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INDEX. 



Tamul people, 136. — Tamul language and 



literature, 263. 

 Tanacetum vulgare, the tansy, 413. 

 Tansy, 413. 



Tanna, in the New Hebrides Group, 171. 



Tapir of Sumatra, 304. 



Tapti, a river of Hindoostan, 266. 



Taravvan, or Kingsmill coral group, 69, 



Taro, see Colocasia. 



Tarsier, 304. 



Tartar tribes, 14. 



Tasmania, or Van Diemen's Land, natives 

 of, 142. 



Tattooing, not practised at certain coral 

 islands, 59. — The chequered pattern of 

 the Western Paumotuans, 62. — The 

 New Zealand pattern, 81. — The Samoa 

 and Tonga pattern, 85. — ^The Hawaiian 

 pattern, 92. — The practice of tattooing, 

 among the Calirornians and the maritime 

 tribes of Northwest America, 105. — Not 

 seen in the East Indies, 119. — Tattooing, 

 among the Feejeeans, and the modern 

 Arabs, 148, 253. — Among certain Ethio- 

 pian Tribes, 205. 



Tauai, or Kauai, in the Hawaiian Group, 

 visited, 93. 



Tavaita Tribe, of East Africa, 194. 



Teak, see Tectona. 



Tectona, the teak tree, 364. 



Telingan, or Indian Race, 174. — Telingans, 

 two lascarsat Sooloo, 127, 176. — -Lascars 

 at Manila and at Singapore, 176, 290. 

 — At Sydney, at Oahu, and in company 

 with European residents at the Feejee 

 Islands, 180. — Telingans of Western 

 Hindoostan, 180.— Of the Persian Gulf, 

 181. — Of Madagascar, 181. — Mixed 

 Telingans, among the Jews, 235. 



Tephrosia piscatoria, 315, 326, 341. 



Terebinth tree, see Pistacia. 



Terminalia, 410. 



catappa, 323, 326, 341, 347, 362. 



Teucrium scordium, 396. 

 marum, 396. 

 iva, 408. 



Tern, in a half-domeslicated state, at a 



coral island, 61. — Tern, and other sea- 

 birds, at Rose Island, and other coral 

 islands, 64. 

 Ternati, an island in the East Indies, natives 

 of, 129. 



Terra del Fuego, visited, 18, 272. 

 Thalia dcalbata, 411. 



Theatrical performances, among the Chi- 

 nese, 47. — Among the Eastern Hindoos, 

 176. 



Thebes, visited, 204, 249, 399. 

 Theocritus, quoted, 393. 

 Theophrastus, plants mentioned by, 387. 

 Thcspesia populnea, 314, 325, 346, 360, 

 Thlaspi bursa-pastoris, 310, 

 Thuya Orientaiis, 382. 



Occidentalis, 410, 

 Tibboo, of the Sahara, 206. 

 Tidore, in the East Indies, 173, 

 Tigers at Singapore, 131. 

 Tikchau, in the Coral Archipelago, 62, 

 Tikopia, island of, 289. 

 Timber rafts, in the Feejee Islands, 154, 

 Ti-plant, see Dracaena. 

 Tobacco, 308. — Pipes discovered by Davis 



and Squier, in the ancient mounds of 



Ohio, 44. 



Tofooa, in the Tonga Group, contains an 



active volcano, 83. 

 Toka, a town in the Dekkan, 265, 

 Toltecas, 113. 



Tomahawk, not used by the California 

 Tribes, 108. 



Tomato, see Lycopersicum, 812. 



Tongataboo, the centre of Navigation in 

 Western Polynesia, 62. — The island 

 visited, 83. — Composed of coral, 83. — 

 Natives of, at the Feejee Islands, 86. — 

 Feejeean visiters, at Tongataboo, 145. — 

 European residents, 84, 233, 273. — 

 Diversity of races at, 273. 



Torres Straits, 141. 



Traditions, of the natives of the Tarawan 

 coral group, 67. — Of the natives of 

 Pleasant Island, 68. — Of New Zealand, 

 79. 



Tragopogon, salsify, 393, 



