GENERAL INDEX, 



microscopic, on 



Ache AS, "93. 



Acosta, 255. 



Adenanthera pavonina, 293. 



Agassiz, A., on scjpho-medusse, 335. 



Agassiz, L., on scvpho-medusse, 



334. 

 AJeurites, 88. 

 Algse, edible, 89 



cliffs, 327. 

 Alpinias, 283, 288, 29i. 

 Ala, see Shortland Islands. 

 Angiopteris, 283, 294. 

 Annexation in the Western Pacific, 



remarks upon, xi. 

 Auoga resin, 66. 

 Atison Island, 259. 

 Anumi, 25. 



Apes, anthropoid, legends of, 335. 

 Archer, H., 334. 



Areca palms, their frequency, 294 ; 

 their station, 283, 285, 287 ; 

 growing tops, edible, 88 ; fruits 

 substitutes for betel-nuts, 95 ; 

 trunks used for beds, 61 ; dis- 

 persal of fruits, 293, 305 ; list of 

 palms, G03. 



Arias, Dr. .J. L., 254. 



Armlets, 132, 133. 



Arracises Island, 211, 275. 



Arrowroot, South Sea, 89. 



Arrows, 72. 



Asclepiads, 289, 290, 298. 



Asplenium nidus, 285, 329. 



Assent, gesture of, 126. 



Astonishment, gestvn-e of, 125. 



Atkin, Rev. J., 15. 



Australia del Kspiritu Santo, 252. 



Awisulu, 154, 285. 



B. 



Bagana, volcano of, vii, 39, 53. 

 Baker, J. G., on the fungi, 294. 

 Balalai Island, 53. 

 Baldness, 119. 

 Ball, Lieut., 266. 

 Bamboos, brakes of, 288. 

 Bananas, see Plantains. 

 Banyans, 284, 285, 286, 290, 293, 



294, 301. 

 Barometrical observations, 361, 



366. 

 Barringtonia edulis, 85. 

 Barringtonia speciosa, 101-, 156. 



158, 188, 290, 291, 292, 305. 

 Bateman, Mr., 18. 

 Batrachians, 308 ; new family of, 



315 ; dispersal of, 317. 



Bats, 82, 211. 



Bauro, St. Christoval ICO. 229, 



252, 277. 

 Bea 37. 



Beaumont, Dr., R.X., 114. 

 Beccari, Signor, 289, 295. 

 Beckoning, mode of, 125. 

 Beds, 61. 

 Begonia, 288. 

 Behrens, 257. 



Belcher, Capt. Sir E., R.N.. 269. 

 Beliefs, religious, 53. 

 Bennet, Mr. G., 71, 319. 

 Bennet, Dr. G., 187. 

 Bernstein, Dr., 326. 

 Betagh, Capt., 256. 

 Betel-chewing, 95. 



