The Solomon Islands and Their Natives

by H. B. Guppy

GENERAL INDEX.

• A.
• Achras, [293].
• Acosta, [255].
• Adenanthera pavonina, [293].
• Agassiz, A., on scypho-medusæ, [335].
• Agassiz, L., on scypho-medusæ, [334].
• Aleurites, [88].
• Algæ, edible, [89]; microscopic, on cliffs, [327].
• Alpinias, [283], [288], [294].
• Alu, see [Shortland Islands].
• Angiopteris, [283], [294].
• Annexation in the Western Pacific, remarks upon, [xi].
• Anoga resin, [66].
• Anson Island, [259].
• Anumi, [25].
• Apes, anthropoid, legends of, [335].
• Archer, H., [334].
• Areca palms, their frequency, [294]; their station, [283], [285], [287]; growing tops, edible, [88]; fruits substitutes for betel-nuts, [95]; trunks used for beds, [61]; dispersal of fruits, [293], [305]; list of palms, [303].
• Arias, Dr. J. L., [254].
• Armlets, [132], [133].
• Arracises Island, [211], [275].
• Arrowroot, South Sea, [89].
• Arrows, [72].
• Asclepiads, [289], [290], [298].
• Asplenium nidus, [285], [329].
• Assent, gesture of, [126].
• Astonishment, gesture of, [125].
• Atkin, Rev. J., [15].
• Australia del Espiritu Santo, [252].
• Awi-sulu, [154], [285].
• B.
• Bagana, volcano of, [vii], [39], [53].
• Baker, J. G., on the fungi, [294].
• Balalai Island, [53].
• Baldness, [119].
• Ball, Lieut., [266].
• Bamboos, brakes of, [288].
• Bananas, see [Plantains].
• Banyans, [284], [285], [286], [290], [293], [294], [301].
• Barometrical observations, [361], [366].
• Barringtonia edulis, [85].
• Barringtonia speciosa, [101], [156], [158], [188], [290], [291], [292], [305].
• Bateman, Mr., [18].
• Batrachians, [308]; new family of, [315]; dispersal of, [317].
• Bats, [82], [211].
• Bauro, St. Christoval, [100], [229], [252], [277].
• Béa 37.
• Beaumont, Dr., R.N., [114].
• Beccari, Signor, [289], [295].
• Beckoning, mode of, [125].
• Beds, [61].
• Begonia, [288].
• Behrens, [257].
• Belcher, Capt. Sir E., R.N., [269].
• Beliefs, religious, [53].
• Bennet, Mr. G., [71], [319].
• Bennet, Dr. G., [187].
• Bernstein, Dr., [326].
• Betagh, Capt, [256].
• Betel-chewing, [95].
• Betel palm, [81], [95].
• Betel-pepper plant, [95].
• Bikkia, [289].
• Bird’s-nest, edible, [325].
• Bird’s-nest fern, [285], [329].
• Birgus latro, [92], [319].
• Bita, sister of Gorai, [23], [31], [50].
• Biu Island, [222].
• Blanche, H.M.S., [23].
• Boar’s tusks, [76].
• Bond, Captain, [275].
• Botanical notes, [280].
• Bougainville, M., [26], [38], [149], [259], [269].
• Bougainville Island, [vi]., [21], [27], [34], [39], [53], [91], [120], [136], [138].
• Bougainville Straits, Islands of, [38], [56], [94], [123], [124], [139]; chiefs, [20], [27]; position of women, [44]; modes of burial, [51]; dwellings, [58]; pottery, [62]; tambu-houses, [71]; weapons, [72], [74]; cultivation, [81], [84]; modes of cooking, [86]; physical characters of natives, [103], [113], [114], [118]-[120]; dress, &c., [130], [133]; cicatrices, [136]; tunes and songs, [141]; canoes, [147]; modes of fishing, [155]; vocabulary, [180]; botany, [280]; geological characters, [vi]., [vii]., [280].
• Bouka Island, [34], [118], [138], [259], [260].
• Boulenger, Mr., on the reptiles and batrachians, [308], [313], [316].
• Bouro Island, [100], [277].
• Bow-drill, [76].
• Bowen, Captain, [154], [266].
• Bower, Lieut., R.N., murder of, [11], [17].
• Bows, [72].
• Boyd, Mr. B., murder of, [270].
• Brachycephaly, [111], [114].
• Brady, Mr. H. B., on the Solomon Island deposits, [ix].; on the New Ireland chalk, [79].
• Brains, human, as food, [224].
• Brandt on scypho-medusæ, [334].
• Breadfruit trees, [81], [82], [84], [190].
• Brenchley, J. L., [16], [36], [70], [75], [79], [344].
• Broca, M., [111], [114], [118], [120].
• Broth, vegetable, [25].
• Bua tree, [188].
• Buache, M., [192], [234], [255], [263].
• Buenavista Island, [207], [274].
• Bulimus cleryi, [338].
• Burial, modes of, [51].
• Burney, [234], [273], [274].
• Burning-glasses, [66].
• Bush-hens, [325].
• Bush-men, [14], [32], [91], [120].
