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1085 
Doves, 213. 
Dracaena, 517, 714, 785. 
Draco volans, 665. 
Dragon flies, 149, 186. 
Drake, Sir Francis, at Moluccas, 596 ; at 
Strait of Magellan, 873, 876. 
Dranan Island, 554. 
Drassidse, 187. 
Drassus, 187. 
Dredge, 41 ; description of, 73 ; first use 
of, by naturalists, xxxv ; for capturing 
Euplectella, 650. 
Dredgings, Abrolhos Island to Tristan da 
Cunha, 237 ; in Accessible Bay, 388 ; 
at Amboina, 585 ; in Antarctic 
Begions, 437 ; at Api, 518 ; along 
Australian coast, 469 ; Azores to 
Madeira, ISO ; at Babia, 236 ; in Bal- 
four Bay, 386 ; off Bermuda, 161 ; off 
Brazil, 217 ; off Cape Maclear, 390 ; 
southwest of Cape Otway, 392 ; off Cape 
York, 310 ; off Fernando Noronha, 
214 ; Fernando Noronha to Bahia, 
215 ; off Ferro Island, 125 ; in Inland 
Sea, Japan, 748 ; off Kerguelen Island, 
360, 367 ; Kerguelen to M°Donald- 
Islands, 367 ; Madeira to St. Vincent, 
181 ; in Magellan Strait, 873 ; off 
Matuku Island, 490 ; off Meangis 
Islands, 669 ; in Messier and Sar- 
miento Channels, 873 ; in Mid At- 
lantic, 124 ; off east coast of New 
Zealand, 476 ; in Pacific, 775 ; off 
Pico, 175 ; Pico to San Miguel, 176 ; 
off Prince of Wales Channel, 542 ; off 
Rio de la Plata, 911 ; off St. Thomas, 
135 ; off Shag Island, 379 ; in S. 
Pacific, 804 ; in Stanley Harbour, 
388 ; Tenerife to St. Thomas, 122; in 
Torres Strait, 543 ; Tristan Island to 
Cape of Good Hope, 274 ; see also 
Trawlings. 
Dredging, early, xliii ; early Antarctic, xli ; 
method of, 76 ; shallow water, xxxvi. 
Dredging, engine, 2 ; platform, 2 ; rope, 
10, 72; wire, 71, 72. 
Dress, at Admiralty Islands, 709 ; of Api 
Islanders, 517 ; of dancing girls, 
Banda, 567 ; at Dobbo, 545 ; at 
Nakello, Fiji, 502, 503. 
Drift wood, 679. 
Drimijs confertifolia, 828. 
Drink made from palm, 598. 
Dromidea, 898. 
Dromidia bicornis, 898. 
Drums, at Admiralty Islands, 723; at Fiji, 
496 ; of Ki Islanders, 553 ; in form of 
crocodile, 541. 
Drying plants, method of, 8 ; drying 
chamber, necessity for, 8. 
Ducks, 497, 766 ; Loggerhead, 872. 
Du Fresne, M. Marion, 291, 292, 319, 322. 
Dugong, 725, 729. 
Duke of York Island, 698. 
Dales rnalo, 784. 
Duncan, Prof. P. M., 693. 
Duncania, 800. 
Dungeness Point, 873. 
Duntze, Capt. , 876. 
D’Urville, Capt. Dumont, 415, 416, 417, 
247. 
Durvillea utilis, 299, 376. 
Dutch, at Amboina, 577 ; at Arrou, 546 ; 
at Banda, 562 ; at the Moluccas, 595. 
Duties at Valparaiso, 843. 
Dyer, W. Thiselton, 179, 943. 
Dyizo Hana, 747. 
Dynamite cartridges, method of catching 
fish by, 456. 
Dysdera, 187 ; D. wollastoni, 55. 
Dijtaster, 608, 612, 615. 
Eagle, 727. 
Earbonesof whales, see Bones of Cetaceans. 
