INDEX. 



373 



Catarrhal diseases, 176. 



Caulerpa, 89. 



Cerbera, 25, 288. 



Cerbera odollam, 289, 290, 292. 



Ceratobatrucliida), 315. 



Cetacean, a rare, 335. 



Chalcedony, 78. 



Chalk, 79. ' 



Chalmers, Itev. .J., 325. 



(hamisso, 90 ; on the Radack 



Islander.s, 128. 

 Chest-airth, 105. 

 Cbevrou-line pattern, 139. 

 Chevne, Capt., 16, 39, 185, 269. 

 Choiseul Island, viii, discovery of, 



212, 275; native shields, 75. 

 Choiseul Bay, visit of Bougainville 



to, 250 ; physical characters of 



natives, 103 ; chiefs, 26; canni- 

 balism, 38. 

 Cicatrices, 136. 

 Circumcision, 137. 

 Clerodendron inerme, 289. 

 Climate, xi, 352 : rainfall, 355 ; 



temperature, 301 ; winds, 362; 



humidity, 361 ; influence on 



body-weight, 369. 

 Clothing, 130. 

 Chibs, 73. 

 Cccoa-nut pahns, 84, 305, 321 : 



mode of clisnbiug, 82 : dwarf 



tre(.'s, 52. 

 Cocoa-nut Crab, 92, 319. 

 Codiseum variegatum, 305. 

 Codrington, Be v. Dr., 53, 71, 137. 



335; on the Solomon Island 



languages, 185; on head-hunting 



raids, 16. 

 Coenobita, 330, 333. 

 Coix lachryma, 131, 305. 



CoUocalia, 325. 



Colours, names of, 124. 



Colour-sense, 123. 



Combs, 137. 



Comrie, Dr., R.X., on Tokelau ring- 

 worm, 173. 



Conches, 143. 



Constellations, names of, 56. 



Contrariete Island, 221, 261, 275. 



Cook, Capt., on the supposed posi- 

 tion of the Solomon islands, 264. 



Cooking, modes of, 86, 92; cooking- 

 stones, 56, 86 ; cooking vessels, 

 62, 86. 



Coral islet, vegetation of. 289. 



Coral reefs, viii. 



Cord, knotted forrecordingtime, 56. 



Cornelian, 78. 



Corucia zebrata, 312. 



Couches, 61. 



Crawfurd, Mr., 88, 189 : on the in- 

 troduction of tobacco, 95. 



Crinum, 290. 



Crocodiles, 6, 9 ; habits of, 309 • 

 captures of, 91, 311 ; impress 

 ions on sand, 309. 



Cucumis melo, 84. 



Cultivation, 81. 



Curaming, Miss Gordon, on Fijian 

 pottery, 63. 



Curacoa, H.M.S , 16. 



Cuscus, 91, 92, 311 ; habits, 161 ; 

 hunting, 160. 



Cycas circinalis, station of, 287,290, 

 292 ; sago yielding, 90 ; edible 

 top or cabbage, 90 ; fruits edible, 

 90; medicinal use, 169; dispersal 

 of fruits, 292, 305. 



Cvrense, 76, 91. 



Cyrtostachys, 88, 283. 



D. 



D'Albertis, Signor, 76, 141. 

 Dalrymple, 192, 234, 263. 274. 

 Dampier, 264. 

 Dances, 48, 143. 

 Danville, 256. 



Darwin, 179, 319, 331, 339. 

 Davios, Mr. T., on the rocks of St. 

 Christoval, vi. 



Davis, Dr. Barnard, on the hair of 



Papuans, 117. 

 De Br. sses, 257. 

 Decaying fiesh, taste for, 92. 

 Deformities, spinal, 175 ; of feet, 



177 ; liare-lip, 177. 

 Delight, gesture of, 1 25. 

 Delisle, 256. 



