INDEX 



237 



Rendova Island, 134 

 Rennell Island, 182 



dangers, 196, 197 

 Rhamphomantis megarhynchus, 176 

 Rhipidura louisiadensis, 92 



setosa nigromentalis, 93 

 Rockhampton, 6, 39, 169 

 Rossel Island, 31, 89, 91, 92, 94, 



181 



morals, 90 



Rothschild, the Hon. Walter, 5, 27, 



37, 38, 61, 74, 101, 134, 173, 197, 



221, 230, 231 



Sago leaves, roof of, 46 

 Salvadorina waiginensis, 125 

 Samarai, 39, 42, 43, 58, 60, 61, 63, 76, 



79, 93, 133, 159, 168, 177, 178, 182, 



195, 200 



San Christoval Island, 192 

 Sandalwood-getters, 138 

 Sand iguana, 29 

 Saturnid, curious, 123 

 " Saunek," 210 

 " Scrubbers, 1 ' 21, 22 

 Scrub hen, the, 30 

 Scrub-hen's nest, the, 30 

 Scrub turkey, the, 39 

 " Shamrock,'* the, 171, 177, 190, 210 

 Sheep country, 12 



Station, Hughenden, 11 



Shooting rapids, 212 



Silos, 13 



Skulls as adornments, 53 



Smith, Mr. Stanniforth, 55, 115, 116 



Smoos, Mr., 209 



Snaring birds, 149 



Snow Mountains, 210, 211, 215 



Solomons, canoe houses, 102 



Solomon group, Jew's harp, 141 



Islands, 8, 53, 96, 101, 102, 184 



Sorcerer, 58, 69 

 Sorcerer's impudence, 59 

 Sorcery, 69, 70, 71, 103 

 Sores under the feet, 172 

 South-east monsoon, 97 

 South Sea Islanders, 6 



Islands, 39 



flower life, 106 



life, wearied with, 



196 



Spells, 72 



St. Aignan, 86, 88, 89 

 St. Christabel, 191 



St. Joseph River, 139 



State control of liquor, 169 



Strix tenebricosa, 128 



Sudest, 92, 93 



Suloya, 73 



" Sundowners," 18 



" Switchback " country, 113 



Sydney, 200 



Synoicus plumblus, 176 



Taboo marks, 102 



Tai-imi, 59, 60 



" Talking at " boys, 158 



Tanysiptera rosseliana, 91 



Tara Cay, 204, 208 



Tenaris, 99 



Thieves, 57 



" Thorn,' 1 the, 2 



Thursday Island, 171, 203, 204 



Tobacco, 48, 226, 227 



native way of using, 116 



plant indigenous to New 



Guinea, 115 



" Tomahawk stones," 73 

 Traders tempted by lonely life to 



drunkenness, 191 

 Tragedy at Ilo, 56 

 Trees, " sugaring," 2 

 Tring Museum, 1, 38, 81, 134, 168, 



170, 180, 182, 196, 199, 210, 214, 



217, 230 

 Trobriand chief, Toulu, 66 



Island, 61, 62, 63, 65, 72, 76, 77 



Trobrianders, 62, 63, 65, 67, 68 

 Troides alexandrae, 173, 174, 179, 



195 



breeding of, 172 



chimcera, 130, 144, 161, 162 



coelestis, 86 



goliath, 179 



larvae, 173 



meridioTialis, 96 



rubiamis, 134 



Tropical diseases and regular exercise, 



4,40 



Tropical Jungle, 42 

 Troubles with carriers, 112 

 Turtle, eggs of, 207 

 Turtles, eating, 207, 208 



Urvilliana, 104 



" Valk," 210 



Van der Van, Captain, 220 



