INDEX. 



443 



Sonchus, 337. 



oleraceus, 310, 327, 332,337,395. 

 Sooloo, island of, in the East Indies, 126. 



— Negrilloes of Sooloo, 174. — Diversity 



of races at, 274. 

 Sophora, 361. 



Sorghum, the dourra or juari, 343, 348, 

 365, 401. 



Southern Hemisphere, the climate of, 18. 



— Its aborigmal tribes, compared, 78. 

 Southern Ocean, tempestuous, 18, 80, 

 Spars, imported by sea, by the ancient 



Egyptians, 374. 

 Spears, used at Zanzibar, 189. — And in the 



Thebaid, 205. — Used by the Somali and 



Galla, 211, 213.— Used by the Mussai, 



217.— Used by the Brinjarry, 269.— 



Used in the East Indies, 282. 

 Species, among plants and animals, have a 



certain geographical range, 303. 

 Spelt, see Triticum. 

 Spha^ranthus, 394. 

 Sphenoclea, 394. 

 Spikenard, 379. 

 Spilanthes acmella, 413. 

 Spinach, 403. 

 Spinacia, or spinach, 403. 

 Spipen River, of Interior Oregon, 30, 38. 

 Spirit-houses, of the Polynesians, 66, 77. 

 Spokane Tribe, of Interior Oregon, 34. 

 Spondias, the vi-apple, 150, 319, 326, 336. 

 Squash, see Cucurbita. 

 Squill, 384. 



Stachytarphcta, 338, 364. 



Steam, employed to induce perspiration, in 



Interior Oregon, 32. 

 Stellaria media, 408. 

 Sterculia, 410. 



St. Helena, visited, 181, 184, 275, 



Stockaded villages, among the maritime 

 tribes of Northwest America, 24. — Of 

 the New Zealanders, 80. — Of the Fee- 

 jceans, 158. — Of the Monomoisy, 196. 



Stone hatchets, found in Peru, 22. — Not 

 seen in Oregon, 26. — Stone hatchets of 

 Northeast America, 44. 



Strawberry, see Fragaria. 



Strychnos nux vomica, 411. 



Sua^da hortensis, 379. 



Sudras, a Hindoo caste, 179, 260, 262. 



Suez, visited, 186, 251, 254. 



Sumatra, 133. 



Sugar cane, see Sacciiarum. 



Sunday Island, sighted, 83. 



Superstitions, 282, 296. 



Surat cloth, 258. 



Surgery, among the Feejeeans, 165. — 

 Among the modern Persians, 258. 



Swain's Island, in the Union coral group, 

 noticed, 66. 



Sweating-houses, of Interior Oregon, 32. 



Sweet potatoes, see Convolvulus. 



Swine, see Pig. 



Sycamore, 374. 



Sydney, in New South Wales, visited, 138, 

 184, 274. 



Syrians, 251. 



Syringa, the lilac, 409, 



Syrinx, or Pipe of Pan, used by the Fee- 

 jeeans, 149, 284. 



Table-land of Oregon , 3 1 . — And of Southern 

 Izidia, 264. — Their geological structure, 

 compared, 267. — Table-lands, are the 

 birthplaces of civilization, 300. 



Taboo, instances of, 69, 81. — Among the 

 Feejeeans, 153. 



Tacca pinnatifida, 61, 317, 330, 342.— 

 Arrow-root, obtained from, at the Ha- 

 waiian Islands, 33. — And at the Feejee 

 Islands, 161. 



Tachypetes, frigate-bird, plumes of, 105. 



Tagala of Luzon, 119, 277, 283. 



Tagetes, 268, 362, 413. 



Taheiti, visited, 68. — European residents, 

 70, 232, 273. 



Taheitian visiters, 61, 73, 98. 



Tahkali Tribe of Northwest America, burn 

 their dead, 33. 



Takwani Tribe, of East Africa, 199. 



Taiara, in the Coral Archipelago, 61. 



Talinum patens, 336. 



Tamarix ? Oricntalis, 404. 



Tamarindus, 362, 401. 



