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INDEX. 



Vicia satlva, 380. 



lutea, 389. 

 Villarsia, 324, 327. 

 Vinca rosea, 407. 

 Viola odorata, 382. 

 Virgil, quoted, 380, 394. 

 Vitex agnus-castus, 391. 

 Viti-levu, in the Feejee Group, 153, 158. 

 Vilis vinifcra, the grape, 311, 345, 346, 

 361, 368. 



Volcano, on Savaii, in the Samoa Group, 

 74. — On Tofooa, in the Tonga Group, 

 83.— On Hawaii, 94, 95.— On Maui, in 

 the Hawaiian Group, 97. — Vesuvius, 

 visited, 271. 



Wabiza, or iVIoviza Tribe, of East Africa, 



106, 197. 

 Wahabi, 251. 



Wakamba, Makamba, or Merremcngo 

 Tribe, of East Africa, 193, 194, 216. 



Wake's Island, a detached coral island, vi- 

 sited, 65. 



Wakondy Tribe, of East Africa, 198. 

 Wallawalla, in Interior Oregon, 37. 

 Wallis Island, or Uca, visited, 99. 

 Walnut, see Juglans. 



Wamera Tribe, of East Africa, 198, 199. 

 Wampugo Tribe, of Eastern Africa, 194, 

 215, 216. 



Wampum, among the Cliinooks, 26. — In 

 Interior Oregon, 34. — Among the Cali- 

 fornian Tribes, 109. 



Wanika, or M'nika Tribe, of East Africa, 

 102, 194. 



War-conch, Triton variegatum, 62. 



Wars, among the Taheitans, 70. — Among 

 the Samoans, 73, 76. — Among the New 

 Zealanders, 80. — Of the Tonga Islanders, 

 83.— Of the Fcojeeans, 155.— Of the an- 

 cient Egyptians, 249. — Wars unknown, 

 among certain East Indian tribes, 296. 



Wataita Tribe, of East Africa, 194, 215. 



Water, modes of procuring, at the coral 

 islands, 66. — And in lava districts, at 

 the Hawaiian Islands, 07. 



Water-melon, see Citrullus. 



Water-proof baskets, used in Oregon, 25, 

 31. — And by the Californian Tribes, 103. 



Weapons, of the Patagonians, 17. — Of the 

 Fuegians, 19. — Of the natives of Good- 

 success Bay, 1 9. — Of the ancient Peru- 

 vians, 22. — Of tiie Samoans, 77. — Of 

 the New Zealanders, 80. — Of the Tonga 

 Islanders, 83. — Of the Hawaiians, 91. — 

 Of the Californian Tribes, 105. — Of the 

 natives of Sooloo, 126, 282. — Of the 

 Australians, 140. — Of the Feejeeans, 149, 

 — Of various East African tribes, 189, 

 192. — Of the inhabitants of the Thebaid, 

 205.— Of the Galla, 213.— Of the Mus- 

 sai, 217.— Of the Bhills and the Erin- 

 jarry, 269. — Of the ancient Hindoos, 

 351, 354. 



Weeds, accompanying the Fuegians, 18. 



Wecmbi, sec pjleusine. 



West Indies, aboriginals of, 113, 114, 288. 



Whale-teeth, formerly prized by the Ha- 

 waiians, 91. — Extravagantly prized at 

 the Feejee Islands, 159. 



Whales, captured by the Chinooks, 25, 26. 

 — But not by the islanders of the main 

 Pacific, 159. 



Wheat, see Triticum. 



White and red, the favourite colours with 

 the Feejeeans and Telingans, 148. 



White Race, 225. — Its first appearance in 

 Egypt, 207.— Origin of, 270. 



Winnebago Tribe, 43. 



Wolf, the Coyota of California, 106, 308. 

 — The Australian wolf, 141. 



Wool, of the guanaco, made into yarn by the 

 natives of Good -success Bay in Terra 

 del Fuego, 19. — Of the mountain goat, 

 woven into blankets by the Chinooks, 26. 



Woven cloth, known to the ancient Peru- 

 vians, 21. — Blankets, manufactured by 

 the Chinooks, 26. 



Wreaths, a favourite ornament with the 

 Malayan tribes, 53. — Sometimes worn 

 by the Californians, 109. 



Writing, the nearest approach to, among 

 the Polynesians, 81. — Antiquity of the 

 art, 368. 



