INDEX. 



437 



Oleander, see Nerium. 



Olive, see Olea sativa. 



Oman, or Eastern Arabia, visited, 255. 



Ombay, cuirass of, 67. 



Omens and auguries, not obsolete in the 

 East Indies, 282. 



Onion, see Allium cepa. 



Onobrychis sativa, the sainfoin, 414. 



Oozy, a river of East Africa, 192, 193, 



Ophir, of Solomon, 238. 



Oparo, or Lapa, natives of, 100. 



Opium, 381. 



Opuntia, see Cactus. 



Orache, see A triplex, 390. 



Oracles, at the Feejee Islands, 152. — Oracle 

 of Dodona, 186. 



Orange, see Citrus aurantium. 



Orange Harbour, near Cape Horn, 18. 



Orangs, three species of, 304. 



Oregon, journey into the Interior, 29. — 

 Sparsenessof the population, 33. — Diver- 

 sity of races in, 273. 



Origanum marjorana, 388. 



Origin of Navigation, 279, 286, 291.— Of 

 agriculture, 299. — Of civilization, 280, 

 300. 



Orris-root, see Iris. 

 Ornus, see Fraxinus, 

 Orthopogon, 331. 

 Oryx, 367. 



Oryza, rice, 342, 359, 394. — Constitutes 

 the principal food of the East Indians, 53, 

 1 1 9. — Rice, recognised by some Japanese, 

 117. — Cultivated in the Monomoisy Coun- 

 try, 196. 



Ostrich-eggs, obtained in Nubia, 205. — A 

 cap of ostrich feathers, worn by the 

 M'Kuafi, 216. 



Otafuan or Union Group, of coral islands, 

 visited, 66. 



Otoe Tribe, 43. 



Otuans, described, 56. 



Oualan, island of, 115. 



Ounce, or Leopard of India, 266. 



Outriggers, the use of, 291. 



Ovahs of Madagascar, 135. 



Ovid, quoted, 388, 394. 



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Oviedo, quoted, 309. 



Ovolau, in the Feejee Group, visited, 146. 

 Oxalis crenata, 231, 301. 



repens, 315, 325, 



Dieppe, 334. 



corniculata, 408. 



Pachicamac, in Peru, visited, 21. 



Pachya, 21, 335. — The fruit, among ancient 



Peruvian relics, 21. 

 Pachyrhizus ■/, 319, 325. 

 Paddle, of the Disappointment Islands, has 



the blade curved, 56. — The paddle of the 



Tarawan Group, and of the Persian Gulf, 



67, 291. 



Paintings, at Thebes, 249. — In the Indian 

 Caves, 350. 



Paints, those used by the Chinooks, 26. — 

 Those used by the Samoans, 76. — Those 

 used in the Indian Caves, 351, 355. 



Palawan, Igorote of, 50. 



Palmistry, 200. 



Panay, island of, in the East Indies, 123. 

 Panax cochleatum, 362. 

 Panax fruticosum, 323, 327, 362. 

 Pancratium, 405. 



Pandanus odoratissimus, 348, 353, 358, 

 365. 



Pandanus utilis, 60, 64. — Absent from some 



coral islands, 65, 314, 330. 

 Panicum crus-galli, see Echinochloa. 

 Panicum, 318, 323, 324, 330, 



Italicurn, 375. 



miliaceum, 383. 



capillare, 339, 



colonum, 394. 

 Papaver somniferum, 381. 

 Papaver rhceas, 390. 

 Papaya, see Carica. 



Paper, manufactured in Central India, 267. 



Paper-mulberry, see Broussonetia. 



Paper-reed, or Papyrus, 368, 370. 



Papio, the baboon, 352. 



Pappophorum alopecuroideum, 324, 331. 



Papuan Race, 144. — Known to the Ancient 

 Hindoos, 169, 178.— The Papuan Ar- 

 chipelagoes, 289. 