• Buttress-trees, [285], [286], [290], [294].
• Byron, Commodore, [258].
• C.
• Cabbage, mountain, [88], [90].
• Cabo de Cruz, [237].
• Cabo de Fortunas, [239], [241].
• Cacones, Isles of, [243].
• Cæsalpinia nuga, [289].
• California, Old, [243].
• Calophyllum, [66], [189], [287], [295], [305].
• Calophyllum inophyllum, [290], [291], [292], [305].
• Calvert, Rev. J., [63].
• Canarium, [85], [87], [189], [285], [287], [291], [293], [295].
• Canarium commune, [85], [189].
• Candelaria Shoals, [199], [262], [273], [275].
• Canna indica, [305].
• Cannibalism, [35], [260].
• Canoes, [67], [71], [146]; canoe-deities, [149].
• Cap Oriental, [262].
• Cape Prieto, [206].
• Cape Satisfaction, [278].
• Capron, Mr. Rand, on the visual powers of savages, [123].
• Careri, Gemelli, [257].
• Carter, Mr. Brudenell, on the visual powers of savages, [122].
• Carteret, Captain, [80], [258].
• Cartographers, the early, [255].
• Caryota, palm, [284], [285], [287], [305]; edible top or cabbage, [88]; sago-yielding, [91].
• Casuarina trees, [290], [292].
• Catarrhal diseases, [176].
• Caulerpa, [89].
• Cerbera, [25], [288].
• Cerbera odollam, [289], [290], [292].
• Ceratobatrachidæ, [315].
• Cetacean, a rare, [335].
• Chalcedony, [78].
• Chalk, [79].
• Chalmers, Rev. J., [325].
• Chamisso, [90]; on the Radack Islanders, [128].
• Chest-girth, [105].
• Chevron-line pattern, [139].
• Cheyne, Capt., [16], [39], [185], [269].
• Choiseul Island, [viii], discovery of, [212], [275]; native shields, [75].
• Choiseul Bay, visit of Bougainville to, [260]; physical characters of natives, [103]; chiefs, [26]; cannibalism, [38].
• Cicatrices, [136].
• Circumcision, [137].
• Clerodendron inerme, [289].
• Climate, [xi], [352]; rainfall, [355]; temperature, [361]; winds, [362]; humidity, [361]; influence on body-weight, [369].
• Clothing, [130].
• Clubs, [73].
• Cocoa-nut palms, [84], [305], [321]; mode of climbing, [82]; dwarf trees, [52].
• Cocoa-nut Crab, [92], [319].
• Codiæum variegatum, [305].
• Codrington, Rev. Dr., [53], [71], [137], [335]; on the Solomon Island languages, [185]; on head-hunting raids, [16].
• Cœnobita, [330], [333].
• Coix lachryma, [131], [305].
• Collocalia, [325].
• Colours, names of, [124].
• Colour-sense, [123].
• Combs, [137].
• Comrie, Dr., R.N., on Tokelau ringworm, [173].
• Conches, [143].
• Constellations, names of, [56].
• Contrarieté Island, [221], [261], [275].
• Cook, Capt., on the supposed position of the Solomon Islands, [264].
• Cooking, modes of, [86], [92]; cooking-stones, [56], [86]; cooking vessels, [62], [86].
• Coral islet, vegetation of, [289].
• Coral reefs, [viii].
• Cord, knotted for recording time, [56].
• Cornelian, [78].
• Corucia zebrata, [312].
• Couches, [61].
• Crawfurd, Mr., [88], [189]: on the introduction of tobacco, [95]
• Crinum, [290].
• Crocodiles, [6], [9]; habits of, [309]: captures of, [91], [311]; impressions on sand, [309].
• Cucumis melo, [84].
• Cultivation, [81].
• Cumming, Miss Gordon, on Fijian pottery, [63].
• Curacoa, H.M.S, [16].
• Cuscus, [91], [92], [311]; habits, [161]; hunting, [160].
• Cycas circinalis, station of, [287], [290], [292]; sago yielding, [90]; edible top or cabbage, [90]; fruits edible, [90]; medicinal use, [169]; dispersal of fruits, [292], [305].
• Cyrenæ, [76], [91].
• Cyrtostachys, [88], [283].
• D.
• D’Albertis, Signor, [76], [141].
• Dalrymple, [192], [234], [263], [274].
• Dampier, [264].
• Dances, [48], [143].
• Danville, [256].
• Darwin, [179], [319], [331], [339].
• Davies, Mr. T., on the rocks of St. Christoval, [vi].
• Davis, Dr. Barnard, on the hair of Papuans, [117].
• De Brosses, [257].
• Decaying flesh, taste for, [92].
• Deformities, spinal, [175]; of feet, [177]; hare-lip, [177].
• Delight, gesture of, [125].
• Delisle, [256].
• Délivrance, Iles de la, [262].
• Denham, Capt., R. N., [271].
• Dentrecasteaux, [149], [174], [260], [266], [269], [278].
• Deposits, deep-sea, upraised, [viii]., [ix].
• Dillon, Capt. P., [266].
• Dioscorea sativa, [84].
