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Rolls. Plants colonizing a Pagoda. Sights of Canton. Chinese and Eng- 

 lish Examinations, and their Subjects compared. The Honam Monas- 

 tery. Chinese Floral Decorations. A Chinese Dinner. Dragons' Bones 

 and Teeth. Origin of Mythical Animals. Chinese Account of the Dragon. 

 The last Dragon seen in England. Use of Unicorn's Horn as Medicine in 

 Europe. Chinese and English Medicine compared. Chinese Accounts 

 of the Pigmies and of Monkeys. English Mythical Animals. The Sea 

 Serpent. Owls living with Ground Squirrel in China. Off the Talaur 

 Islands. Driftwood off the Ambernoh River, New Guinea. Animals In- 

 habiting it. Humboldt Bay. Signal Fires of the Natives. Bartering at 

 Night. Numbers of Canoes. Relative Prices of Native Property. At- 

 tempts at Thieving. Modes of Expression. Mode of Threatening Death 

 by Signs. Armed Boat Robbed. Villages of Pile-Dwellings . . . 358 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



THE ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. 



History of Visits to the Islands. Eagerness of the Natives for Iron. Trade 

 Gear. Trading with the Natives. Geological Structure of the Islands. 

 Orchids and Ferns overhanging the Sea. Fern resembling a Liverwort. 

 Difficulties in Collecting Words of their Language from the Natives. 

 Their Methods of Counting. Curious Mode of Expressing Negation. 

 Physical Characteristics of the Natives. Hairiness of Races Compared. 

 Possible Signification of Moles. Clothes, Hair Dressing and Ornaments 

 of the Natives. Tattooing and Painting. Betel-Chewing and Food. 

 Houses, Temples, and Canoes of the Natives. Their Implements and 

 Weapons. Artistic Skill of the Natives. Their Musical Instruments, 

 Dancing and Singing. Their Polygamy. Fortification of their Villages. 

 Wooden Gods. Skulls and Hair in their Temples. Their Religion. Dis- 

 position of the Natives. Their Fear of Goats and Toys. Population of 

 the Islands. Domestic Animals, Birds and other Animals at the Islands. 

 Habits of Gar-Fish 



CHAPTER XIX. 



JAPAN. THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. 



Tedious Voyage to Japan. Jinriksha Coolies. Worship of the White Horse. 

 Japanese Sight-Seers. Consulting the Oracle. Japanese Pilgrims. Book 

 Shops and Religious Shops. River Embankments. Rice Fields. Houses 

 of Wood and Paper. English Bed-room Exhibited at the Exhibition. 

 Money Boxes. Pilgrims and Priests. Interest taken by the People in 

 Tojins. Cold Water Cure. Painting of the Face in China and Japan. 

 Japanese Tattooing. Japanese Modes of Expression. Japanese Pictures 

 and Theatres. Barren Appearance of the Sandwich Islands. Honolulu. 

 Supremacy of American over Native Productions. Principal Trees of 

 Oahu Island. King Kalakaua. Hawaian Burials. Visit to the Crater 

 of Kilauea. Ponds of Fluid Lava. Mode of Formation of Pele's Hair. 

 Lava Fountains and Cascades. Recent Eruptions. Hawaian Hook Orna- 

 ment. Its Probable Religious Signification. Hawaian Stone Club. Affini- 

 ties between New Zealand and Hawaian Art. Inter-breeding on Isolated 

 Islands 416 



