INDEX. 
Abbott, W. J., 19. 
Aborigines, Australian, at Browera Creek, 
460 ; at Cape York, account of, 536 ; 
camp of, 536 ; clothing of, 537 ; habit 
of hiding property, 538 ; ideas of, con- 
cerning death, 539 ; implements of, 
538 ; language of, 538 ; late rising of, 
540 ; savage cooking of, 539 ; short 
memory of, 539 ; weapons of, 538. 
d’Abreu, Antonio, at Banda, 561. 
Abrolhos Island, 237, 960. 
Abrolhos Island to Tristan da Cunha, 237. 
Abyssascidia, 165. 
Acacia, 184, 534 ; A. albida, 184 ; A. koa, 
760, 766. 
Acoena, 355 ; A. adscendens, 299 ; A. san- 
guisorbm, 257. 
Acanella, 692. 
Acantharia, 222. 
Acanthascus, 451. 
Acanthocladium, 751. 
Acanthocyclus gayi , 591. 
Acanthometra, 224, 748. 
Acanthophis antarctica, 536. 
Acanthophracts, 224. 
Acantliopterygians, 906. 
Acanthozone tricarinata, 621. 
Acosta, 854. 
Accessible Bay, 333, 334, 389 ; gale off, 
336 ; squall off, 334. 
Accumulators, 41, 61. 
Aceste, 200 ; A. bellidifera, 174, 775. 
Acetes, 527. 
Achnanthes, 930. 
Acineta, 126, 218, 933. 
Acridium, 186, 530. 
Acrostichum aureum, 143. 
Adeem, 897. 
Acteonina, 897 
Actinia, 574, 758. 
Actiniaria, account of the, 574. 
Actinometra, geographical and bathymetri- 
cal distribution of, 310 ; parasites on, 
541. 
Actinometra, 310, 541 ; A. jukesi, 316 ; 
A. pulchella, 310 ; A. strata , 316, 541. 
Acura, 219. 
Adamastor, 325. 
Adansmia digitata, 189. 
Adder’s-tongue Fern, 704. 
“Adelaide,” the, 868, 869. 
Adelie Land, 416, 417. 
Admiralty, Letters from, 21, 22, 1073. 
Admiralty Islands, 496, 541, 666, 687, 696, 
750, 943, 988, 1002. 
Admiralty Islands, adzes of, 716; Bracliyura 
at, 590 ; canoes at, 714 ; climate of, 
703 ; club houses at, 724 ; colour of 
natives at, 708 ; crania at, 730 ; 
description of, 699, 703 ; domestic 
animals at, 728 ; dress at, 709 ; 
dugong skulls at, 725 ; dwelling 
houses at, 714 ; fishing nets and fish 
hooks at, 715, 716 ; flora of, 945 ; food 
of natives of, 712, 713 ; hair of natives 
of, 708 ; history of, 697 ; lances of, 
728 ; measurements of natives of, 707 ; 
methods of native expression at, 707 ; 
musical instruments at, 722 ; natives 
at, 705 ; numerals at, 706; ornaments 
at, 709, 710, 711, 727 ; pigs’ skulls at, 
724, 728 ; porpoise skulls at, 725 ; 
pottery at, 713 ; spears at, 717, 718 ; 
tattooing at, 711 ; timidity of natives 
at, 726, 728 ; turtle skulls at, 722, 
724 ; wood carving at, 720. 
Admiralty Islands to Japan, 734. 
Admiralty worm, 761. 
Adriaanz, Capt., 49. 
“Adventure,” H.M.S., 638; 825, 867 
875, 886. 
Adzes, 483, 500, 716. 
uddga spongiopliila, 651. 
JEgina, 619. 
sEginella, 619. 
iEolian rocks, 137. 
JEolidella occidentalis , 136. 
Aeipetes, 325. 
Aerope, 200. 
African coast, depths along, 194 ; deposits 
off, 194. 
Agajo, 652. 
Agamidae,jl89. 
Agaricia fragilis, 145, 146, 150. 
Agaristidse, 581. 
Agassiz, Alexander, liv, 174, 382, 386, 
388, 569, 800 ; on the Eehinoidea, 
197, 1066 ; on Tornaria, 195. 
Agassiz, Prof. Louis, xlvi, xlix, 791. 
Agelacrinitidae, 311. 
Aglaophenia, 751 ; A. latecarinata, 136. 
Agrion, 149, 186. 
Agrostis magellanica, 356. 
Agulhas Bank, 423 ; Braehyura on, 586 ; 
deposits on, 289. 
Agulhas Current, the, 275, 290, 423, 968 ; 
soundings in, 423. 
Aime, 95, 948. 
Aime’s thermometers, 88. 
Ainos, the, 706. 
Air temperatures, sec Temperature. 
Akashi Strait, 747. 
Akeno Misaki, 7 4,7. 
“Alacrity,” H.M. Schooner, 699. 
Alauna rostrata, xliii. 
Albany Island, 540. 
Albany Pass, 532, 541, 542. 
Albatross, 294, 319, 324, 738, 787 ; 
parasites on, 910. 
Albatross, Sooty, 299 ; White, 294, 299 ; 
Yellow Billed, 265. 
Albino, at Fiji, 506 ; at St. Vincent, 188. 
Alboquerque, Affonso, at Malacca, 561. 
Alca impennis, 366. 
Alcazora, Simon de, 873. 
Alcidis aruus, 581. 
Alciope, 170, 219, 436, 628 ; A. antarctica, 
629 ; A. quadriuculata, 629. 
Alcyonaria, account of the, 689 ; colonies 
of, 517. 
Alcyonium putridosum, 571. 
Aldrich, Lieut. Pelham, 19, 20. 455, 456, 
638. 
Aldrich Channel, 342. 
Alebion, 570, 572. 
Alepas, 852. 
Alepocephalidae, 907. 
Alcpocephalus niger, 521. 
(nabr. chall. exp. — vol. i. — 1885.) 
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