THE BAHAMA ISLANDS 



625 



Scorpsena brasiliensis, 317. 



grandicornis, 317. 



plumieri, 317. 

 Scorpaenidae, 317. 

 Scorpion flsh, 317. 

 Scrophulariacciie, 193, 363. 

 Scutellaria longifolia, 196, 199, 131, 263. 

 Seytonema, 243. 

 Sea gardens, 312, 589. 

 Sea-grape, 155, 208, 252, 269. 

 Sea hedgehog, 324. 

 Sea horses, 322. 



Sea level. Annual variation in, 95. 

 Seal Cay, 348. 

 Searing, A. H., 188. 

 Securinego acldothamuus, 192, 199, 258. 

 Sedimentary deposits, 23. 

 Segmentina dentata var. edentata, 41. 



(Planorbula) dentata, 41. 

 Seiurus aurocapiUus, 351, 366. 



motacilla, 366. 



noveboracensis, 366. 

 notabilis, 366. 

 Selaglnella, 190, 198. 

 Selene vomer, 304. 

 Separation of the councils, 534. 

 Seriola rivolian, 303. 

 Serjania, 231. 



diversifolia, 228, 258. 



subdentata, 226, 238, 268. 

 Serranidae, 305. 

 Sesuvium portuiacastrum, 217, 225, 229, 235, 



253, 270. 

 Setaria flliformis, 199. 



glauca, 220, 230, 234, 238, 250. 



macrostachya, 199. 

 Setopbaga ruticlUa, 367. 

 Seven-year-apple, 265. 

 Shad, 294. 



Broad, 311. 



Long-boned, 311.' 

 Shark, Dusky, 296. 



Hammer-headed, 296. 



Nurse, 296. 



Requiem, 296. 



Short-nosed, 296. 



Shovel-head, 296. 

 Shaddocks, 211. 

 Shattuck, Dr. G. B., 3, 6, 7, 23, 52, 329, 317, 



587. 

 Shearwater, Antillean, 359. 



Greater, 359. 

 Shell-flsh, 294, 323. 

 Shidy, L. P., 51. 

 Ship Channel Cays, 348, 359. 

 Shore, C. A., 324. 

 Shore birds, 860. 

 Showy sedge, 219. 

 Shrike, loggerhead, 265. 

 Shrubs, TJaelul, 201. 

 Sida carpinifolia, 234, 239, 259. 



ciliarls, 259. 

 Slderoxylon mastlchodendron, 205, 226, 227, 



261. 

 Siphonaria alternata, 42. 

 40 



Sikhs, 401. 



Silk-cotton tree, 213, 688. 



Silver Bank, 9, 12. 



Silversides, 300. 



Simaruba glauca, 199, 206, 220, 221, 256, 268. 



Simarubaceae, -256. 



Siphonaria lineolata,_ 42. 



Slphoneae, 243. 



Siphonocladus membranaceus, 244. 



Siphostoma albirostre, 321. 



pelaglcum, 321. 



rousseau, 321. 

 Sisal, 169, 173, 180, 582. 



Cultivation of, 174. 

 ■ Growing of, 159. 



Manufacture of, 174. 

 Sisi, 308. 



Sitta pusilla, 351. 

 Slavery, abolition of, 419, 457, 481. 

 Slaves, Amelioration of, 427. 



Code for, 445. 



Cruelty to, 473. 



Holidays for, 452. 



Legal status of, 446. 



Maintenance of, 446. 



Marriage of, 447. 



Registration of, 428. 



Religious instruction of, 450. 



Right to property in, 452. 



Right to return runaway, 501. 



Rights and duties of, 446, 476. 



Settlements for, 619. 

 Slave trade. Abolition of, 427. 



Survival of, 478. 

 Sleeper, 318. 

 Slippery-back, 332. 

 Slippery dick, 314. 

 Sloane, H., 205. 

 Smilacaceae, 191, 251. 

 Smilax, 191. 



auriculata, 195. 



beyrlchii, 191, 195, 199, 219, 220, 221, 228, 

 231, 238, 289, 240. 



havauensis, 221, 251. 



oblongata viscifolia, 221, 251. 

 Smith, Samuel, 422. 

 Smyth, Gov., 459, 465, 468, 474, 475, 480, 489, 



535, 536. 

 Snake-root, 206, 232. 

 Snakes, 335. 

 Snapper, 294, 309. 



Black-finned, 309. 



Gray, 309. 



Mahogoni, 309. 



Mangrove, 309. 



Red-tailed, 309. 

 . Tellow-tailed, 310. 

 Snipe, Wilson's, 361. 

 Snowball tree, 214. 

 Soap Fishes, 307. 

 Soil types, 153. 



Soils of Bahama Islands, 147. 

 Solanaceae, 193, 263. 

 Solander, 26. 



