Index. 



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Malaya archipelago, 206, 224, 227, 240, 248. 

 Mai or Male, an appellation of the Saorias, 45. 

 Mallotus philippinensis , 26. See also Kamala. 

 Mandro, a division of the Saorias, 46. 

 Mangre Erwe, propitiation of the god of maladies 



and epidemics, 77. 

 Manjista (Rubia cordifolia), dyeing with, 26, 27, 



28, 31, 41, 155, 157. 

 Mara Kambe— a male devil of the Saorias, 82. 

 Marginal shields: in the Hydrophiince , 179, 183. 

 Marriage prohibitions of the Saorias, 54. 

 McCann, H. W., on dyeing with bakam, 29. 

 Megalasma striatum, sub-sp. minus, x. 

 Mehnder-Mulie, or silver eight-anna piece, 18. 

 Mehndi (Lawsonia alba), 26. 

 Mekran coast, Hvdrophiince of the, 251. 

 Mergui, Hydrophiince of, 199, 203, 221. 

 Merleh thorn for tattooing, 48. 

 Microcephalophis gracilis, 108. 

 Midnapur process of dyeing with manjista, 31. 

 Moluccas, Hydrophiince of, 184. 

 Mongolian characters, Nigur, form of, 17. 

 Monuments, Afghan, 341. 

 Mordants, 27. 

 Mori Erwe — -Peafowl" festival of the Saorias, 



76. 



Morinda citrifolia, 31. 



,, tinctoria, 26, 27, 28, 31. 



Munar-i-Chakri, Description of the column known 

 as, 341. 



Munar-i-Surkh, Description of the column known 

 as, 342. 



Munda, a name by which the Saorias are called 

 by the Santhals, 46. 



Mundari Poetry, Music and Dances, 85. 



Muriatic acid in the composition of the Red Spi- 

 rits, 30. 



Murshidabad process of dyeing with latkan, 30, 



Muscat, Hydrophiince of, 215, 223, 241. 

 Music, Mundari, 85. 

 Myrabolam, used in dyeing, 30. 



N 

 Nadia process of dyeing with latkan, 30, 31. 

 Nagendra Nath Bandopadhyaya, on dyeing 30. 



155- 

 Nagpur, Statistics of rainfall, 409. 

 Nag-tang, coin, 13. 



Naia, 170. 



Nalla Wahlagillee pam, 248. 



Naphthol /?, 32, 41. 



Narrah, a devil of the Saorias, 82. 



Nasratjang, Nawab, 120 — i. 



Nepal coinage for Tibet, 11. 



Ner Lalleh, Snake dance festival, 81, 82. 



Newars strike coins for Thibet, 11. 



New Guinea, Hydrophiince of, 190, 192, 221, 248. 



New Britain, Hydrophiince of, 219. 



New Zealand, Hydrophiince of, 186, 250. 



Nitric acid in the composition of the Red spirits, 



39- 

 Nug-tang, coin, 21. 

 Nyctanthes arbor- tristis , 26. See also Singhar. 



O 



Orleans. See Latkan. 



Pacific Ocean, Hydrophiince of the, 196, 249. 

 Padauk (Pterocarpus dalbergioides), 28, 41. 



,, not used as a dye stuff, 32. 



,, result obtained by dyeing with, 32, 36. 

 Paghman mountains, 345. 



Palas, (Bulea jrondosa), 26, 28, 30, 41, 155, 157. 

 Pan Duri Gosain , godling of highways and j ourneys 



amongst the Saorias, 66-69. 

 Parietal shields, in the Hydrophiince, 176, 183. 

 Parte, a division of the Saorias, 46. 

 Pasrur, crops of, 355, 356, 359. 

 Pa-uying tang-ka, coin, 13, 15. 

 Pegu, Hydrophiince of, 210. 

 Pelamis bicolor, 248. 



,, chloris, 201. 



,, obscurus, 201. 



,, ornata, 248. 



,, schistosus, 191. 

 Penang, Hydrophiince of, 201, 203, 215, 232, 243. 

 Perak, Hydrophiince of, 213, 214. 

 Persian Gulf, Hydrophiince of, 192, 199,222, 224. 



228, 236, 240, 247, 249. 

 Persian Coast, Hydrophiince of the, 216. 

 Perspiration, fastness of dyes to, 36. 

 Peshawar, Statistics of rainfall, 397. 

 Phenol, 32. 



,, phthalein, 36. 

 Phi-ling gor-mo, ' the foreign round coin,' 22. 



