



INDEX. 



416 



162, 279.— In Arabia, 253. — In Western 

 Hindoostan, 261, 265. — Origin of agri- 

 culture, 299. — Agriculture introduced 

 from abroad into Africa, 301. 



Ahii, in the Coral Archipelago, visited, 62. 



Ahmednuggur, a city in the Dekkan, 265. 



Aimeo, an island near Taheiti, visited, 73. 



Alabastron, 284. 



Albinoes, in Aboriginal Mexico, 42. — At 

 the Vaitupan coral group, 66. — At Ta- 

 heiti, 72. — Among the Feejeeans, 166. — 

 Albino Negroes, 182. 



Alder, see Alnus. 



Aleurites triloba, the Tutui-nut, 88, 316, 



328, 338, 364. 

 Aleutian Islands, 287. 

 Allamanda Aubletii, 363. 

 Allatafet, quoted, 402, 403. 

 Allium porrum, the leek, 377, 359. 



cepa, the onion, 311, 338, 348, 



359, 369. 

 sativum, the garlic, 359, 370. 

 Askalonicum, the shallot, 369. 

 Almond, see Amygdalus. 

 Almug-trees, 378. 

 Alnus, the European alder, 382. 

 Aloe, 214, 365, 398. 

 Aloysia citriodora, 412. 

 Alpamarca, mine of, 21. 

 Alphabet of the Tngala of Luzon, 122. — 

 Alphabets of Hindoostan, 277. — Of the 

 East Indies, 283.— Of the Battas of Su- 

 matra, 293. 

 Altars and sacrifices, extant in the East 



Indies, 282. 

 Althea officinalis, 389. 

 ficifolia, 404. 

 rosea, 409. 

 Amaranthus, 310, 338. 

 blitum, 386. 

 crucntus, 320, 328. 

 tricolor, 324, 328. 

 Amaryllis aulica, 338. 

 Ambolambo of Madagascar, 135. 

 Amboyna, natives of, 179. 

 America, Aboriginal, state of knowledge in, 

 285. — Origin of the population, 287. 



Ammania, two species of, 394. 

 Ammi, 407. 



Amomum cardamomum, 392. 

 grana-paradisi, 405. 



Amulets, extant at Zanzibar, 189. 



Amygdalus persica, the peach, 82, 311, 

 336, 345, 347, 399. 



Amygdalus communis, the almond, 377. 



Amyris opobalsamum, 378. 



Anaa, or Chain Island ; the centre of Navi- 

 gation in Eastern Polynesia, 62. 



Anaans, 61. 



Anacardium, 344, 361. 



Anacreon, quoted, 385. 



Anagallis arvensis, 312, 390. 



Anchovy, a species taken in quantities at 

 Mocha, 209. 



Anchusa officinalis, 397. 



Andaman Islands, natives of, 174. 



Andes, the Northern and Southern termi- 

 nations, 17. — The Chilian Andes, visited, 

 20. — The Peruvian Andes, visited, 20, 

 231, 273. — The Vegetation on the Andes 

 of Peru, 299. 



Andropogon schoenanthus, 324, 330. 



Anethum graveolens, 387. 



Anguilla, a species, at Taheiti, 72. 



Anise, 385. 



Anointing, the practice of, 284, 355, 374. 

 Anona squamosa, 334, 344, 360, 410. 

 Antelope, the American, in California, 108. 



Anoa, of Celebes, 304. 

 Antelopes, figured on the Indian monu- 

 ments, 352. — On the Egyptian monu- 

 ments, 367. 

 Anthemis cotula, 310. 



grandiflora, 407. 

 nobilis, 413. 

 Antiquities, of Peru, 21. — Of Oregon, 41. 

 — Of Yucatan, 43. — Ancient relics, disco- 

 vered by Davis and Squier, in the Valley 

 of the Ohio, 44. — Antiquities of China, 

 49.— Of East Africa, 189.— Of Malta, 

 186, 246.— Of Egypt, 247.— Of Arabia, 

 348.— Of Cabul, and of Persepolis, 349. 

 Ape, the Cynocephalus, 371. 



the long-nosed, of Borneo, 304. 



