INDEX. 



375 



Figureheads of ships, probable 



origin of, 150. 

 Filet, G. J., on the Malay names 



of plants, 186. 

 Fire, mode of producing, 65. 

 Fishing, 151 ; nets and lines, 154; 



hooks, 156; snares, 157; f\^]i- 



spear, 153. 

 Flagellaria indica, 290. 

 Fleurieu, M., 192, 234, 262, 265, 



273, 274, 278. 

 Flints, worked, 77. 

 Florida Islands, discovery of, 208, 



274 ; natives, 114, 119, 130; 



head-hunting, 17; dances, 143; 



pile-dwellings, 60 ; weapons, 73, 



75 ; geological structure of, vii. 

 Flotation of fruits and seeds, 292, 



305. 

 Flower, Prof., on the varieties of 



the human species, 98. 

 Flowers, i;sed in decorating the per- 

 son, 134; rare in the forests, 284; 



conspicuous at the coast, 289. 



Flying-fish, superstitions concern- 

 ing, 153 ; wounds caused by, 

 153. 



Fonfono Island, 277. 



Food, vegetable, 84; animal, 91. 



Forbes, H, 0., on ringworm in the 

 Malay Archipelago, 172 ; on 

 Myrmecodia, 282 ; on the Bir- 

 gus, 322. 



Forrest, Captain, on Port Dory 

 pottery, 64 ; on pig-luuiting iu 

 New Guinea, 159. 



Forster, J. R., 87. 



Forster, G., 135. 



Fox, Dr. Tilbury, on Tokelau ring- 

 worm, 171. 



Freycinetia, 289. 



Fries, Mr., on Pachyma, 306. 



Frogs, 8, 190, 308 ■ new family of, 

 315 ; development of, 316. 



Frontlets, 131. 



Fruits, 84, 87, 89. 



Fumaroles, vii., 66, 86. 



Fungi, 89, 285, 304. 



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Galera. Island, 207, 274. 



Gallego, suggested compliment to, 

 234 ; supposed discoverer of the 

 Southern Continent, 248 ; error 

 in latitudes, 274. 



Gallego's journal, 192; unpub- 

 lished, 247 ; compared with 

 Figueroa's account, 272. 



Galvano, 275. 



Games, boyish, 76, 145. 



Gar-fish, superstition concerning, 

 153; Avounds caused by, 153. 



Gatah, 189. 



(ieological structure of the Solomon 

 Islands, gen ei'al remarks upon, vi. 



Gestures, 125. 



Gill, Rev. Wyatt, 187, 319, 325. 



Ginsima Island, 257. 



Gl^eocapsa, 327. 



Gleichenia, 5, 95, 132, 281, 288. 



Gnetum, 88, 288. 



Gnetum gnemon, 89, 288. 



Gomphandra, 295, 305. 



Gorai, the Shortland chief, 6, 27, 



28, 47; his power, 14, 21 ; his 

 wives, 44 ; his residence, 59. 



Goura pigeon, pebbles in gizzard, 

 325. 



Gourds for betel-lime, 95. 



Government, system of, 13. 



Gower Island, 80, 259, 261. 



Graves, 51. 



Green, Mr. J. R., on edible birds* 

 nests, 327. 



Grinding-stones, 6, 77. 



Groningen Island, 257. 



Guadalcanar,di>;covery of, 210, 214, 

 220 ; reported mineral wealth, 

 247 ; excessive Spanish estimate 

 of its size, 275 ; characters of 

 natives, 104, 120; weapons, 74, 

 75 ; head-hunting and cannibal- 

 ism, 18, 35 ; murder of Mr. 

 Boyd, 270; legends of apes, 335; 

 fine coast scenery, 359 ; heavy 

 rainfall, 359 ; probable geologi- 

 cal structure, vi. 



Guadalupe Island, 209. 



