IXDEX. 



547 



LOC- 



Locusts, vast numbers of them, 231 



— superstiti6n of the Moslems respect- 



ing them, 23 1 



— Southey's description of them, 232 



— eaten by man in the Sahara and 

 South Africa, 251 



Lodoicea Sechellarum. nuis of the, 154 

 Loggerhead turtle (Chelonia caouana), 



331 

 Logwood, value of, 193. 



— a native of America, I93l 



— logwood cutters, their mode of life, 



194 



— disputes with the Spaniards, 194 

 Lomas, or chains of hills, which bound 



the east of the sand-coast of Peru, 

 33 



— the pasture-grounds of the Lomeros, 



33 



— beasts of prey in the Lomas, 33 

 Lonthoir, nutmeg trees of, 228 

 Loris, the, 516 



Luminous beetles, 210 



Lum tree of Ualan, singular formation 



of the roots of the, 143 

 livbian desert, mirage of the, 13 

 Lyre-bird, 362 



MACA, a tuberous plant, cultivated 

 by the Indians in the high table- 

 lands of Peru and Bolivia, 23 



Maeauba palm trees, encased by para- 

 sitic fig trees, 137 



Macaw, or Ara (Macrocercus macao), 

 397 



Mace of commerce, 202 



Maco Indians, 70 



Macus Indians, urari or wourali poison 

 prepared by the, 68 



Madagascar, traveller-tree of (Ravenala 

 speciosa), uses of the, 169 



Madeira river, a tributary of the Ama- 

 zons, 37 



Mahogany tree (Swietenia mahagoni) 

 of British Honduras and Balize, 

 129 



value of the wood of the, 129 



Maimon monkey, 509 



Maize, cultivation of, 165 



— imported from America by Colum- 



bus, 165 



— its present cultivation in the eastern 



hemisphere, 165 



— its magnificent growth, 165 



— its enormous productiveness, 165 



— the harvest of, 1 66 



— - its wide zone of cultivation, 166 

 Maldive Isles, mysterious nuts of the 



154 

 Malayan race, the, 253 



man: 



Malayan race, physical conformation of, 

 253 



— their betel-chewing, 254 



— their manners and customs, 254 



— accounts of them by travellers, 254 



— their intelligence and civilisation, 



255 



— Rajah Brooke's account of them, 



255 



— their daring piratical excursions, 



256 



— inveterate gamblers, 257 



— the lllanuns of Mindanao and the 



Balagnini of the vicinity of Sooloo, 

 256 



— their fondness for cock-fighting, 257 



— running a-muck, 258 



— bad agriculturists and artisans, but 



excellent sportsmen, 258 



— their ignorance, and its results, 259 



— knowledge and civilization of the 



Battas, 259 



— their cannibalism, and its origin, 



269 



— men eaten alive, 260 



— the Begus, or evil spirits, 260 



— the religious feelings of the people, 



261 



— their aerial dwellings, 261 



— funeral ceremonies of the Battas, 



262 



— the Dyaks of Borneo, and therr 



customs, 263 



— their head houses and atrocious 



murders, 263 



— the same atrocities of other island- 



ers, 263 



— customs of the Minkokas of Celebes, 



263 



— their sumpitans. or blow-pipes, 264 



— their houses and villages, 264 



— their hospitality and truthfulness, 



264 



— Mrs. Ida Pfeiffer's account of them, 



265 

 Malay bear (Ursus malayanus), its love 



of cocoa-nuts, 149 

 Manakins (Pipra) of Gruiana and Brazil, 



351 

 Mandrill, the, 509, 510 

 Mandioca root, 169 

 Mandrucu Indians, 76 

 Mango (Mangifera indica), fruit of the, 

 173 



— varieties grown at Kew gardens, 



173 

 Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana), 

 173 



— its flowers and delicious fruit, 173 

 Mangrove tree (Rhizopliora gymnor- 



rhiza, R. Mangle), 140 



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