INDEX. 



531 



Language, loss of by all races, but 

 English, 337; Malay, simplicity 

 of, 318; savages, changes of, 

 309- 



Lankester, Prof. E. Ray, on Hcemo- 

 globin. 243 ; on Terrestrial Anne- 

 lida of Kerguelen's Land, 186. 



Laiitana Camera, 20. 



Larnsjdoininicaints, 133, 183, 199, 

 241 ; Novoe Hollaiidice, 230, 300; 

 scopidinus, 230. 



Lasso, the, used in the streets, 473 ; 

 use of in robbery and flirtation, 

 476. 



Laughing Jackass, 223. 



Laughter, of Fijians, 291 ; remarks 

 on, 291. 



Lattrxis canariensis, 31. 



Lava, ponds of fluid, at Kilauea, 

 433 ; flow in Inaccessible Is- 

 land, 1 10. 



Lavandula roiundifolia, 37. 



Leaves, verticality of Australian, 

 explained, 229. 



Lecaiiora escidcnta, 297 ; acimhaiia, 

 117. 



Lefrov, Gen. Sir J. H., self-sown 

 grapes found by, 21 ; assistance 

 to Expedition by, 24. 



Legge, Rev. James, on Chinese 

 natural history, 372. 



Lepisina, 6. 



Leprosy at the Hawaiian Islands. 



443- 

 Lepfonp/ia/iis, 244. 

 Leiicadendron argeiiteuiu, 122. 

 Lichens at Kerguelen's Land, 168. 

 Limestone bed at St. Jago Island, 



56. 

 Linwsella, 169, 196. 

 Lhiiidus rotundicaudains, 347. 

 Lingida, 347. 

 Li Shi Chan, medical works of, 



366. 

 Ltthodonins candigerus, 41. 

 Lithothamnion, 41, 56; polymor- 



phtiin, 41, 65. 

 Little Saba Island, 14. 

 Livoni, visit to, 266. 

 LoHiaria, Alpina, 95, 145 ; Botyaiia, 



97- 

 Lorantlms, Aphyllns, 473 ; celas- 



trnides, 474 ; encalyptifolius, 474 ; 



eiicaiptoidcs, 474. 

 Lutaos, the, 342, 347. 

 Lutra iminguis, habits of, 132. 



Lory, Rev. H. C, on Diptera, 485. 



Liiiidiricuhts, 169. 



Lyallia Kergiicleitsis, 144, 146. 



Lycopodimii, 339. 



Lycosa, habits of, 12; on board the 



"Challenger,'" 516. 

 Lyell, Sir C, on diffusion of plants, 



333.. 

 Lygodiiim rcticidatmii, 255, 262, 



452. 

 Lyre, 227, 234. 



M. 



Maandrina, 332. 



Mbau Island, excursion to, 272. 



Mcakthur, Sir W., seat of, in New 



South Wales, 232 ; on Loran- 

 tlms, 474. 

 Macdonald Island, 187. 

 Macdonald, Dr. J. D., R.N., on 



fish at Fiji, 281. 

 MacGillivrav, Mr., 242 ; on Gu- 



dangs, 305, 309. 

 Maclean, Staff-Surgeon, G., R.N., 



curious medical fee to, 311. 

 Macrocystis pirifera, 100, 178, 185, 



196, 492. 

 Mactan Island, 352. 

 Madeira, 34; cap worn by peasants 



of, 35 ; streets of. Grand Cural, 



34; sunset, effect at, 36; wine 



36. 

 Madrcpora, 15, 264. 

 M.^gellan Straits, 477. 

 Magenta, useless on a dark skin, 



400 ; in China and Japan, 423. 

 Majaqitens aquinoctialis, 180, 220. 

 Malamaui Island, 350. 

 Malanipa Island, 351. 

 Malays, at the Cape of Good Hope, 



121 ; pets kept by, 332 ; language, 



318. 

 Manchineel, 14. 

 Manganese, used as paint, 400. 

 Manila, 355. 

 Mauna Loa, form of, 432 ; glow 



from crater of, 433 ; eruption of, 



435- 

 Maoris, cannibalism ot, 292. 

 Maorioris, 293. 



Map, Tahitian mountain, 451. 

 Marion Island, 141. 

 Marsupials, distribution of, 123. 

 Mas-afuera, birds of, 468. 

 Materia Medica, ancient, in Eng- 



