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INDEX. 



Manua, in the Samoa Group, visited, 73. 



Manufactures, see Implements. 



Map, explanation of the accompanying, 13. 



Marian or Ladrone Islanders, 116. 



Mariscus paniceus, 321, 331. 



Maritime intercourse, in the Pacific and In- 

 dian Oceans, 286, 292. 



Maritime Tribes of Terra del Fuego, 17. — 

 Of Northwest America, 23. — They are 

 more advanced in the arts than the Hunt- 

 ing Tribes, 26, 28. — And more populous, 

 28. — The tribes north of the Chinooks, 

 28, 307. 



Marquesas Islands, natives of, 100. — Bread- 

 fruit, forms the chief support of the inhabi- 

 tants, 100. 



Marriage. — Child marriages, among the 

 Parsees and Indian Muslins, 243, 258. — 

 Second Marriages among Hindoos, 263. — 

 Marriage, prohibited in the Manabhawa 

 Caste, 268. 



Marseilles, 185, 271. 



Marsilea, 318, 331. 



Martial, quoted, 371, 891. 



Masks, used by the maritime tribes of 

 Northwest America, 26, 28. — By the 

 ancient Mexicans, 41. — And by the Chi- 

 nese, 48. — Masks, were formerly, in some 

 instances, used by the Hawaiians, 91. 



Mastick-tree, 387. 



Matricaria chamomilla, 397. 



Mats of the Vaitupan coral group, chequered, 

 like some made in the East Indies, 66. — 

 Mats, of the Chinooks, 25, 26.— Of the 

 Dungur, 270. 



Maui, in the Hawaiian Group, visited, 97. 



Mauna Kea and Mauna Roa, in the Ha- 

 waiian Group, 95. 



Maurandya, 363. 



Maviha Tribe, of East Africa, 198. 



Mbua, or Sandalwood Bay, in the Feejee 



Group, 158, 162. 

 Medicago sativa, 388. 



Mediterranean countries, visited, 185, 201, 



204, 236, 245. 

 Melastoma malabathrica, 319, 326. 

 Melia azederach, 335, 361, 404. 



Melilotus officinalis, 380. 



ccerulea, 414. 

 Melissa officinalis, 393. 

 Melolo, in the Feejee Group, 157. 

 Melons, see Cucumis, and Citrullus, 

 Menomeni Tribe, 43. 

 Mentha rotundifolia, 414. 

 Mentha crispa, and M. pulegium, 388. 

 Mercurialis, 393. 



Mermaids, represented on the Indian monu- 

 ments, 354. 

 Merops, 124. 



Merremengo, see Wakamba. 



Metals, known to the ancient Peruvians and 

 Mexicans, 22, 113. — The countries enu- 

 merated, in which metals were aborigi- 

 nally unknown, 22. 



Metia, an elevated coral island, 63, 319. 



Mexicans, 41. — Some of their customs, com- 

 mon to the Chinese, 48. — The Mexicans, 

 again noticed, 112. 



M'Hiao Tribe, of East Africa, 198, 199. 



Miami Tribe, 43. 



Micronesians, 115, 289. 



Migrations of the human family, indicated 

 on the map by a dotted line, 1 3. — Waves 

 of migration, 281, 284, 298. — Migrations 

 by sea, 286. — Two routes of migration 

 in the Main Pacific, 290. — Migrations by 

 land, 293, 307. 



Mille, in the Radack coral group, 67. 



Millet, see Panicum. 



Mimosa pudica, 319, 326. 



scandens, 322, 326. 



Mimusops hexandra, 363. 



Mina, in Western Africa, 200. 



Mindanao, in the East Indies, 123, 274. 



Mindoro, island of, in the East Indies, 

 123. 



Mineral Kingdom, absent from the coi'al 



islands, 54. 

 Mining Stations of Peru, 231. 

 Mint, see Mentha. 

 Mirabilis Jalapa, 312, 413. 

 Mission-natives, among the islands of the 



Pacific, 61 , 73. 

 Missouri Tribes, 34, 43. 



