INDEX. 
411 
Schools, 40 
Scotch firs, 15 
Sea birds, 1 
lions, 1 
Seals, 1 
Seamen* hospital for, 32 
See of St. Helena, 33 
Severity of (xov. Pike, 13 
Shaddock trees, 2 
Sheep, 14, 41, 43 
Shipping, 43 
Ships captured by French, 11 
Shops, 37 
Side path, 38 
Slander, 9 
Slave depot in Rupert’s Valley, 30 
ships, 30 
trade on coast of Africa, 30 
Slavery abolished, 25, 28 
abuses of, 29 
Slaves, 2 
prices of, 18 
punishment of, 8 
Social society, 41 
Soil, 43 
Sorrel, 2 
Spirits, sale of, abolished, 23 
Steam communication with Europe, 
35 
St. Helena, origin of name, 2 
St. Helena register, 23 
St. Helena regiment, 29, 32, 44 
St. James, church of, 15, 32 
St. John, church of, 34 
St. Matthew, church of, 34 
St. Paul, church of, 32 
Stores for garrison, 42 
Streets, 38 
Suez Canal, 44 
Sugar canes, 13 
Sunday, observance of, 7 
Supreme court, 30 
Swauley Valley, 5 
Teakwood, 35 
Telegraphs, 17, 41, 407 
Teneriffe, 36 
Termites, 35 
Tiles, 13 
Timber, 43 
Tomb, Napoleon’s, restoration of, 
39 
Tonnage duty, 32 
Tooley, Serg., 15 
Tracts on St. Helena, 23 
Trade, 43 
Transfer of Island from E.I.C. to 
Crown, 29 
Turkeys, 2 
Turtle, 1 
Unprincipled acts of Mr. Powell, 14 
Vale of the tomb, 32 
Valuation of property, 38, 43 
Vegetation, native, 13 
Venus, transit of, 15 
Vice- Admiralty Court, 30 
Volunteers, 41 
Voyage to St. Helena, 36 
Waddington, visit of, 15 
War department, 44 
Water, conveyance of, to Long- 
wood and to St. Francis Plain, 
25 
Water for ships, 28, 34, 35 
Wellington, Duke of, 25 
Well in Rupert’s, 28 
Wharf, 17, 27 
Wheat, 41 
White ants, introduction of, 31, 35 
Willow trees, 40 
Wind, S.E., trade, 36 
Wire Bird, 1 
Witchcraft, 12 
Wright, Major, 22 
Yams, 43. 
PART II.— GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY. 
Agate, 78 
Age, probable, of Island, 51, 67, 
70 
Alarm ridge, 60 
Alluvial soil, formation of, 68 
Altitude of Island, 46 
Ancient character, 47 
Angles of flow of lava, 52 
Area, superficial, 72 
Argillaceous clay, 78 
Arno’s Vale, 59 
Asbestos, 78 
Ascension, 71, 73, 74 
Ashes, 51, 53, 61 
Ass's ears, 51 
Atlantic, South, geography of, 
47 
Atmosphere, effect on lavas, 48 
Augite, 51, 55, 56, 66, 70 
Augitic dikes, 66, 67, 69 
Baukses, 71 
ridge. 73 
Barn Rock, 60 
Barn, the, 61, 64, 65 
Basalt, 48 
at Bay House, 4S 
at Coles Rock, 48 
Basaltic dike, 70, 72 
strata, 66 
Bombs, spherical, 52 
Bottleys, 60, 62, 61, 66 
Boulders at “ Churchyard,” 70 
near Lufkins, 70 
near Lot’s Wife Wood, 70 
Boulders near Thompson’s Wood, 
69 
Breccias, 61 
Building stones, 53, 61 
Bulimus auris vulpina, 75 
causes of its disappearance, 75 
Burnt rock, 63 
Calcite, 78 
Calcspar, 66 
California, 55 
Canaries, 47, 74 
Carbonate of lime, 77, 78 
Casons, 60 
Caves, 58 
Cavities in lava, 55 
Cellular lava, 56 
Chabazite, 69, 76 
Chalcedony, 78 
Challenger, H.M.S., 47 
Chimney, the, 72 
Chrysolite, 69 
“Churchyard,” 60, 66, 70 
Cinders, 53, 61, 72 
Clays, 48 
Clays, report on, by Mr. Mort- 
look, 76 
Coast cliffs, 46, 55 
Coast line, chang. s in, 58 
Coast line, length of, 72 
Cockburn, Admiral, 46 
Coles Rock, 49 
Columnar structure, 62 
Composition of strata, varieties 
in, 53 
Continental land, 51, 57 
Contour of Island, 46 
Cooling slowly, evidence of, 73 
Crater, disposal of products f om, 
51 
early edge of, 49, 52 
floor of, 50 
formation of, 47 
present condition of, 49 
scenery of, 49 
Crateriform bowl, 64, 66 
Crystalline rucks, 50, 70 
Crystals of augite, 56 
Cuckold’s Poiut, 60 
Currents from the eastward, 
54 
Cylindrical holes in rubble, 54 
Dead wood, 61, 65 
Decomposition of lavas, 48, 68, 
70 
Deep valley, 60 
cave at, 58 
Denudation, 50, 51, 58, 67, 70, 
71, 72, 75 
Devil’s Hole Ridge, CO 
Diana’s Peak, 48, 59, 69 
Dikes, 60, 61, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 
72 
hardness of, 51 
probable cause of, 65 
vitreous edges of, 65 
Sandy Bay, 50 
Disintegration, 50, 52, 56, 68, 
70 
