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INDEX. 



Papyrus, or Paper-reed, 368, 370. 

 Paradise-birds, 304. 

 Parietaria officinalis, 396. 

 Paritium, see Hibiscus. 

 Parkia, 361. 



Parkinsonia, 34&, 347, 361. 



Parricide, an established custom at the Fce- 



jee Islands, 152, 162. 

 Parrot, see Psittacus. 

 Parsees, IbS, 241, 264, 266, 269. 

 Particoloured domestic animals, 265, 301. 

 Parsley, see Petroselinum. 

 Parsnip, see Pastinaca. 

 Paspalum, 321, 330. 

 Passi flora, 412. 

 Pastinaca, the parsnip, 409. 

 Pastoral nations, 14, 306. — The pastoral 



state, unknown in the East Indies, 293. 

 Patagonia, visited, 17, 183, 228, 272. 

 Patera, 284. 



Paumotuans, account of them, 53. 



Pavo, the peacock, 351, 354, 356, 377. 



Pawnee Tribe, 43. 



Peach, see Amygdalus. 



Peacocks, 351, 354, 356, 377. 



Pear, see Pyrus. 



Pea, see Pisum, and Cajanus. 



Pectocarya peiiicillata, 310. 



Pelargonium, 412. 



Pelew Islanders, 116. 



Pennisetum typhoideum, 348, 365, 375. 



Penobscot Tribe, 44. 



Penrhyn Island, noticed, 59. 



Peony, 393. 



Pepper, see Piper. 



Persepolis, the antiquities at, 349. 



Persians, the Modern, 240, 258. 



Peru, visited, 30, 183, 230, 273.— Remarks 



on the aboriginal civilization of Peru, 



300. 



Petroselinum, the parsley, 311, 397. 



Phalaris Canariensis, 331, 332, 406. 



Pharaonic Ages, 372. 



Pharnaceum, 323, 327. 



Phaseolus vulgaris, kidney beans, 311, 397. 



amoenus, 315, 326. 

 Phaseolus ?, 343. 



Phaseolus mungo, 408. 



Phasianus, the pheasant, 388. 



Pheasant, see Phasianus. 



Philippine Islands, visited, 118. 



Phoenix Group of coral islands, visited, 64. 



PhcEnix dactylifera, the Date palm, 248, 



343, 348, 353, 358, 365, 371. 

 Phormium tcnax, the New Zealand flax, 81, 



412. 

 Phrenology, 260. 

 Phyllirea, 391, 398. 

 Physalis angulata?, 316, 328. 



edulis, 79, 309, 316, 328, 337. 



somnifera, 398. 



alkekengi, 412. 

 Physiognomy, diversity of, at Cairo, 250. 

 Phytolacca, 411. 



Pig, figured on the Indian monuments, 354, 

 358. — Absent in aboriginal New Zea- 

 land, 79. — Abundant at the Feejee Isl- 

 ands, and in the Polynesian Groups, 151. 

 313. — Swine seen in Upper Egypt, 205. 

 — Regarded as unclean, by Parsees, Jews, 

 and Muslims, 243. — Common in the vil- 

 lages of the Dekkan, 264. — Introduction 

 of the pig, into the Mediterranean coun- 

 tries, 324, 372. — The pig known at the 

 Comoro Islands, 341. 

 Pigeon, see Columba. 

 Pimpinella anisum, anise, 385. 

 Pine-apple, see Bromelia. 

 Pine-nuts, see Pinus pinea. 

 Pinus Coulteri, the seeds eaten in North 

 California, 110. 

 pinea, the stone-pine, 390. 

 Halepensis, 404. 

 Piper methysticum, or the Kava, 94, 152, 

 317, 329. 

 nigrum, the black pepper, 205, 365, 



392. 

 betel, 341, 365. 

 Pipes, discovered by Davis and Squier, in 



the ancient mounds of Ohio, 44. 

 Piscous, a tributary of the Columbia, 32. 

 Pisonia, 316, 328. 

 Pisonia ? of the coral islands, 64. 

 Pistacia lentiscus, 387. 



