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INDEX. 



Raine Island, 299; birds of, 300; 



insects of, 302. 

 Rallus pccforalts, 300. 

 Raiiiphastos ariel, 80. 

 Rnoiilia, 146. 

 Rammculus bitcinatiis, 145 ; Mosc- 



leyi, 169. 

 Rat Island, 72. 



Rats, Black, on board the "Chal- 

 lenger," 515; at Fiji, 266, 280; 



Kangaroo, 233 ; at Tahiti, 449. 

 Rattans, 303, 321. 

 Reef, coral, encircling, 2515 ; barrier, 



visit to, at Fiji, 264 ; at Api, 296 ; 



raised, 244, 297, 335, 352. 

 Religion, in the Admiralty Islands, 



407; in China, 363; in Japan, 



421, 427. 

 Rciiiipes, 23. 

 Rcinora, the, J, 8. 

 Resliacccr, 122. 

 Rctaina, 4, 5. 

 Rhea A mei'icaiia, 5 1 6. 

 Rlieebok, 129. 

 Rhizomorpha girdles, 285. 

 Rliizoplwra, 236. 

 Rliiiiopitluctis Roxellance, 370. 

 Rhinoceros horn, an antidote, 369; 



horn of, cups of, 369; tricltorliinits, 



365- 

 Rhynchodcnms, 132, 242. 

 RiBEiRA Grande, 30. 

 Richards, Mount, 161. 

 Rice fields, 341, 420. 

 Richaidia ALthiopica, 132. 

 Richards, Mr. R., R.N., on habits 



of birds, etc., at Tristan da Cun- 



ha, 100 (note). 

 Rifle Bird, habits of the, 304. 

 Roches Mouiomies, 171. 

 Rolleston, Prof. G., Nemertine 



named after, 496. 

 Ross, Sir J., on icebergs, 210. 

 Ross, Mount, 161, 185. 

 RowiTT, Mr. R., 364. 

 Royal Sound, excavation of, by 



ice, 172. 

 RttMiex, 95, 99, 468. 

 RuMPHius, his account o( Naiifiliis, 



258. 

 Riisa Mioliiccciisis, '■p-l, 336. 



Saccharuiii, 279, 373. 

 Saccopicryx caiiina, 89. 



Sacrificial stone, at Fiji, 274. 



Sago Palm, 319. 



Salpcc, 493 ; experiment on sinking 

 of, 505. 



Saluting, remarks on, 334. 



Saiiiolus Valeraiidi, 45. 



San Domingo Valley, 52, 56, 



Sandhurst, Town of, 225. 



Sand-box tree, 13. 



Sand, calcareous and silicious asso- 

 ciated, 312 ; shifting of, 16 ; 

 rock, calcareous, 300 ; rock, cal- 

 careous, absent at Tonga, 251 ; 

 tracks of animals on, 131. 



Sandwich Islands, the, 428. 



Santa Cruz, 2. 



Santa Cruz Major Island, excur- 

 sion to, 347. 



Sarcostemiiia Dalloni, 39, 55- 



Sargasso Sea, 492. 



Sargasstim, 312, 317; bacciferutti, 

 491. 



Saunders, Mr. Howard, on Laridai, 

 60, 230. 



Savages, counting of, 309, 394 ; 

 flower gardens of, 402 ; forgtt- 

 fulness of, 309 ; difficulties in 

 learning language from, 394 ; 

 mistakes of, as to white men, 

 391; relative decoration of sexes 

 amongst, 398. 



Sawfish in fresh-water, 281. 



ScLATER, Mr. P. L., on birds of the 

 Admiralty Islands, 413; on 

 duck of the Sandwich Islands, 

 433 ; and Mr. Salvin onPhalacio- 

 corax, 199. 



Scylloea pclagica, 493. 



Screw pines, 245, 255, 302, 319; in 

 Hawaii, 432. 



Sea-anemone, living in tube, 353 ; 

 deep-sea, 353, 508 ; Pelagic, 496. 



Sea Beans, 15, 116. 



Sea-elephants, 98, 148, 163; bones 

 of, 192; food of, 178; herd of, 

 174; trunk of, 176; mode of 

 hunting, habits of 197. 



Seal, Bladdernose, 177? food of, 

 164, 178; Fur, 1 10, 164, 177 ; Fur, 

 young, killed, 179 ; swimming of, 

 229; pet, 517. 



Scalpellinn, large, 508. 



Scolopendia, 6. 



Sea-leopard, 174; bones of, I92. 



Sea serpent, the, 371. 



Sea urchins, with poisonous spineS; 



