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General Index. 



Macolos, 241. 

 Madagascar, 231, 237, 243. 

 Madeira, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12. 

 Madre de Dios Island, 47. 

 Madura Island, 209. 



Magellan, Straits of, I, 34, 1 12, 117, 127. 

 Magellanes, Chilian vessel, gunboat or cor- 

 vette, 40, 130. 

 Mahe, 21 1, 213, 214, 218. 

 Malacca, Straits of, 2, 210. 

 Malay Archipelago, 2. 

 Maldive Islands, 210. 

 Maldonado Point, 21. 

 Mallicollo, New Hebrides, 179. 

 Manga Reva Island, 152. 

 Mariner of Tonga, 168, 169. 

 Martin, Dr. John, 169. 

 Maranhense, s.s., 123, 124. 

 Marie Louise Island, 225, 226. 

 Matavai Bay, 144. 

 Mate drinking, 28. 

 Maurelle, 168. 

 Mauritius, 214. 

 Mayne, Adam, 157. 

 ,, Harbour, 42. 

 Mayotte Island, 240. 

 Me Corkill, Mr., 165. 

 Megalithic structure, 173. 

 Mendana, 144. 

 Merilava, 179. 

 Mequin Pass, 90. 



Messier Channel, 103, 104, ill, 123. 

 Miers, Mr. E. J., u. 

 Moa, town of, 173. 

 Monsoons, 206. 

 Montague Bank, 20. 

 Monte, 27. 

 Montenegro, 90, 92. 

 Monte Video, 22, 124. 

 Moraine profonde, 76. 

 Moreno, Senor, 30. 

 Morice, Dr., 204. 

 Morne, Captain, 166. 

 Moseley, Mr., 166. 

 Moss, curious growth of, 108. 

 Moths on the ocean, 20. 

 Mound bird, 201. 

 Mozambique, 2. 



,, ' Island, 240, 241, 242. 

 Mulhall, Mr., 30. 

 Museums at Buenos Ayres, 28, 29. 

 Mussels, 48, 67. 

 Nares, Sir George, 2, 3, 1 1, 63, 82, 106. 



Narrows, English, 62. 

 First, 34. 

 Guia. 



Nassau, H.M.S., I, 54. 

 ,, Island, 152. 



Natives of West Patagonia, 48. 

 New Hebrides, 179. 

 North, Mr. Frederick, 4, 43. 

 Nouvelle Cyth^re, 145. 

 Nukualofa, 169, 170, 175. 

 Nukunono Island, 154, 158. 

 Nutria, 58, 97, 126. 



Oatafu Island, 154, 155. 

 Obstruction Sound, 55, 6s. 

 O'Neil, Mr., 242. 

 Oranges, 148. 

 Orchids, 199. 

 Ores of copper, 94. 

 Organ-pipe Range, 67. 

 Ostriches of Uruguay, 26. 

 Otaheite, 145. 

 Otter of Magellan, 48, 58. 

 Otway Water, 117, 127, 128. 

 Ovalau, 159, 160, 165, 166. 

 Oyster- catcher, 39, 55, 68. 



Pachuros, 142. 



Palmas, 12. 



Palmerston, town of, 201, 202. 



Pampas, 97. 



Pandora, 168. 



Paofai, 151. 



Papiete, 146. 



Paraquay tea or " yerba," 29. 



Parlett, Mr., 242. 



Paroquets, 183. 



Parr, Mr., of Fiji, 165, 166. 



Parrayon, Mons., 151. 



Partridge, red-legged, 220. 



Patagonia, 128, 136. 



Patent Log injured by sharks, 82. 



Pau Mountain, 242. 



Paumotus, 228. 



Payne, Mr. Alfred, 4. 



Pearls, 198. 



Pearl-shell of Alphonse Island, 231. 



Pearl-shelling, 194, 196, 197. 



Peat avalanche, 31. 



Pecherays, 55, 123. 



Peckett Harbour, 38. 



"Peeter," 156. 



Pelagic animals, 17, 168, 179. 



Penas, gulf of, 48, 51, 73, 80, 103. 



Pence, 95, 96, 99. 



Percy Islands, 183. 



Petrels, 13, 17, 87, 88, 89, 105. 



Petley, Lieutenant W. H., 4, 185. 



Philippi, Dr., 90. 



Phosphorescence, 8. 



Picton Channel, 73, 74. 



town, 51. 

 Pigafetta, 140. 

 Pilot fish, 13. 



