near Lima, 393 

 Slave population of Brazil, condition 



of, i. 166-168 

 Slavery among the Maories, iii. 116, 



117 

 Smith, his blockhouse at Titarango, 



iii. 150 

 Snook-fish (Thyrsites Atun), i. 199 

 Snow-fall on board the Novara, ofi" 



the Horn, iii. 325 



