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USEFUL PLANTS OF GUAM. 



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Baguios (hurricanes) 43 



Balsas (rafts) of bamboo 149 



Bamboo water vessels 98, 194 



Bamboos 63,194 



Banana flour 329 



Bananas 63 



Banner-fish (Zanclus) 83 



Banyans 55, 63, 65, 275 



germination 65 



haunted by spirits 109 



Baptism of aborigines 14 



Barbudo fish (Polydactylus) 83 



Bark cloth 189 



Barrigada hill (Tiyan) 51 



Barringtonia fruit, a fish intoxicant 75, 81 



Barringtonia formation 54 



Barringtonia spcciosa, 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 



Beches de 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 ; 78 



Biryus latro, the robber crab 90, 235 



Bithynis, fresh- water crustaceans 90 



Bittern, called kakkag 79 



Black-fiber palm 368 



Blinding tree 271 



Blindworm (Typhlops) 81 



Boathouses 97 



Boats of aborigines 100 



Boatswain, or tropic bird 80 



Bocoa edulis (Polynesian chestmit) absent. 98 



Bones, human, used for spear-points 106 



Boobies (sea-birds) 80 



Botanical names, authority 171 



Botany of Guam, 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 189 



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 



Burney's Chronological History 157 



Butterflies 91 



Butterfly-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 



Cables of bark rope for ferries 149 



Cabo-negro palm 148, 368 



Cabras, or Apapa, Island 48, 49 



Cabrilla, a spotted fish 84 



Cacao 146, 385 



Caladium colocasia, the taro plant 69, 206 



Caltrops used in early wars 107 



Camba, Don Andres Garcia 30 



Cambodian tribes allied to Malayo-Poly- 



nesians 117 



Camphire 306 



Candle nut (Aleuritcs moluccana) 67, 117 



Candles imported from Japan 137 



Cannibalism, absence 98 



Canoes 12, 102 



Capers indigenous to Guam 212 



Capital, lack and need 40, 132 



Carangus asccnsionis, a p6mpano, called 



tarakito 88 



Carcharius melanoptcrus, a shark, called 



haluo 85 



Cardisoma rotundum, a crab 90 



Cardol, a resinous oil ... 148 



Carlos III, King of Spain 21 



Carlos IV, King of Spain 25 



Caroline Islanders living in Guar; n, 119 



Carts 125 



Cart-wheels, wood used 209 



Carving, natives ignorant of th ar t 116 



Cascajo (gravel ) for road-makijg 142 



Cashew-nut, oil from _ 148 



Cassava, preparation of J 310 



Castanets / 108 



Caste distinctions of aborigin, s 104 



Catalangan tribes of Philippii es> beliefs ... 110 



Cattle used for steeds 77 



Cavan, a measure 139 



Cavendish, English navigator. 155 



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 aMbang (sea-butterflies) 83 



Chamisso, Adelbert von 28,29 



Chamorri, or nobles, regarded with dread. 104 



Chamorro, language, ancient 113 



grammar of 158 



