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INDEX. 



ism, 36 ; murder of missionaries, 

 270. 



Malaita, head-hunting, 18; char- 

 acters of natives ot north coast, 

 103, 113, 114, 120, 136; hgcnds 

 of apes, 335 ; first discovery of 

 the island, 205, 219, 220, 274, 

 275. 



Malan, Lieut., R.N., 24, 52, 53, 

 180. 



Mallicolo Island, 277. 



Man, Mr., on the Andaman pottery, 

 64. 



Mana, supernatural power, 16. 



Mango, 85. 



Mangrove swamps, 282. 



Manicolo Island, 277. 



Manning, Capt., 266. 



Maramasiki Passage, discovcrv of, 

 220. 



Marau Sound, discovery of, 219. 



Markhara, Commander, R.N., 235. 



Marquesas Group, discovery of, 

 249. 



Marsden, Mr., 88, 90, 172. 



Marshall Group, discovery of, 238, 

 275. 



Matches, wax, 65. 



Mate, 210. 



Matema Islands, 277. 



Mats, 58, making mats, 61. 



Matthews, Mr., 281. 



Maurelle, 262. 



Mayer, on the height of Papuans, 

 105. 



Meals, 93. 



Mecaraylay Island, 277. 



Medicine-mon, 55, 163. 



Medusa3 in mangrove-swamps, 333. 



Megapodiidse, 191, 216, 325. 



Melanesiau Mission, 15, 140, 271. 



Melanesians, see Papuans. 



Melania), 338, 345 ; Melaniaguppyi, 

 337, 350. 



Mendana, his first expedition, 195, 



235, 275 ; his second expedi- 

 tion, 246, 248. 



Mesocephalv, 111, 114. 



Meta Island, 204, 205. 



Meteorology, chapter on, 352. 



Migration of Pacific races, lines of, 

 99, 101, 186. 



Millipedes, 329. 



Missionaries, murder of, 270 ; see 

 Melanesian Mission. 



Mollusca, land and fresh water, 

 336 ; list of, 344. 



Monitor lizards, 91, 313. 



Moon, eclipse of, in 1568, 244. 



Moore, Mr. C, 293, 306. 



Morindacitrifoli;i,89, 124, 188, 290. 



Morrell, Capt., 267. 



Morse, Prof.j on arrow-release, 73. 



Mosely, Mr. H. N., 73, 137, 334. 



Motuiti Island, 273. 



Mourning customs, 48, 69, 133, 137 



Mueller, Baron F. von, 289, 294. 



Mule, the Treasury chief, 27, 28, 

 55, 76 ; his power, 23; his wives, 

 45 ; his residence, 59. 



Mullen, Dr., R.N., on Tokelau ring- 

 worm, 171. 



Mumps, 176. 



Murders: of Mr. Boyd, 270; of 

 Monsignor Epalle, 270; of Lieut. 

 Bower, R.N. ,11, 17; of Captain 

 Ferguson, 21, 54 ; of Roman 

 Catholic missionaries, 270; of 

 the crew of the Superior, 23, and 

 the Zephyr, 26. 



Murray Island, vii., 16. 



Murray, Mr. G., on Tuber regium, 

 306 ; on Glseocapsa, 326. 



Mui-ray, Dr. John, on the Solomon 

 Island deposits, ix. 



Muskets, introduction of, 75. 



Musquillo Islands, discovcryof, 238, 

 275. 



Myristica, see Nutmeg-tree. 



Myrmecodia salomouensis, 282. 



N. 



Names of men, 184 ; of women, 

 184 ; curious custom concerning 

 the names of the dead and of 

 women, 47,' 49. 



Narovo Island, see Simbo. 

 Natica mamilla, 132, 147. 

 Nautical surveying, nature of the 

 work, 11. 



