INDEX. 



Aborigines (tame) of Formosa, 104 

 costume of, 106 

 characteristics of, 108 

 (wild) searoli for, 107 

 Acridotheres oristateUus, 319 

 Actinia, new genus of, 1 98, 259 

 floating, 353 



gigantic fish-slieltering, 150 

 Aden, 8 



marine animals at, 9 

 Admiral, visit of Chinese, 116 

 Advantages enjoyed by naval officers, 



432 

 Agincourt island, 123 

 Agriculture of the Dyaks, 214 

 Agri-Horticultural gardens, 253 

 Albatross (yeUow-bUled), 412 

 Albicores, 366, 378 

 Alexandria, 4 

 Alima hyalina, 56 

 Alligator, 193 



bird, 230 

 Alpheus (habits of), 136 

 Amphibious habits of Malay chil- 

 dren, 245 

 Ants, 232, 291 

 Apes-hill, Ta/-kau, 39 

 Aplysia, 98 

 Ascension, 420 



vegetation and insects of, 

 423 

 Asterias, 191 

 Asterina, 197, 418 

 Atlanta Peronii, 55 

 Atmospheric phenomena, 146 

 Attaps, 214 

 AureUa, 360 



not luminous, 399, 40G 

 Azores, 428 



volcanic disturbance at, 429 



Bamboo, 63, 214 

 Banca Straits, 213 



Barking lizard, 169 

 Batangs, 236 

 Bear rock, 3 

 Be'ooari, Signer, 216 

 Beetles of Formosa, 71 

 Labuan, 177 

 Beggars at Canton, all 

 Bells at Manilla, 296 

 Berlidah, 235 



BerSoids in the Atlantic, 363, 410 

 Birds of the Delta, 6 



between Fratas and Formosa, 



28 

 of Ta-kau, 44 

 of Makung, 50 

 of North Formosa, 79 

 of Labuan, 167 

 at sea, 412 

 Bird-keeping in China, 319 

 Birds' nests, edible, 230 

 Black islet, Haitan Straits, 131 

 Boat life in Canton river, 833 

 songs of Malays, 233 

 women in China, 18 



their infemts, 19 

 Bogue forts, 331 

 Bombok, 239 

 BomeUa digitata, 9 

 Botanic garden. Cape Town, 417 

 Boulder clay at Tam-suy, 61 

 Boys of Formosa, 45, 79 



Makung, 47 

 British character of Azores flora, 430 

 Brooke, Sir James, 163, 206 



Charles Johnson, 206 

 Bugis, 250 



prahus and imports, 250 

 Butterflies of Labuan, 181 

 Daat, 185 

 at sea, 143 



Cairo, 6 



Calamaris annulata, 160 



