INDEX. 



379 



Navicell^, 338, 3-H. 



Necklaces, 131. 



Negrito race, 79, 99. 



Neritinse, 33S, 346 ; dispersal of, 



339 ; origin of tree-nerites, 341. 

 Nets, fishiug, 154; netting-stitch, 



154. 

 New Georgia, 



ters of, 16 : 



vi., 120 ; liead-hun- 

 cannibals, 39 ; dis- 

 covery bv the Spaniards, 211, 

 275 rShortland's visit, 262. 

 New Guinea, flints in, 80; reference 

 by Gallego to its first discoverer, 

 237, 275 ; see Maclay Coast. 



Nicobtir pigeon, 293, 323. 



Nipa irnticans, 87, 282, 291, 305. 



Nisbct, Mr., 168. 



Nito paitena (evil spirit), 50, 53. 



Nixon, Mr. L., 35. 



Nombre de Dios Island, 273. 



Nose ornaments, 133. 



Nostalgia, 167. 



Nouma-noiima, 21, 54. 



Numerals, 183. 



Nupani Island, 277. 



Nutmeg-tree, 288, 289, 293, 305. 



Nuts, edible, 85, 87. 



0. 



OcHRK, red, for staining hair, 



118. 

 Ochrosia parvifloro, 87, 292, 305. 

 Ocymum sanctum, 135, 305. 

 Oima Island, 52 

 Oldham, Lieut., ix., 24, 29, 36, 55, 



279, 291. 

 Oliver, Prof., 289, 294. 

 Onomatopoeia, 190. 



Ontong-Java, 92, 200, 262, 273, 275. 

 Opossums, see Cuscus. 

 Oichids, 285, 289. 

 Oi-ika Island, see Santa Catalina. 

 Orion's Belt, 56. 

 Ornaments, personal, 131. 

 Ortega, 195, 203. 

 Outrigger-canoes, 146, 147, 149. 

 Ovulum ovum, 131, 147. 



P. 



Pachyma, 306. 



Pacific races, see Polynesians. 



Paddles, 150; modes of paddling, 

 150. 



Pagurus, 332. 



Palms, 285, 303 ; palm-tops as 

 food, 88. 



Pandauus trees, 290, 291, 292, 305; 

 different specie^, 302 ; native 

 names widely spread, 101, 186 ; 

 new genus, 289, 302 ; fruits 

 eaten by natives, 87, and by 

 the Birgus, 323 ; leaves made 

 into mats, 61. 



Pandcau-fiipes, 141. 



Papal Bull, 255. 



Papaw-tree. 84. 



Papuans, 98, 105, 117. 



Parinarium laurinum. 62, 146, 148, 

 296, 305. 



Parrot, M, on syphilis in prehistoric 



times, 178. 

 Path-finding, 162. 

 Patterns, decorative, 139. 

 Patterson, Bishop, 15, 148. 

 Paubro, St. Christoval, 100, 229, 



252 277 

 Perouse,128, 155, 178, 264, 266,269. 

 Phalaugei's, see Cuscus. 

 Phosphorescence, as a guide to 



coral reefs, 205. 

 Physical characters of Solomon 



Islanders, chapter on, 98. 

 Pigeons, Fruit, 85, 292, 293, 325 ; 



Nicobar pigeon, 293, 323. 

 Pigments, 124. 

 Pigs, 7; hunting wild picis, 159; 



jaws hung inside dwellings and 



tambu-houses, 58, 68 ; pork 



eaten. 91, 92, 93. 



