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INDEX. 



Delivrance, lies de la, 262. 

 Denliain. Capt., R. N., 271. 

 Dentrecasteaux, 1-49, 174, 260, 



266, 269, 278. 

 Deposits, deep-sea, upraised, viii., ix. 

 Dillon, Capt. P., 266. 

 Dioscorea sativa, 84. 

 Diseases, 163; epidemics, 176. 

 Dispersal of plants, 291, 305; of 



batrachians, 317 ; of luli, 329 ; 



of Neritinse, 339. 

 Disposition, 127. 

 Dogs, 159, 191. 

 Dolichocephaly, 111, 114. 

 Dolicholobiuni, 283, 288. 



Domestic utensils, 62. 



Drake, Sir Francis, 247, 244. 



Dress, 130. 



Drinking-vcssels, 62. 



Drums, 143. 



Dudley, 256. 



Dutf Group, 251. 



Dugongs, 6. 



Dug-out canoes, 146, 150. 



D'Urville, 16, 103, 265, 268, 269; 

 his opinion of the Solomon Islan- 

 ders, 129. 



Dutaillis, M., 270. 



Dyed Grass, 74, 132, 138. 



Dynamite, use of, in fishing, 158. 



E. 



Ear ornaments, 133. 



Earl, G. W., 189 ; on the hair of 



Papuans, 117 ; on the prevailing 



skin eruption, 172. 

 Echoes, superstition concerning, 



54. 

 Eddystone Island, s^'eSimbo Island. 

 Elajocarpus, 287, 293. 

 Elephantiasis, 176. 

 Elevation, see Upheaval. 

 Ellis, 153, 175 ; on the deification 



of sharks, 71. 

 Emerald, H.M.S., 26. 

 Emotions, expressions of, 125. 



Epalle, Monsignor, murder of, 270. 



Epidemic diseases, 176. 



Epiphytes, 282, 285, 289. 



Epilation, 118. 



Parian thcmum variabile, 305. 



Erosion of freshwater shells, 340. 



Erjthrina, 289. 



Escondido Harbour, 219. 



Espiritu Santo, 252. 



Estrella Harbour, 202. 



Eugenia, 291, 293. 



Eugenio, Point, 243. 



Evcred, Mr., 106. 



Evodia horteusis, 135, 305, 



F. 



Facial angle, 115. 



Fagra)a Berteriana, 188, 288. 



Fanarite, district of St. Christoval, 

 19. 



Fan-palms, see Licuala. 



Fans, 66. ^ 



Faro Island, see Fauro Island. 



Farquhar, Dr., on '^i'okelau ring- 

 worm, 171. 



Fat, fondness of, 92, 



Fauro Island, chiefs of, 25, 46 ; 

 villages, 60, 82 ; tambu-liouses, 

 71 ; canoes, 149; physical char- 



acters of natives, 103, 113; 



vegetation, 287, 289 ; geology, 



vii, 280. 

 Feasts, 50, 68, 93. 

 Features, 115. 

 Female sex, their drudgery, 41 ; 



their chastity, 43; polygan)y, 44. 

 Ferguson, Captain, murder of, 21, 



54. 

 Ferns, 283, 294 ; edible, 89. 

 Ficus, 190, 301. 

 Fiuueroa, Dr., 192, 234, 254, 272, 



274. 



