INDEX. 



413 



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Polynesian languages and Chamorro 115, 116 



P6mpano (Carangus) 88 



Population, diminution 16 



of Guam 137,138 



of the German Mariannes 138 



Poroupine-flsh 83 



Porcupine wood 239 



Porto Rico plant names 170 



Potatoes, sweet 98, 145, 297 



Pot-herbs 359 



Pottery unknown to early inhabitants 100 



Poverty, absence 132 



Praos, flying 12, 20, 100 



Prawns, fresh-water 90 



Prayers and invocations Ill 



Prehistoric remains 97 



Premiums for agriculture suggested by Vil- 



lalobos 34 



Present conditions on the island 136 



Prices of food staples in 1904 136 



Products Of the island, early 13 



described by Crozet 23 



Progress of Guam, how hindered 31,39 



Pronunciation of vernacular names 170 



Propagation of plants by suckers 145 



Property, laws governing 106 



destruction as punishment 104 



destruction as sign of grief 108 



Prostitution rare 129 



Protective devices of Guam plants 68, 71 



Protoparce celeus, a sphynx moth 91 



Provisions supplied to early navigators 13, 17 



Pteropus keraudreni, a fruit-eating bat 76 



Ptilopus roseicapUlus, a friiit dove 78 



Public houses of the aborigines 15 



Punishment of offenses 106 



Quail, pigmy, an introduced bird 78 



Quintal, a measure of weight 139 



Quoy and Gaimard 29,30,81 



Races, amalgamation 119 



Rails (birds) 79 



Rain invoked by sorcerers Ill 



Rainbow, myth regarding 110 



Rainfall in 1902 42 



Raphides, or needle-crystals 70 



Rarotongan, a Polynesian language 113 



Rathbun, Miss Mary J 89 



Rats 76,152 



Rattles used in dancing 108 



Raynal, Abb6 23 



Reed-warbler {Acrocephalus luseinia) 79 



Reeds used for mat-making 150, 391 



Reef animals 89 



Reef-flats 47 



Reef-heron 79 



Reef plants 52 



Relics, veneration 15,107,111 



destruction by missionaries Ill, 112 



Religion of aborigines 109, HI, 113 



misstatements of Ibafiez y Garcia 157 



Religion of Philippine tribes 110 



Reptiles of Guam 80 



Resins 289 



Respect for the dead 108 



Respect for women 103 



Respect shown to parents 129 



Shipidu/ra uraniae, a fan-tailed flycatcher. . 79 



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Rhizophora, dispersal by currents 72 



Rice 339 



cultivated by aborigines 13, 19, 100, 198 



importation 137 



origin 153 



price in time of famine 37 



vernacular names 115, 153 



Richmond, Charles W. , ornithologist 78 



Ricinus communis, extrafloral nectaries. . . 66 



Ringworm bush 293 



River vegetation 53 



Rivers 52 



Roads 134 



Road-taxes 135 



Robber-crab {Birgus latro) 90, 235 



Rogers, Woodes, Englislxprivateer 19, 101 



Romanzoff expedition 28 



Roots, edible 144 



Rope made of bast flber 149, 346 



Rota Island, population 138 



Rotation of crops, peanuts suggested 186 



Rubber 365 



Sacred rock called Fuuna Ill 



Sacrifices, erroneous statement of Ibanez y 



Garcia regarding 157 



Sailing routes, early 13 



Saipan Island 11,51,188 



Salt evaporated from sea- water 127 



Salutations of aborigines 103 



Samoa compared with Guam 11 



Samoan language 113 



Samoan plant names 170, 171 



San Luis de AprA, harbor 46 



Sand dotterel, Mongolian 80 



Santa Rosa Mountain 47, 51 



Sautol (fruit) introduced 61 



Sanvitores, Jesuit missionary 1, 13, 15 



Sariganlsland, population 138 



Sasalaguan Mountain 51 



Savannas 57, 142, 370 



Scarus (parrot-fishes) 84,86,87 



Schools 128,136 



Schroeder, American governor 120, 



122,130,133,135 



Scientific expeditions 25, 156 



Scofield, Carls 4,10 



Scolopsis lineatus, a fish, called Sihig 88 



Scorpions 94 



Screwpine, textile, origin 154 



Screwpines (Pandanus) 64,343 



Scufile hoe (fosino) 144 



Seabeach cultivation 139 



Sea-beans 73, 288, 307, 378 



Sea birds 80 



Sea-eels 82, 83 



Sea-urchins 89 



Seaweeds (see algse) 52, 177 



Seaweeds, edible 178 



Sedges 60,254 



Seedless varieties of Artocarpus and Musa. . 146 



Seeds, dispersal by ocean currents 73 



of fertile breadfruit eaten 190 



used for weights 172, 174 



Selkirk, Alexander, visit to Guam 19 



Semper on the religion of certain Philip- 

 pine tribes 110 



Serpents absent 81 



