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Vernewilina pygmcea, 912. 
Verongia, 644, 645 ; V. tenuissima, 639. 
Verruca nexa, 854 ; V. nitida, 669 ; 
V. prisca, 854 ; V. sulcata, 854. 
Vertical distribution of temperature in the 
ocean, 428. 
Vibilia pelagica, 136. 
Victoria, Hong Kong, description of, 636. 
Victoria Peak, 636. 
, Victoria Land, 416, 417, 428. 
“Victory,” the, xxxviii. 
Victory Pass, 866. 
Viedrua, Andres de, 874. 
Vigo, 941. 
Village Islet, 688. 
Villalobos visits Moluccas, 595. 
“ Vincennes,” the, 416. 
Viola teydea, 54. 
“Virago,” H.M.S., 876. 
Virbius acumirvatus, 136. 
Virgin Islands, deposits north of, 135. 
Virgularidse, the, 51. 
Virgulina schreibersiana, 912. 
Viti, see Piji. 
Viti Levu, 492, 496. 
Vitrina larmarckii, 56. 
Viwa Island, 492, 496. 
“Vixen,” H.M.S., 876. ' 
“ Volage,” the, 346. 
Volcanic ash in deposits, 804, 813. 
Volcanic eruption, at Amboina, 578 ; at 
Juan Fernandez, 823, 826. 
Volcanic mud, description of, 918. 
Volcanic particles, characters of, 814. 
Volcanic rocks in trawl, 607. 
Volcano, ascent of, at Gunung Api, 563 ; 
at Ternate, 598 ; at Kilauea, 766. 
Volcano, at Kilauea, 764 ; many, in 
Moluccas, 593 ; of Ternate, 596. 
“ Volunteer,” the, 667. 
Voluta abyssicola, 897. 
Volute, 895. 
Volvulina, 451. 
Volvulinidse, 448, 451. 
Vomerula, 571. 
Vorticella, 218, 933. 
Vosmaer, Dr., 640, 643. 
Voyage, synoptical table of, 942. 
Vries Island, 737, 744, 745, 749. 
“ Waaksamheyd,” the, 698. 
Wadsworth, M. E., on St. Paul’s Rocks, 
209. 
“Wager,” H.M.S., 862. 
Wai Levu, 495, 496, 497, 506 ; description 
of, 497; excursion to, 492 ; river, 679; 
shark of, 499 ; vegetation of steep 
banks of, 498. 
Waihirra, Lake, 788. 
Waii (Wai) Island, 559, 561. 
Waikiki, 760. 
Waimanalo, 762. 
Wakaya Island, 492. 
Waldheimia tenera, 131; W. wy villa, 
131, 
Wallabies, 460. 
Wallace, A. R., 21, 664, 732 ; on fertiliza- 
tion of plants, 829. 
Wallich, Dr. G. C., xlv. 
Wallis, Capt., 875. 
Walterhausen, Sartorius v., on tuffs of 
Sicily, 814. 
Walteria, 450. 
Wamma Island, 544, 552. 
Wanumbai, 549, 550. 
Warming, 935. 
Warmth of water at Arrou, 546. 
Warwyck, Admiral Van, 596. 
Washing at Amboina, 579. 
“Washington,” the, liv. 
Washington, Mount, 511. 
Wasps, 128. 
Wassia Island, 552. 
Wateiai Channel, 549. 
Water - bottles, 41, 111, 112, 115 ; 
Buchanan’s, 117 ; Jacobsen’s, 117 ; 
slip, 41 ; stop-cock, 41, 112. 
Water, compressibility of, 107, 964 ; trans- 
parency of, 26. 
Water at Juan Fernandez, 827. 
Water-cresses at Juan Fernandez, 827. 
Water Hen, 262. 
Water piezometer, comparison of, with 
mercury, 107 ; description of, 105 ; 
method of protecting, 105. 
Waterhouse, C. O., on Coleoptera, 269, 548, 
555. 
Waterman, Capt., 667. 
Watson, Bishop, on the saltness of the 
sea, xxxii. 
Watson, Prof. Morrison, on the Spheni- 
scidse, 361, 1067. 
Watson, Rev. R. B., on the Gasteropoda, 
894, 1070 ; on the Scaphopoda, 894; 
Watson’s Bay, 463. 
Wauchope, Capt., 242 ; on weather at 
Tristan, 246. 
Waves, method of measuring length of, 
330. 
Wawah, 681. 
Weapons, of Admiralty Islanders, 717 ; 
of Australian aborigines, 538 ; at Cape 
York, 541. 
Weddell, 408, 415, 416. 
Wednesday Island, 542. 
Weed, Gulf, 169. 
Wellington, 463, 472, 476. 
Wellington to the Kermadec Islands and 
Tongatabu, 474. 
Wesleyan missionaries, good effect of, 506. 
West Bay, 372. 
West Jason Cay, 873. 
West Moncceur Island, 453. 
Western Patagonia, 867. 
Westford, F. W., 19. 
Whale Bay, 348. 
Whale Bird, 358. 
Whale, 398, 400, 872 ; school of, 679. 
Whale’s bones, analyses of, 1036, 1037. 
Wharton, Capt., 869, 878. 
Wheel ropes, loss of, 153. 
Whisky Bay, 377. 
White, F. Buchanan, on Pelagic Hemiptera, 
512, 1067. 
White Albatross, 295 ; nest of the, 294. 
White Ants, 128 ; nest of, 128. 
White Bay, 342. 
White Crested Cockatoo, 534. 
White Noddy, 928. 
White Petrel, 398. 
White Rock, 543. 
Whortleberry, 599, 787. 
Wichmann on decomposition of rocks, 
815. 
Wideawake, 529, 928. 
Wild, Dr. J. J., 19, 22, 687, 724, 765. 
Wild Celery, 253, 257. 
Wild geese at Elizabeth Island, 871. 
Wild horses, habits of, 890. 
Wild Island, 696, 700, 702, 731; chief 
of, 723, 728 ; club houses on, 724 ; 
dogs on, 729 ; dwelling houses on, 
714; measurements of natives of, 707; 
population of, 728. 
Wild Sugar Cane, 497. 
Wilkes, Capt., xl, 407, 408, 415, 416, 417, 
418, 421, 429, 760, 765. 
Wilkes’ Termination Land, 402, 404. 
Willerruesia, 523 ; W. leptodactyla, 522, 
524. 
“ William,” the, 824. 
William’s Bay, 346. 
Williams, Thomas, 494. 
Williamson, Dr., 21; 
Wilson, E. B., 857. 
Wilson Promontory, 453. 
Wind, velocity of, between Bermuda and 
the Azores, 168 ; at Heard Island, 
378 ; at Kerguelen,- 353; between 
Madeira and St. Vincent, 182 ; obser- 
vations on, 773 ; in Pacific, 753, 771, 
801, 802 ; at Porto Praya, 193. 
Wingless Beetle, 892. 
Wingless Fly, 356, 376, 891. 
Wingless Gnat, 357, 891. 
Winter’s Bark, 828. 
Wire rope, 70. 
Wokan Island, 544. 
Wolf Rock, 593. 
“Wolverine,” H.M.S., 320, 321, 322. 
