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USEFUL PLANTS OF GUAM. 



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BiiRuios (hurricanes) 43 



Halsas (rafts) of litiinboo 149 



Hmuljoo wiUtT vessi'ls 98,194 



Bam boDS 63, 194 



Banana Uour 329 



Bananas 63 



Banner-fish (Ziinclus) 83 



Banyans 55,63,65,275 



gerniiimtion 65 



liaunted l^y spirits 109 



Baptism of aborigines 14 



Bart)n(lo fish ( Polydactylus) 83 



Bark cloth 189 



BarriKuda hill (Tiyan) 51 



Barringtonia fruit, a fish intoxicant 75,81 



Barringtonia formation 54 



Barrington ia s^irciosa, dispersal 75 



Barter of early Inhabitants 13, 17, 102 



Barter of modern inhabitants 33 



Baskets 98 



holding skulls 109,111 



Bats 76 



Beach, inner, vegetation 54 



Beads, seeds used 172, 174, 212 



Beans 197,272,281 



Bechesde mer 89 



Beliefs of aborigines 109, 113 



Beliefs of modern inhabitants 131 



Belostoma, an aquatic insect 94 



Belt, nectar glands of bulls-horn acacia. . . . 68 



Ben oil 148 



Bengough, William 4 



Bermuda grass 151, 212 



Betel chewing 21, 99, 127, 187 



nuts offered to visitors 103 



nut palm spontaneous in Guam 146 



pepper 99, 146, 154, 353 



Beverages of aborigines 99 



Beverages of modern inhabitants 127 



Bibliography 154 



Birds eaten by lizards 81 



Birds of Guam : "8 



Birgus latro, the robber crab 90, 235 



Bithynis, fresh-water crustaceans 90 



Bittern, called ki'ikkag 79 



Black-fiber palm 368 



Blinding tree 271 



Blind worm (Tj-phlops) 81 



Boathouses 97 



Boats of aborigines 100 



Boatswain, or tropic bird 80 



Bvcna cilulis (Polynesian chestnut) absent. 98 



Bones, hiniian, used for spear-points 106 



Boobies (sea-birds) 80 



Botanical names, authority 171 



Botany of (Juam, work needed 63 



Bows and arrows not used 106 



Brandy distillation forbidden 147 



Bread made with fermenting toddy 127 



Breadfruit 63, 145, 189 



Dampier's description 18 



described by Crozet 23 



leaves used as forage 150, 190 



preparation 99 



preservation 1S9 



use of bark 96 



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Breadfruit wood used in construction 190 



Breakwater on reef proposed 49 



Bruguiera, dispersal 72 



Buffalo used as a beast of burden 77 



Buoyancy of certain seeds and fruits 73 



Burial customs of aborigines 108 



Btirney's Chronological History 157 



Butterllies 91 



Butteril y-fishes 83 



Buttons made of ivory nuts 244 



Caban, or Kaban, a measure 139 



Cabbage, coconut palm 239 



Cabinet woods 204 



Cable route, survey 44, 45 



(tables of bark rope for ferries 149 



Cabo-negro palm 148, 368 



Cabras, or Apapfi Island 48, 49 



Cabrilla, a spotted fi.sh 84 



Cacao 146,385 



Caladhmi colocasia, the taro plant 69, 206 



Caltrops used in early wars 107 



Camba, Don Andres Garcia 30 



Cambodian tribes allied to Malayo-Poly- 



ncsians ' 117 



Camphire 306 



Candle nut (Alnn-itcs moluccana) 67, 117 



Candies imported from Japan 137 



Cannibalism, absence 98 



Canoes 12, 102 



Capers indigenous to Guam 212 



Capital, lack and need 40,132 



Carangus ascrnsionis, a p6mpano, called 



tarakito 88 



Carcharius vielanoptenis, a shark, called 



haluo 85 



Cardisoma rot nudum, a crab 90 



Cardol, a resinous oil 148 



Carlos III, King of Spain 21 



Carlos IV, King of Spain , 25 



Caroline Islanders living in Guaj 11, 119 



Carts 125 



Cart-wheels, wood used 209 



Carving, natives ignorant of thj art 116 



Cascajo (gravel ) for road-makng 142 



Cashew-nut, oil from 148 



Cassava, preparation of ., 316 



Castanets lOS 



Caste distinctions of aborigii^g 104 



Catalangan tribes of Philippiies, beliefs . . . 110 



Cattle u.sed for steeds 77 



Cavan, a measure 139 



Cavendish, English navigator. 1,55 



Cavern in the Talofofo Valley. 52 



Caverns in cliffs 44 



Centipedes (saligao), habits 94 



Cereals cultivated in Guam 143 



Ceremonial customs of aborigines 107, 108 



Ceremonies and feasts of modern inhabit- 

 ants 130 



Cervus mariannus, an introduced deer 76 



ChAchao Mountain, height of 51 



Chaetodons, called ababang (sea-butterflies) 83 



Cliamisso, Adelbertvon 28,29 



Cliamorri, or nobles, regarded with dread. 104 



Chamorro, language, ancient 113 



grammar of 158 



