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INDEX. 



Flight of birds, omens drawn from, in tiie 



East Indies, 282. 

 Floris, or Ende, natives of, 169. 

 Fly, 314, 324. — Tiie house-fly, absent from 



the uninhabited coral islands, 55, 64, 



314. 



Fceniculum vulgare, 337, 387. 



Food, of the East Indians, consists chiefly of 

 rice, 53. — Of the islanders of the Pacific, 

 consists chiefly of farinaceous roots, 53. 

 — Of the natives of Pleasant Island, 68. 

 —Of the New Zealanders, 78.— Of the 

 Hawaiians, consists chiefly of taro, 90. 

 — Of the Marquesas Islanders, 100. — Of 

 the Californian Tribes, 103, 300.— Of 

 the Feejeeans, consists chiefly of yams, 

 151. — Of the Southern Galla, and 

 M'Kuafi, 213, 214, 216.— Of the Mussai, 

 217.— Of the Cutch Banians, 260.— Of 

 a Calcutta Hindoo, 260. — The quantity 

 of food afforded by coral shores, 386. — 

 And by the natural vegetation of different 

 countries, 299. 



Fortified villages of New Zealand, 80. — Of 

 Tongataboo, 84. — Of the Feejeeans, 158. 



Foula, of Western Africa, 218. 



Fowler, the profession, aboriginal at the 

 Hawaiian Islands, 91. 



Fowls, at the Tarawan coral group, 67. — ■ 

 At Pleasant Island, 68. — At the Feejee 

 Islands, 151. — Absent in aboriginal New 

 Zealand, 79. — Their introduction into the 

 Mediterranean Countries, 373. — See Do- 

 mestic fowl. 



Foxes, in California, 105. 



Fragai'ia, the strawberry, 311, 394, 410. 



France, visited, 271. 



Frankincense, 378. 



Franks, or Europeans, 226, 246. 



Fraxinus ejccelsior, 381. 

 ornus, 391. 



Frigate-bird, see Tachypetes. 



Fuci, esculent species, at the Hawaiian 

 Islands, 94. — And likewise a poisonous 

 species, 94. 



Fuegians, account of, 17. — Devoid of cloth- 

 ing, 18. — Their implements, analogous 



to those of Northwest America, 1 9. — 

 The Fuegians, compared with other tribes 

 of the Southern Hemisphere, 79. 



Fumaria officinalis, 396. 



Furcrtea gigantea, 339, 365. 



Galapagos Islands, character of the zoologi- 

 cal productions, 304. 



Galega officinalis, 414. 



Galen, quoted, 394, 399. 



Galeopithecus, 304. 



Galla Tribes, 192, 204. 



Gambling, among the tribes of Interior Ore- 

 gon, 37. — Among the Chinese, 47. — 

 Among the Californian Tribes, 103. 



Game, rare in Interior Oregon, 35. — Abun- 

 dant in North California, 105. 



Gardenia Taitensis, 61, 66, 314, 327. 



Gardenia floi'ida, 337. 



Gardner's Island, in the Phoenix coral 



group, visited, 64. 

 Geese, see Goose. 



Gems, do not appear to have been valued 

 in Aboriginal America, 22. — Among the 

 articles of commerce, which in ancient 

 times were transported from the greatest 

 distances, 22. — Indian Muslims, their 

 traffic in gems, 257. 



Genoa, 271. 



Geological structure of the Dekkan, and of 

 the Table-land of Oregon, 67. 



Geophila reniformis, 316, 327. 



Gibraltar, visited, 245. 



Ginger, aee Zingiber. 



in the Monomoisy Country, 196. 



Gipsies, 270, 278. 



Gleditschia triacanthus, 410. 



Glycine, a species, used for poisoning fish at 

 the Feejee Islands, 161. 



Glycyrhiza, liquorice, 398. 



Gmelina Asiatica, 364. 



Goat, see Capra hircus. 



Godaveri, a river of Hindoostan, 265, 268. 



Gomphocarpus fruticosa, 412. 



Gomphrena globosa, 364, 409. 



Goose, 352, 357, 367. — A species, inhabit- 

 ing the crest of the Peruvian Andes, 21. 



