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INDEX. 



Primus domcstlca, and P. insititia, 305, 

 311, 347, 384. 

 Armeniaca, apricots, 311, 347, 399. 

 cerasus, the cherry, 311, 391. 



Psidium, 344, 362, 411.— The Guava, has 

 overrun much of the productive soil at 

 Taheiti, 71, 336.— Local, at the Ha- 

 waiian Islands, 88, 



Psittacus, the parrot, 388. 



Psoralea Palcestina, 408. 



Pteropus, at the Samoa Islands, 78. 



Ptolemaic constructions, 884. 



Puget Sound, visited, 29. 



Pulo Aor, and Pulo Pedang, 130. 

 Mariere, natives of, 116. 



Puna ; an affection analogous to sea-sick- 

 ness, accompanying an introduction to 

 the higher region of the Andes, 21. 



Punica granatum, the pomegranate, 343, 

 347, 362, 369, 370. 



Purslain, see Portulaca. 



Pyrus communis, pears, 305, 311, 347, 374. 

 malus, apples, 305, 311, 347, 393, 



Pythagoras, 384. 



Pythons, at Mindanao, 124, 



Quercus, the oak, 381. 

 Quichua language, 277. 

 Quince, see Cydonia. 



Rabbit, 371, 



Races of men, enumerated, 9,-^Distribu- 

 tion of, 14. — Diversity of, in the different 

 countries visited, 272. — Countries inha- 

 bited by several aboriginal races, 273, 

 274, 276. — Population of the globe, ar- 

 ranged by races, 276. — Relations be- 

 tween the races, 277. 



Radack coral group, noticed, 67. 



Radish, see Raphanus. 



RafHesias, 304. 



Rairoa, or Dean's Island, in the Coral 



Archipelago, visited, 62. 

 Rajpoots, 259, 266. 

 Ranunculus Asiaticus, 407. 



scelei-atus, 407. 

 Raphanus, the radish, 342, 346, 360, 370. 



Raraka, in the Coral Archipelago, 61. 



Raratonga, or Hervey Group, several na- 

 tives of, 100. 



Rat, a species, on most of the coral islands, 

 64, 65, 314. 



Rattans, in the East Indies, 121. 



Rebo, of the Pharaonic monuments, 255. 



Red and white, the favourite colours with 

 the Feejeeans and Tclingans, 148. 



Reed, see Arundo. 



Reseda lutcola, 394. 



Resin of a species of Dammara, used for 

 glazing pottery at the Feejee Islands, 160. 

 Rewa, town of, in the Feejee Group, 153. 

 Rhapis acicularis, 318, 330. 

 Rheum, rhubarb, 393, 401. 

 Rhinoceros, of Sumatra, 304. 

 Rhubarb, 393, 401. 

 Rhus coriaria, 405. 

 Rhynchospora, 323, 331. 

 Ribes rubrum, the currant, 311, 409. 



grossularia, the gooseberry, 311,409, 

 Rice, see Oryza, 



Ricinus communis, 91, 316, 324, 329, 341, 



364, 398. 

 Ricinus ? Tanarius, 322, 329. 

 Rio Janeiro, visited, 16, 183, 228, 272. 

 Rio Negro in Patagonia, visited, 17, 183, 



228, 272. 

 River mussels, see Unio. 

 Robinia pseudacacia, 410, 

 Rosaries, 235. 

 Rose, 379. 



Rose Island, visited, 64. — Its Flora consists 



of but two species of plants, 64. 

 Rosemary, 377. 



Rosmarinus officinalis, the rosemary, 377. 

 Rotuma, natives of, 99, 160. 

 Rubia tinctorum, madder, 389, 

 Rubus fruticosus, 408. 

 Rue, 387. 



Rumcx acetosa, and R. acetosella, 396. 



obtusifolius, 396. 



patientia, 393. 

 Ruscus, 391. 



Rushes, see Scirpus lacustris. 

 Ruta graveolens, the rue, 387. 



