INDEX. 



Ababdeh, of the Desert of the Thebaid, 205. 

 Abd Allatif, quoted, 403. 

 Abies picea, 374. 

 Aboriginals of Zanzibar, 191. 

 Abrus precatorius, 319, 324, 326, 341, 361, 

 405. 



Absinth, see Artemisia absinthium. 

 Abutilon, see Sida. 



Abyssinia, account of, by a native of East 

 Africa, 214. — Table-land of Abyssinia, 

 301. 



Abyssinian race, 221. — Figured on the 



Egyptian monuments, 224. 

 Abyssinians, at Singapore, 180, 221. — 

 Rarely seen in Egypt, 204, 221. — Abys- 

 sinians at Zanzibar, 222. — Abyssinians 

 at Mocha, 222. 

 Acacia, 319, 326. 



Nilotica, 378, 347, 361. 

 seyal, and A. gummifera, 378. 

 lebbck, 404. 

 Acacia? 352. 



Acalypha Caroliniana, 322, 329. 

 Acanthus mollis, 413. 

 Acapulco, natives of the vicinity, 112. 

 Acer campcstre, 390. 



■platanus, and A. platanoides, 382. 

 negundo, 410. 

 Achillea millefolium, 413. 

 Achyranthes aspera, 320, 328, 364. 



argentca, 409. 

 Acorns, used for food by tlic Californian 



tribes, 103, 108, 109, 110. 

 Adansonia, 345, 360, 404. 



Aden, visited, 208, 234, 241, 251, 255.— 

 Diversity of races at, 275, 278. 



Adenostcmma viscosum, 316, 326. 



Adjunta,'a city in the Dckkan, 266. — The 

 Caves in tiie vicinity, 266, 350. 



Admiralty Group, natives of, 115, 168. 



Adobes, or sun-dried brick ; use of, re- 

 cently introduced into the Hawaiian Isl- 

 ands, 88. — Used by the settlers in North 

 California, 102. — Used in the Dekkan, 

 267. 



Adonis restivalis, 407. 

 Aerva, 364, 409. 

 yEgineta, quoted, 389, 400. 

 yEschylus, quoted, 387. 

 yEsculus hippocastanum, the horse-chest- 

 nut, 410. 

 jEsop, 282. 

 Afghans, 240. 



Africa : agriculture did not originate in this 



continent, 301. 

 African tribes, their fixed habits, 306. 

 Agati, 315, 326, 336, 361. 

 Agave, 308. 



Ageratum conyzoides, 309, 316, 327, 337, 

 341, 362. 



Agricultural nations, 14, 306. 



Agriculture : the art, imparted to the abo- 

 riginal tribes of Oregon, 24, 32, 36, 258, 

 300, 307.— The art practised, in the ab- 

 sence of soil, on the bare rock, 97. — 

 Remarks, respecting the introduction of 

 the art into Aboriginal America, 113. — 

 Agriculture among the Fecjccans, 160, 



