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INDEX. 



Betel palm, 81, 9o. 



Betel-pepper plaiit, 05. 



Bikkid, 26'J. 



Bird's-ncst, edible, 325. 



Bird's-nest fern, 285, 329. 



Birgus latro, 92, 319. 



Bita, sister of Gorai, 23, 31, 50. 



Bill Island, 222, 



Blanciie, H.M.S., 23. 



Boar's tusks, 76. 



Bond, Captain, 275. 



Botanical notes, 280. 



Bougainville, M., 26, 38, 149, 259, 

 269. 



Bougainville Island, vi., 21, 27, 

 34, 39, 53, 91, 120, 136, 138. 



Bougainville Straits, Islands of, 38, 

 56, 94, 123, 124, 139; chiefs, 20, 

 27 ; position of women, 44 ; 

 modes of burial, 51 ; dwellings, 

 58 ; pottery, 62 ; tanibu-houses, 

 71; weapons, 72, 74; cultivation, 

 81, 84 ; modes of cooking, 86 ; 

 phvsical characters of natives, 

 103, 113, 114, 118-120; dress, 

 &c., 130, 133; cicatrices, 136; 

 tunes and songs, 141 ; canoes, 

 147 ; modes of fishing, 155 ; voc- 

 abulary, 180 ; botany, 280 ; geo- 

 logical characters, vi.. vii., 280. 



Bouka Island, 34, 118, 138, 259, 

 260. 



Boulenger, Mr., on the reptiles and 



batrachians, 308, 313, 316. 

 Bouro Island, 100, 277. 

 Bow-drill, 76. 

 Bowen, Captain, 154, 266. 

 Bower, Lieut., R-N., launk-r of, 11, 



17. 

 Bows, 72. 



Boyd, Mr. B., murder of, 270. 

 Brachycephaly, 111, 114. 

 Brady, Mr. H. B., on the Solomon 



island deposits, ix. ; on the New 



Ireland chalk, 79. 

 Brains, human, as food, 224. 

 Brandt on scvpho-medusse, 334. 

 Breadfruit trees, 81, 82, 84, 190. 

 Brenchley, J. L., 16, 36, 70, 75, 79, 



344. 

 Broca, M., Ill, 114, 118, 120. 

 Broth, vegetable, 25. 

 Bua tree, 188. 



Buache, M., 192, 234, 255, 263. 

 Buenavista Island, 207, 274. 

 Bulimus cleryi, 338. 

 Burial, modes of, 51. 

 Burney, 234, 273, 274. 

 Burning-glasses, 66. 

 Bush-hens, 325. 

 Bush-men, 14, 32, 91, 120. 

 Buttress-trees, 285, 286, 290, 



294. 

 Byron, Commodore, 258 



0. 



Cabbage, mountain, 88, 90. 

 Cabo de Cruz, 237. 

 C:ibo dc Fortunas, 239, 241. 

 Cacones, Isles of, 243. 

 Ctesalpinia nuga, 289. 

 California, Old, 243. 

 Calophvllum, 66, 189, 237, 295, 



305." 

 Calopliyllum inophyllum, 290, 291. 



292, 305. 

 Calvert, Rev. J., 63. -^ 

 Canarium, 85, 87, 189, 285, 287, 



291, 293, 295. 

 Canarium commune, 85, 189. 

 Candelaria Shoals, 199, 262, 273, 



275. 

 Canna indica, 305. 



Cannibalism, 35, 260. 



Canoes, 67, 71, 146 ; canoe-deities, 



149. 

 Cap Oriental, 262. 

 Cape Prieto, 206. 

 Cape Satisfaction, 278. 

 Capron, Mr. Rand, on the visual 



powers of savages, 123. 

 Carcri, Gem'.Ui, 257. 

 Carter, Mr. Brudenell, on the 



visual powers of savages, 122. 

 Carteret, Captain, 80, 258. 

 Cartographers, the early, 255. 

 Caryota, palm, 284, 285, 287, 305 ; 



edit lie top or cabbage, 88 ; sago- 



3-iclding, 91. 

 Casuarina trees, 290, 292. 



