Index, 
419 
Kay, Limit., on the magnetlcal instru¬ 
ments,207. On terrestrial magnetism, 
124. 
Kelly,,!., Macquarie Harbour discovered 
by, 059. 
Kelp-fish of Port Arthur, 102. 
Kerguelen's Land coal, analysis of, 200, 
201 . 
Kerguelen’s Land, basaltic dykes of, 27. 
31. 03: trap rocks, 27. 31: rapid de¬ 
composition of, 27: fossil wood, 28 : 
coal, 29. 33 : arenaceous slate, 33. 34. 
King-fisher, three-toed, 50. 
Kosciusko, Mount, 07. 
Kup6, legend of, 200. 
Kuri or Corrobory, 111. 
Kutpi, 111. 
Labour, application of to irrigation, 109. 
Labrrn ? laticlavius , L. tetricus , L. fu - 
ckola , L. psittaculus , 102. 
Lake King, 08. 
Lake River available for irrigation, 80. 
Lake Sorell, 84. 
Landrail, 57. 
Language of the natives, advantages of 
studying, 109: of the natives of King 
George’s Sound, extent of, 159, of 
Tasmania, 308. 
Lark, green, 54. 
Latris hecateia, n. g., 64. 
La Terre Adelie, 75. 
Latrobe River, 69. 
Law, administration of European, to 
savages, 19. 
Leather-jacket of Port Arthur, 105.100. 
Leaves capable of allaying thirst, 49. 
Leguminosat of Tasmania mostly unfit 
for food, 37. 
Leipoa , n. g., 305. 
L. ocellata , 143. 144. 345. 
Lenipriere, T. G., account of Macquarie 
Harbour by, 359 : meteorological ta¬ 
ble for Port Arthur by, 225 : on the 
Sea-9lug, 152. 
Lepidoleprus australis , 100. 
L’Este, 332. 
Lictnetis pastinator , 398. 
Lignites, 190. 
Lillie, Rev. J. on the objects of the Tas¬ 
manian Journal, 1. 
Linnet, green, 54. 
Liver of birds examined by the New 
Zealanders, 349. 
Lomaria nigra , 375. L. linearis , 37G. 
L. deltoides , 376. L. rotundifolia, 
377. 
Lubru, 309. 
Lusk, Mr. C., fate of, 306. 
Lyre-bird, 401. 
Lyre-pheasant, 239. 
Machinery, application of, to irrigation 
or draining, J09. 
Macquarie Harbour, account of, 359 : 
evacuation of, 371. 
Macquarie Harbour Vine, Polygonum 
adpressum , (not the P. adp. of La- 
billardiere) fruit of, 42. 
Macquarie River applied to irrigation, 
85, 86. 
Macropus brachyotis, 303: framatus, 
300 : leporides, 302 : lunatus , 301 : 
manicatus , 302 : robustus , 300 : un- 
guifer, 301. 
Magnetic dip, account of, 127: elements, 
207 : hurricanes, 132: instruments, 
207 : observations taken simulta¬ 
neously since 1830, 132: perturba¬ 
tions observed to be synchronous, 131: 
variation, 127. 
Magnetism, history of, 125 : terrestrial, 
125. 
Magnetometer, bifilar, 216 : declination, 
211 . 
Magpie, black, 54. 
- ■, pied, 54. 
-, white, 54. 
Muliuika and Mani, legend of, 257. 
Mangkawitya, 115. 
Mani, 255. 
Manuring, want of, supplied by irriga¬ 
tion, 88. 
Marepa, the, 348. 
Marianthus ceerulco-punctatus, 319. 
Marsupial muscles, double office of, 188. 
Marsupials, on the condition of young, 
187. 
Martin, 56. 
Mawe-pawk, more-pork, or mop-hawk, 
142. 
M*Cormick, R., on the Geology of Ker¬ 
guelen’s Land, 27 : sketch of the Ant¬ 
arctic regions, 241. 
Medusa, masses of in 30° 40' S., 27° 30' 
E., 150. 
Meliphaga inornate , male of, 146. 
MelipliagUlw , 142. 
Memory of the dead among the Abori¬ 
gines, 254. 
Menura super bn, 401. 
Merrina (or Methmna), 252. 
Meteorological table for Port Arthur, 
1837—1841, 225: for Hampshire 
Hills, 78, 380. 
M'Geary’s native vocabulary, 309. 
Micraica assimUis , 394. 
Midla and Kaya, 115. 
Milky way, notions of the Adelaide 
tribe respecting the, 116. 
Milla, 113. 
Milligan, J., meteorological observations 
by, 78. 380. 