Earthquakes, at Amboina, 578 ; at Banda, 
562; at Juan Fernandez, 824, 825; 
without wave, 596. 
Earwig, 530. 
East David Island, 865. 
East Indian Archipelago, Brachyura of, 
588. 
East India Islands, 1002. 
East Island, 318, 321. 
East Island, depth of passage between 
Possession Island and, 321 
East Jason Cay, 883. 
East Moncoeur Island, 453. 
Eastern Channel, 701. 
Eaton, Rev. Mr., 390. 
Ebalia tuberculosa, 587. 
Echinaster, 382 ; E. sarsii, 390 
Echinocrepis, 200. 
Eehinodermata, reproduction of certain 
members of, 379 ; direct mode of 
development in, 382. 
Echinoidea, account of the, 197. 
Echinoplax moscleyi, 589. 
Echinus, xxxii, 396, 651. 
Ecliiostoma, 412, 521 ; description of, 
412 ; E. micripnus 412, 905 ; E. 
microdon, 520. 
Echium stenosiphon, 184. 
Echiurus unicinct.us, 908 
Edeinascidia, 165. 
Eden Harbour, 865. 
Edible birds’ nests, 485 
Edward’s Rock, 542. 
Edwardsiae, 574. 
Eel, 485, 498, 788, 907. 
Efate, 496, 515, 723, 731 
Egyptian vulture, 186. 
Ehrenberg, Dr., xxxix, 220. 
Eilhardia schulzei, 641. 
Eimeo Island, 776, 777, 801. 
El Yunque, 826. 
Elasipoda, description of the, 276 ; geogra- 
phical distribution of, 277. 
Electrical thermometer, Siemens’, 95. 
Eledonc, 272. 
Elephant Seal, 294, 321,354, 373, 377, 819. 
Elizabeth Head, 334. 
Elizabeth Island, 871. 
Ellis, xxxv ; on deep-sea temperatures, 83. 
Elpidia glacialis, 277, 278. 
Embryonopsis halticclla, 357. 
“Emma Jane,” the, 377. 
Empetrum nigrum, 253. 
Enchelycore nigricans, 203. 
Encrinos, 49. 
End Hill, 747. 
Enderby’s Land, 416. 
English Narrows, 863, 864, 868. 
Enhalus, 540. 
EnoploteutMs margarilifera, 574. 
Enstatite, 812. 
Entada scandcns, 538. 
Enteric fever, cases of, 1029. 
Entrance Isles, 862. 
d’Entrecasteaux, see D’Entrecasteaux. 
Eooa Island, 476, 478, 484, 485, 489. 
Eos indica, 669. 
Epeira, 187 ; E. clavipes, 556 ; E. man- 
gareva, 485, 489, 518 ; E. moluccensis, 
489, 518 ; E. pcrplicata, 55. 
Epialtus, 588. 
Epiphytes, 580, 704. 
Equatorial Current, see Current. 
“Erebus,” H.M.S., xl, 878, 884. 
Eretmochelys imbricata, 169. 
Ergasticus clouei, 590 ; E. naresi, 590. 
Erica arborea, 54; E. azoriua, 178. 
Erichthoidina, 818. 
Erichthus, 817, 818. 
Eruptions at Banda, 561. 
Ervilia castanea , 625. 
Eryon, 523 ; E. barrovensis, 524. 
Eryoneicus, 524 ; E. coecus, 524. 
Erysipelas, case of, 1030. 
Erythrina, 534 ; E. indica, 489. 
Escape Reach, 864. 
Escharidae, 672, 674, 675. 
“ Esperance,” the, 698. 
Esperia rotalis, 570. 
Espinosa, 697. 
d’Etchevery, M. , 262. 
Etheridge, Robert, jun., on Falkland 
Island fossils, 892. 
Ethusa microphthahna, 585. 
Etmodiscus, 512, 738, 932 ; E. convexus, 
932, 933 ; E. coronatus, 932 ; E. dia- 
