INDEX. 



411 



Page. 



Maile, a fragrant plant 289 



Maize 24, 144 



Maize, preparation 127 



Maize, preservation recommended 40 



Makahnag Mountain 48, 51 



Makahnas (sorcerers) 15, 109, 111, 112 



Malaria, absence 122 



Malaspina, Alessandro, life 27 



Malaspina expedition 25, 156 



Malaspina's narrative unpublished 28 



Malayan affinities of the aborigines of 



Guam 113,117 



languages 113 



Malaysian languages 115, 116 



Malvaceae, nectar glands 67 



Mammals on the island 76, 77 



Manahag, small fishes preserved for food.. 87,88 



Mandioc 145, 316 



Mangoes, fine quality 145, 315 



Mangosteen absent from Guam 61 



Mangrove-hopper (Periephthalmus) 86 



Mangrove swamps 52 



fruits, dispersal 75 



Mangroves 202, 363 



germination 65 



Manila elemi, a balsam 210 



Manila hemp (abaka) 57, 329 



Man-of-war, or frigate, bird 80 



Mansfield, Charles M 4 



Manuel Encarnacion, Fray 37, 38 



Manures 280 



Maori language 113 



Maria Anna of Austria 21, 127, 137 



Marianne Islands, description and names. . 11 



origin of name 22 



Marine animals used for food 90 



invertebrates 89 



Marion, murder by cannibals 23 



Marriage customs 104, 105, 128, 129 



Marshes, cultivation 34, 140 



soils 140 



vegetation 57, 379 



Martinez, Don Antonio 10 



Massacre of natives 15, 105 



Mastophora lam,ourouxii, a sea weed 52 



Mataguag district, fine soil 141 



Maternal descent 106 



Mats 98,100,183 



Maxon, William L 10 



. Mayer, Alfred G 4 



Measures used in Guam 138 



Medicinal plants 320 



Medicines of aborigines 96 



Medina, Padre Luis de, work Ill, 112 



Medinilla, Spanish governor 31 



Megapode, a mound-building bird 78 



Melanesians, arts 116 



Merizo village, population 137 



Mesa of Guam, soil 141 



Metamorphosis of limestone 48 



Metates introduced from Mexico 144 



Meteorological station recommended by 



Doctor Abbe , 44 



Meteorology 41 



Mexican implements introduced 22, 144 



Mexican plant-names 170 



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Mexico and Guam, traffic between 13 



Mexico former seat of government of Guam. 13 



Migrations of Pacific islanders 117 



Minerals 51 



Miracles 14 



Missionaries, cordial reception of 14 



killed by natives 15, 106 



zeal of 15, 105 



Missionaries, descriptions of natives 103 



Modern inhabitants 117 



statistics 137, 138 



prominent names 119 



Mole-crickets 94 



Mollusks 90 



Money, dearth 33 



sent away from island 136 



tortoise-shell 106 



Monoceros, fishes armed with spurs 85, 86, 88 



Monroy, Padre, death of 105 



Monsoon, southwestern 18, 41 



Moore, Prof. Willis L 4,42 



Moral character of modern inhabitants.. 129,130 



Morals of aborigines , 102, 104 



Morinda citrifolia, seeds adapted for floating 74 



Moringa moring'a used for forage 151 



Moscoso, Francisco, Spanish governor 40 



Mosquitos 92, 93 



Mosses of Guam 327 



Moths 91 



Mountains 48, 51 



Mourning for dead 108 



Mucuna (see Stizolobium) 73 



Mugil waigiensis, a mullet 86 



Mullet, gray 84 



Muraena (sea-eels) 82, 83 



Mus decumanus, the brown rat 76 



Music of aborigines 10S 



Mutiny on the Acjuiles and Constante 31 



Myiagra freycineti, a fly-catcher 79 



Myripristis murdjan, a squirrel-fish 87 



Myths 107, 110, 111 



Myzomcla rubratra, a honey-eater 79 



Narcotics 99, 146 



Nassau fleet 13, 155 



Natives, aboriginal. (See Aboriginal in- 

 habitants. ) 



described by Woodes Rogers in 1710. 20 



diseases of 119 



injustice toward 12 



language of 113, 116 



modern, arts of 124 



origin of 117, 119 



religion of 109, 113 



Natural history of Guam, works relating to. 158 



Naval station, advantages of Guam 11 



Navidad, an ancient port of Mexico 13 



Navigation of aborigines 100 



Nectar glands of plants , 67 



Nectaries, extrafloral 66 



Nee, Luis, botanist of the Malaspina expe- 

 dition 25, 26 



Nee, plants collected 27 



Needle-crystals (raphides) in taro leaves. . . 09 



Nero deep 45 



Nero, U. S. ship, trans- Pacific survey 44 



Neuroptera 94 



