Quartz, in deposits, 161, 169 ; crystals of, 
in rocks at Kerguelen, 350. 
Quatrefages, M. de, 731. 
Quedius, 205 ; Q. fulgidus, 269. 
Queen Charlotte Sound, 466. 
Queensland, 454, 732. 
Quelch, J. J., on corals, 145, 544, 565, 1070. 
Quelpart, 625. 
Quente, River, 177. 
Querquedula eatoni, 319, 357. 
Quoin Hill, 871. 
Quoy, 462. 
Radiella, 572. 
Radiolaria, account of the, 219 ; classifica- 
tion of, 221 ; distribution of, 225 ; 
morphology of, 221 ; reproduction of, 
220 . 
Radiolarian ooze, 737, 774 ; description of, 
920. 
Rain water, composition of air dissolved 
in, 991 ; experiments on, 990 ; gases 
in, 992 ; observations on, 993. 
Raine Island, 519, 521, 528, 529, 929. 
Raine Island to Cape York, 531. 
Rainfall, at Ternate, 600; at Honolulu, 760. 
Rainier, Admiral, 577. 
Rallus pedoralis, 529. 
Rame Head, 453. 
Ramulina, 837. 
Rana pipiens, 229. 
Randallia granulata, 588; R. ornata, 588. 
Raninidea, 898. 
Ranunculus biternatus, 301. 
Raoul Island, 475, 477 ; flora of, 475 ; 
volcanic condition of, 477. 
Raoulia, 301. 
Raspailia, 572. 
Rat Island, 211, 214, 907 ; Lepidoptera 
at, 214 ; rocks at, 214. 
Rata, 473. 
Rathbun, Mr., on deep-sea trawling, 49. 
Rations of crew, 1027. 
Rats at Tahiti, 784. 
Rattan Palm, at Arrou, 548 ; at Cape 
York, 534. 
Ratu ( = prince, Fiji) David, 494, 496. 
Reagents, 44. 
Recent bones, analyses of, 1034. 
Reception in honour of Expedition, at 
Banda, 566 ; at Ternate, 596. 
“Recherche,” the, 698. 
Reckaderos, 650. 
Red Bird, 144, 146. 
Red clay, description of, 920 ; micro- 
scopic examination of, 921. 
Red Cliffs, 765. 
Red Hand of Australia, 461. 
Red Island, 376, 378. 
Red Islet, 369. 
NARRATIVE OF THE CRUISE. 
Red mud, description of, 918. 
Red Patch Point, 543. 
Red Sea, 962, 967, 968. 
Redfield Rocks, 737. 
Reef, appearance indicative of, 491 ; 
Barrier, 519, 521 ; Cook’s, 542 ; 
Great Detached, 521, 530, 531; at 
Kandavu, 508; mode of growth of, 
781; at Tahiti, 778, 779. 
Reef Corals, at Bermuda, 145; at Kandavu, 
508. 
Regadrella, 450. 
Regnault, 948. 
Reibnitz, Capt. von, 453. 
Reichenbach, 809. 
Reirson Island, 765. 
Religion of guides at Tahiti, 785. 
Rcmigia marcida, 148. 
Renard, Abbe A., analysis of manganese 
nodules by, 1048; on St. Paul’s Rocks, 
209, 1067. 
Renard, Abbe A., and John Murray, on 
cosmic spherules, 809 ; on deep-sea 
deposits, 915, 1071 ; on volcanic 
minerals in deep sea, 813. 
Renieridae, 572. 
Renilla miilleri, 908. 
Renillidse, 51. 
Rennel, on currents, xliii. 
Reopliax, 842 ; R. scorpiurus, 912. 
Report of Committee on proposed Expedi- 
tion, 21. 
Resident, of Amboina, 578 ; of Banda, 566; 
of Ternate, 596. 
Respiratory system, diseases of, 1030. 
Retama, 54. 
Reteocrinus, 313. 
Retepora margaritacea, 675. 
Reteporidae, 675. 
Retort stands, iron stanchions in place of, 
13. 
Reunion Isle, 345. 
Rewa, 492 ; excursion to, 492 ; Queen of, 
505; River, 497, 498, 506 ; volume of 
water poured into harbour of, 497. 
Rhabdocalyptus, 451. 
Rhabdodictyum, 450. 
Rhabdoliths, 511. 
Rliabdonema, 930. 
Rhabdopectella, 450. 
Rhabdopleura, 671, 676. 
Rhabdosoma, 171, 219. 
Rhabdosplieres, 607 ; distribution of, 938. 
Rhapliig aster, 148. 
Rhaphithamnus lonqijlorus, 828. 
Rhea, 872. 
RMpidura semirubra, 729. 
Rhizammina, 836 ; R. algaiformis, 574, 
758, 805. 
Rhizochalina, 571. 
1101 
RJiizocrinus, 306, 308, 313 ; R. lofotensis, 
311. 
Rhizomorpha, 502, 504. 
Rhizopoda, 934. 
Rhizopoda polythalamia, 220 ; R. radiaria, 
220 . 
Rhizosolenia, 930 ; R. flaccida, 931. 
Rhodes Bay, 342. 
Rhodocrinidae, 313. 
Rhun Island, 561. 
Rlvynchodemus, 473. 
RJiynchoscaphia antarctica, 634. 
Riccia, 704. 
Rice fields, 598. 
Rich, Lieut., 242, 243, 245 ; journal of, 
at Tristan, 244. 
Richards, Admiral G. H. , 1 , 22. 
Richards, R. R. A., 19, 257, 728. 
Richards Islet, 701. 
Richards, Mount, 347. 
Richardson, Capt., 242, 256. 
Riches, Capt., 652. 
Ridge between Banda and Arafura Seas, 559. 
Ridley, S. O., on Corallium, 125, 692; on 
the Monaxonida, 569, 1071. 
Rifle Bird, 535. 
Rio de la Plata, 902, 908, 960 ; deposits 
off the mouth of, 910 ; trawlings and 
dredgings off, 911. 
Rio Parahiba, 215. 
Rio San Francisco, 215. 
River Plate, see Rio de la Plata. 
Roang Island, 605 ; Peak, 605. 
Robert Point, 865. 
Robinson Crusoe, 821. 
Robinson, Sir Hercules, 463. 
“ Rochelle,” the, 369. 
Rock (a), 542. 
Rock Island, 745, 749. 
Rock Lilies, 459. 
Rockall, xlviii. 
Rockhopper Penguin, 259, 296, 358. 
Rocks, at Amboina, 580 ; at Ascension, 
929 ; at Bermuda, 137 ; at Green- 
land Harbour, 350 ; glaciated, near 
Halifax, 158 ; at Gunung Api, 563 ; 
at Hammond Island, 542 ; at Heard 
Island, 372, 373 ; at Inaccessible 
Island, 262 ; at Isthmus Bay, 866 ; 
at Juan Fernandez, 830; at Kandavu, 
508 ; at Kerguelen, 348, 352 ; at 
Nicobar Islands, 227 ; at Nightingale 
Island, 264 ; at Platform Island, 214 ; 
at Rat Island, 214 ; at St. Vincent, 
188 ; at San Iago, 191 ; at Ternate, 
600 ; at Tongatabu, 483. 
Rocks of Despair, 334. 
Rodents, 128, 872. 
Rodondo Island, 453. 
Rogers, Capt. Woodes, 376, 820. 
