CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER IX. 



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On the Ethnology of the Indian and Pacific Oceans . . 233 



APPENDIX. 



No. T. — Captain Blackwood's Sailing Orders . . . 255 



No. II. — Abstract of the Voyage .... 263 



No. III. — Comparative Vocabulary of the Languages of some parts of 



Torres Strait . . . . .274 



No. IV. — On the General Affinities of the Languages of the Oceanic 



Blacks. By Dr. Latham . . . .313 



No. V. — Heights of various points along the N.E. coast of Australia 



in Torres Strait . . . . .321 



No. VI. — Notes on the Character of the Skeleton of a Dugong. 



By Professor Owen .... 323 



No. VII. — Description of a new Genus of Snakes. By J. E. Gray, 



Esq., F.R.S. . . . . .332 



No. VIII. — Description of a new Genus, and five new Species of 



Crustacea. By Adam White, F.L S. . . • 335 



No. IX. — The Description of some new Species of Starfishes, Aste- 



riadce. By J. E. Gray, Esq. F.R.S. . . ,339 



No. X. — Description of some new Species of Marine Shells. By 



J. E. Gray, Esq. F.R.S. . . . .355 



