Index . 
421 
Pkzorhynchus nitidus, 393. 
Pigeon, Cape, 38. 
Pig-fisli of Port Arthur, 104. 
Pinde-meyu, 111. 
Pintado, 68. 
Pin-tail, Australian, 67. 
Pipe-fish, 107. 
Pirates' Bay, 286. 
Plane of neutrality, 127. 
Platypus, not oviparous, 97 : has marks 
of an oviparous diameter, 97. 
Pleiades, notions of the Adelaide tribe 
about the, 116. 
Ploughing ill adapted for steam power, 
296. 
Plover, golden, 67 : spur-winged, 57. 
Podargus, 143. 
Pohutakana, 307. 
Point Puer, 275. 
Polygamy among the Aborigines, 256. 
Population, ultimate extent of, in Tas¬ 
mania, 177. 
Porcupine, native, 239. 
Porphyrio ItelluSy 399. 
Port Arthur, 265. 
Port Arthur coal, analysis of, 193. 
Port Jackson shark, 238. 
Port Stephen coal, analysis of, 191. 
Portuguese man-of-war, 136. 
Potatoes, native, 44. 
Praticola campestris, 394. 
Procellaria • of Maria Island, 58. 
PsUopui culiciwrus , 397. 
Psittaddasy 142. 
Ptilonorhynchm holosericeiis, 388. 
Ptilotis plumulus, 391. 
Pumice, 340. 342: marine deposits of, 
339. 
Pumping, cost of, in irrigation, 172. 
Punk eaten by the Aborigines, 48. 
Pyrrhoi annus , n. g., 395. P, brtmneus, 
396. 
Quail, brown, 56 : painted, 57 : stubble, 
56. 
Kail, 57. 
llain table for Port Arthur, 1837—1841, 
225 : for the Hampshire Ilills, 1835— 
1839, 78. 
Rang!, 254. 
Bata, 307. 
liaptores of Tasmania, 53. 
Rasores of Tasmania, 56. 
Recherche Bay Coal, analysis of, 196. 
Reed-lark, 54. 
Relationship,numerous degrees of, among 
the Adelaide tribe, 122. 
Rewharewa, the, described, 344. 
Rhipidura albiscapa, 145. 306 : isura, 
397. 
Richardson on Australian Fish, 59. 99. 
402: on Daguerreotype, 71. 
Richmond coal, analysis of, 194. 
Rifle-bird, 141. 
Ripple, effect of, in tanks, 162. 
Rivers, application of to irrigation, 166. 
Robin, black-throated, 53 : dusky, 53 : 
pink-brea9ted, 53 : red-throated, 53. 
Roots fit for food found in Tasmania, 49. 
Rosncece of Tasmania, 37. 
Ross’s, Capt. J. C., notice on the late 
Antarctic discoveries, 409. 
Rossiter Bay, 158. 
Rotatory engine, 173.186: adapted to 
digging, 299. 
Royal Society, instructions of the, 226. 
Rubus Gunnianus , esculent properties 
of the berry, 37. 
Russell’s Falls, dam constructed at, 168. 
Salmon, Tasmanian, 60. 
Saltwater creek, 293. 
Sand-piper, 57. 
Sap, constitution of, 95. 
Sassafras bark used as tea, 43. 
Satin bird, 388. 
Savary, account of, 273. 
Saw-fish, 107. 
Sawyer honey-sucker, 56. 145. 
Seotophilvs morio ,384. S. Gouldii , 384. 
S. australis 9 384. .S'. pumilus, 384. 
Sea slug of Port Arthur, 152. 
Scbastes mnculatiLS y 63. 
Seeds, method of packing, 235. 
Semaphore at Port Arthur, 288. 
Serranus rasory 59. 
Shug, black, 58: white-bellied, 58. 
Sharks, method of preserving specimens, 
238. 
She-oak, leaves of, allay thirst, 44. 
Shoveller, 57. 
Silex in volcanic springs, 151. 
Siliceous shields of Infusoria , 151. 
Silver eye, 54. 
Sinclair, A., on the Physalui pelagica , 
136. 
Skaptua Jokul, eruption of in 1703, 
325. 
Slate, remarkable specimens of arena-^ 
ceous, 33. 
Slavery, influence of the gospel on, in 
New Zealand, 347. 
Sluices, construction of, 164. 
Small-pox among the Aborigines, 121. 
Snipe, 57. 
Sockage of reservoirs or rivers, 92. 
Social degradation of the Adelaide tribe, 
118.119. 
Soil not benefitted by irrigation until 
broken up, 91. 
Sol by a angustifolia 9 319. 
