INDEX. 



441 



Ruta Halepensis, 407. 

 Rye, see Secale. 



Sacalava, of Madagascar, 181, 190. 



Saccharum officinale, the sugar-cane, 318, 

 324, 330, 342, 348, 3.59, 399.— Used 

 for building, at Tongataboo, 84. — And at 

 the Feejee Islands, 154, — Cultivated in 

 East Africa, 193, 196. 



Sacramento River, in North California, 104, 



Sacrifices of animals, in Hindoostan, 263. 

 — Offerings of flowers and fruits, 268. — 

 Altars and sacrifices, among the East In- 

 dians, 282. 



Safflower, or Dyer's saffron, Carthamus, 

 362, 381. 



Saffron, see Crocus and Carthamus. 



Sahara, Desert of, 14, 298. — Inhabitants of 

 its western portion, 298. 



Sails, rarely seen among the tribes of North- 

 west America, 25. — Not seen at certain 

 coral islands, 59. 



Sainfoin, see Onobrychis. 



Saline efflorescences, in Northern Oregon, 

 and in New Caledonia, 33. — In North 

 California, 104, 111. 



Salix Babylonica, the weeping willow, 404. 



Salmon, in the Columbia River, 30. — In 

 the Sacramento River, 107. — In the 

 Shasty River, 110. 



Salsify, see Tragopogon. 



Salt, is now extensively manufactured at 

 the Hawaiian Islands, 88. — Little used 

 by the Feejeeans, 151. — Procured in the 

 Monomoisy Country, 196. 



Salutation ; none, among the maritime tribes 

 of Northwest America, 23. 



Salvadora Persica, 364, 395. 



Salvia officinalis, 396. 



Salvias, of the Andes of Peru, 300. 



Sambucus nigra, 391. 



Samoa, or Navigator Islands, visited, 73. — 

 Samoans, at Tongataboo, 86. — European 

 residents, 76, 232, 273. 



Samoiedcs, 50. 



Sanctuaries, common to various Oriental 

 and ancient forms of worship, 170. 



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Sandal-wood, see Santalum. 



Sandalwood, or Mbua Bay, in the Feejee 



Group, 158, 162. 

 Sandwich Islands, see Hawaiian Islands. 

 San Francisco, in North California, visited, 



100, 231, 273. 

 Sanscrit Language and Literature, 179, 



226, 250, 261, 263. 

 Santalum, sandal-wood, 364, 402. 

 Sapindus ryteh, 405. 

 Sapium sebiferum, 322, 329, 332, 364. 

 Saponaria officinalis, 413. 

 Sauk Tribe, 43. 



Savaii, in the Samoan Group, visited, 74. 

 Sccevola lobelia, 67. 



Scalping, not practised by the Californian 

 Tribes, 108. — The process described by 

 Herodotus, 285. 



Scammony, 393. 



Scilla maritima, 384. 



Scincus, certain species, on the coral islands, 

 65, 314. 



Scirpus lacustris, mats made of, in Oregon, 

 26. — And in California, 103. — Roots of, 

 eaten by the Californians, 103. — The 

 plant, covers extensive tracts along the 

 Sacramento River, 104. 



Scolopendra, or centipede, 333. 



Scorpion, 334, 354. 



Sculptures, on the Columbia River, 41. 



Scutellaria, of the Andes of Peru, 300. 



Scythian tribes, 14. 



Sea-birds, on Rose Island, and other coral 



islands, 64. 

 Sea-weeds, various esculent species, at the 



Hawaiian Islands, 94. — And also, a 



poisonous species, 94. 

 Sebestcn, see Cordia crenata. 

 Secale cereale, rye, 311, 368, 383. 

 Seclusion of women, 47, 180, 223, 228. 

 Sedum, 397. 



Scheery Coast, of Arabia, 255. 



Seminole Tribe, 44. 



Senebicra didyma, 334, 



Senecio vulgaris, 407. 



Senecios, of the Andes of Peru, 300. 



Senna, 400. 



