INDEX. 



429 



— Another species, on the high mountains 

 of the Hawaiian Islands, 95. — No tame 

 geese, in the Monomoisy Country, 197. 



Gooseberry, see Ribes. 



Gorputi, or Seroor, a town in the Dekkan, 

 265, 268. 



Gossypium, see Cotton. 



religiosum, 315, 325, 



Gourd, a species, known to the Ancient Pe- 

 ruvians, 21. — See, also, Lagenaria. 



Grain, unknown among the islanders of the 

 Pacific, 53, 285. 



Grande Coulee, in Interior Oregon, 33. 



Grangea, 394. 



Granite, of Northwest America, 33. 

 Grape, see Vitis, 



Grass-seed, used for food by the Californian 



Tribes, 103, 108. 

 Gratiola ?, 322, 328. 

 Gra^ce, visited, 246. 

 Greyhound, 305, 367. 

 Grus, or crane ; a species figured on the 



Egyptian monuments, 367. 

 Guachos of Patagonia, 228, 231. 

 Guava, see Psidium. 

 Guinea, natives of, 200. 

 Guinea-fowl, see Numida. 

 Guinea-pig, 301. 

 Gum-arabic, 214, 378. 

 Gum-lac, 402. 



Guzerati Banians, 261. — Bramins, 356. 

 Guzerati language, 243. 



Hadem, of Southern Arabia, 186. — Of the 



island of Zanzibar, 191. — Of the delta of 



the Juba, 193. 

 Hadjerkim in Malta, ruins of, 186, 355. 

 Halyotis shell, used for ornament, in the 



Straits of De Fuca, and also in California, 



28. 



Hamajauwi of Central Africa, 201. 



Hameer Arabs, 256. 



Harafora Tribes, 125, 295. 



Hats, worn in wet weather by the Maritime 

 Tribes of Northwest America, 23. — The 

 like conical form of hat, occurs on the 

 opposite coast of Asia ; and in the East 



108 



Indies, 23. — Also, at the Tarawan coral 

 group, 67. — A hemispherical hat or cap, 

 worn in the Shasty Tribe, 110. 



Hawaii, the island visited, 94. 



Hawaiian Islands, visited, 87. — Chinese, at, 

 45. — Climate of, 88. — The natives, have 

 shown a remarkable fondness for mathe- 

 matics, 88. — European residents, 87, 

 232. — Diversity of races, at, 273. 



Hayli, 278. 



Hazaeen, or the Somali Country, 214. 

 Health in Tropical Climates, a remark re- 

 specting, 70. 

 Hebrew language, 236, 237, 278. 

 Hebrews, 234. 

 Hedera, ivy, 385. 

 Hedge-hog, see Erinaceus. 

 Hedjaz Arabs, 251. 

 Hedyotis paniculata, 322, 327. 

 Helianthus, a weed in Oregon, 309. 



annuus, 362, 412. 

 Hemp, 385. 

 Henna, see Lawsonia. 

 Herculaneum and Pompeii, 271, 395. 

 Hernandia sonora, 61, 314, 329. 

 Herodotus, his account of the Ethiopians, 

 quoted, 203, 204, 213, 356.— His ac- 

 count, of a maritime expedition sent by 

 Darius, 238. — Of the Ancient Persians, 

 241, 381. — Of the complexion of the 

 Egyptians, 247. — Of the Indian bows, 

 269. — Of the practice of scalping, 285. — 

 Of the Calantian Indians, 356. — Plants 

 mentioned by Herodotus, 369, 385. 

 Herpestis monniera, 363. 

 Hervey, or Raratonga Group, nativesof, 100. 

 Hesiod, quoted, 379, 383. 

 Heteropogon, 331. 

 Hibiscus, 323, 325. 



trionum, 404. 

 abelmoschus, 408. 

 Syriacus, 404. 

 tiliaceus, (Paritium,) 72. 

 rosa-sinensis, 319, 325, 360. 

 manihot, 319, 325. 

 esculentus, the ochra, 346, 408. 

 Hill-forts of India, 268, 349. 



