INDEX OF SUBJECTS 



Aborigines, Australian, 2, 41-3, 46-9, j 

 53, 64, 81, 84, 85, 99, 100, 106, 133, j 

 134, 138, 143, 149, 150, 151, 161, 163, 

 167, 170, 173, 175, 181, 186, 190, 192, 

 194, 206, 209, 210, 211, 214, 220, 221, 

 224, 225, 227, 230, 234, 235, 238, 239, 

 244, 246, 247, 250, 255, 259, 268, 272, 

 276, 280, 284, 285, 288, 290, 292, 298, 

 299, 303, 36, 37, 31. 317. 33 2 . 336, 

 347. 354. 357. 358, 371, 373, 377, 385, j 

 387, 389, 393. 396, 398, 400, 402, 403, 

 406, 415, 421, 423, 426, 430, 444, 447, 

 449, 452, 453, 457, 461, 462, 480, 486, 

 488, 490, 492, 494, 500, 509, 516, 529, 



534. 535, 538. 541, 543, 545, 554. 5^9. 

 571, 586, 589, 599, 600, 605, 618, 629, 

 632, 639, 644, 653, 675, 679, 681, 682, 

 685-8, 705, 707, 709, 721, 724, 726, 729, 



734, 736 



Aborigines of New Guinea, 23, 36, 38 

 Acknowledgments, xiii (vol. i) 

 Admiralty Charts, 152, 158, 173, 224, 472, 



645, 693, 694, 699. 7 OI > 7 l6 7 l8 

 720 

 Aernem (see also Pera and Aernem), 46, 



59-60 



,, Disaster in New Guinea, 59 

 Separation from the Pera, 59 

 Agate, 382 

 Agricultural Land, 342, 354, 420, 443, 



478, 739 



Albatross (steamer), 52, 653, 679, 68 1 

 America, Wreck of, 262 

 Amsterdam (ship), 28 

 Anastomosis of River-mouths in Coastal 

 Deltas, 46, 164, 189, 219, 286, 298, 



389. 394, 47. 4 10 , 6 43 

 Anda ne Barcha, 7 

 Anthill Fireplaces, 577 

 Anthills, " Graveyard," 529 



Large, 320, 493, 578, 668, 670 



Meridional, 530 

 Antimony, 710 

 Ants, Undermining by, 668 

 Apple-gum, 552, 567 

 Arias Memorial, n, 17 

 Ariel (ship), 204, 225, 227, 233-6, 239, 



248, 251, 253, 254, 260, 696 

 Arrows, 36, 88, 107, 113, 114, 119, 120, 



131, 134, i? 1 . J 77, 179, 180, 

 263 



Poisoned, 355 

 Artesian Water, 188, 306 

 Asp (boat), 258 

 Assistant (ship), 112-17, 120, 124, 131, 



170, 171, 355 



L' Astrolabe and La Zelee, 117, 169-71, 

 355 



Auriferous Country, 271 



Rocks, Potential, 625 

 Australia, Early Ideas of its Connection 



with New Guinea, 6 

 Australian Agricultural Co., 160 



Bamboo, 552, 556, 557, 722 



Bananas, 37, 170, 342 



Banksia, 579 



Barbarism and Civilization in Contact, i, 



3i 



Barber-Surgeon, 34, 42 



Barter, 114, 131, 175, 178, 264 



Basalt, 1 86, 280, 292, 293, 376, 382, 406, 



408, 435, 443, 444, 446, 478, 528 

 Basilisk (steam cruiser), 114, 171, 352- 



366, 550, 716 

 Batavia Goldfield, 315 

 Bathurst (ship), 151-2, 220 

 Batteries, 707, 708, 710, 726, 729 

 Beacon, 177 



Beagle (ship), 159-68, 267, 269, 658 

 Beche de Mer, 144, 289, 340, 346, 364, 



368, 373, 569, 593, 678, 695 

 Beef, a Revelation to Natives, 334 

 Beetles, Plague of, 540 

 Bellerophon (ship), 124 

 Ben Bolt (ship), 288 

 Birds, 85, 101, 176, 188, 264, 363 



,, Small, 512 

 Bismuth, 404, 447 

 Black Diamond (s.s.), 167 

 Blacks (see Aborigines) 

 Black Soil and Chocolate Soil, 478 

 Blindness (in Horses) caused by Poison 



Plants, 316 

 Blood-poisoning, 564 

 Bloodwood, 315, 454, 483, 489, 490, 492, 



493, 495. 496, 497, 498, 505, 507, 509, 



5". 527, 530. 543. 552, 555, 5^5, 5^7. 



578, 579 



Blue Bell (ship), 340 

 Bogs, 229, 315, 317, 321, 324, 327, 329, 



453- 457, 462, 470, 540, 549, 560, 566, 



574, 577. 579, 580, 581, 588, 595, 606, 



608, 609, 610, 612, 618, 620, 623, 668- 



677 



Bounty s Launch, 97, 100 

 Bowen (steamer), 615 

 Bowerbird, 525 



Box, 489, 493, 555, 578, 579, 632, 634 

 Bracq (ship), 62 

 Bramble (ship), 203, 221, 225, 245, 252, 



2.57-65 



Breadfruit Tree, 97, 112, 124 

 Bridges, 212, 331, 578, 582, 583, 593, 595, 



596, 607, 608, 611, 619, 620, 622 



1127 



761 