• Diseases, [163]; epidemics, [176].
• Dispersal of plants, [291], [305]; of batrachians, [317]; of Iuli, [329]; of Neritinæ, [339].
• Disposition, [127].
• Dogs, [159], [191].
• Dolichocephaly, [111], [114].
• Dolicholobium, [283], [288].
• Domestic utensils, [62].
• Drake, Sir Francis, [244], [247].
• Dress, [130].
• Drinking-vessels, [62].
• Drums, [143].
• Dudley, [256].
• Duff Group, [251].
• Dugongs, [6].
• Dug-out canoes, [146], [150].
• D’Urville, [16], [103], [265], [268], [269]; his opinion of the Solomon Islanders, [129].
• Dutaillis, M., [270].
• Dyed Grass, [74], [132], [138].
• Dynamite, use of, in fishing, [158].
• E.
• Ear ornaments, [133].
• Earl, G. W., [189]; on the hair of Papuans, [117]; on the prevailing skin eruption, [172].
• Echoes, superstition concerning, [54].
• Eddystone Island, see [Simbo Island].
• Elæocarpus, [287], [293].
• Elephantiasis, [176].
• Elevation, see [Upheaval].
• Ellis, [153], [175]; on the deification of sharks, [71].
• Emerald, H.M.S., [26].
• Emotions, expressions of, [125].
• Epalle, Monsignor, murder of, [270].
• Epidemic diseases, [176].
• Epiphytes, [282], [285], [289].
• Epilation, [118].
• Eranthemum variabile, [305].
• Erosion of freshwater shells, [340].
• Erythrina, [289].
• Escondido Harbour, [219].
• Espiritu Santo, [252].
• Estrella Harbour, [202].
• Eugenia, [291], [293].
• Eugenio, Point, [243].
• Evered, Mr., [106].
• Evodia hortensis, [135], [305].
• F.
• Facial angle, [115].
• Fagræa Berteriana, [188], [288].
• Fanarite, district of St. Christoval, [19].
• Fan-palms, see[Licuala].
• Fans, [66].
• Faro Island, see [Fauro Island].
• Farquhar, Dr., on Tokelau ringworm, [171].
• Fat, fondness of, [92].
• Fauro Island, chiefs of, [25], [46]; villages, [60], [82]; tambu-houses, [71]; canoes, [149]; physical characters of natives, [103], [113]; vegetation, [287], [289]; geology, [vii], [280].
• Feasts, [50], [68], [93].
• Features, [115].
• Female sex, their drudgery, [41]; their chastity, [43]; polygamy, [44].
• Ferguson, Captain, murder of, [21], [54].
• Ferns, [283], [294]; edible, [89].
• Ficus, [190], [301].
• Figueroa, Dr., [192], [234], [254], [272], [274].
• Figure-heads of ships, probable origin of, [150].
• Filet, G. J., on the Malay names of plants, [186].
• Fire, mode of producing, [65].
• Fishing, [151]; nets and lines, [154]; hooks, [156]; snares, [157]; fish-spear, [153].
• Flagellaria indica, [290].
• Fleurieu, M., [192], [234], [262], [265], [273], [274], [278].
• Flints, worked, [77].
• Florida Islands, discovery of, [208], [274]; natives, [114], [119], [130]; head-hunting, [17]; dances, [143]; pile-dwellings, [60]; weapons, [73], [75]; geological structure of, [vii].
• Flotation of fruits and seeds, [292], [305].
• Flower, Prof., on the varieties of the human species, [98].
• Flowers, used in decorating the person, [134]; rare in the forests, [284]; conspicuous at the coast, [289].
• Flying-fish, superstitions concerning, [153]; wounds caused by, [153].
• Fonfono Island, [277].
• Food, vegetable, [84]; animal, [91].
• Forbes, H. O., on ringworm in the Malay Archipelago, [172]; on Myrmecodia, [282]; on the Birgus, [322].
• Forrest, Captain, on Port Dory pottery, [64]; on pig-hunting in New Guinea, [159].
• Forster, J. R., [87].
• Forster, G., [135].
• Fox, Dr. Tilbury, on Tokelau ringworm, [171].
• Freycinetia, [289].
• Fries, Mr., on Pachyma, [306].
• Frogs, [8], [190], [308]; new family of, [315]; development of, [316].
• Frontlets, [131].
• Fruits, [84], [87], [89].
• Fumaroles, [vii]., [66], [86].
• Fungi, [89], [285], [304].
• G.
• Galera Island, [207], [274].
• Gallego, suggested compliment to, [234]; supposed discoverer of the Southern Continent, [248]; error in latitudes, [274].
• Gallego’s journal, [192]; unpublished, [247]; compared with Figueroa’s account, [272].
• Galvano, [275].
• Games, boyish, [76], [145].
• Gar-fish, superstition concerning, [153]; wounds caused by, [153].
• Gâtah, [189].
• Geological structure of the Solomon Islands, general remarks upon, [vi].
• Gestures, [125].
• Gill, Rev. Wyatt, [187], [319], [325].
• Ginsima Island, [257].
• Glæocapsa, [327].
• Gleichenia, [5], [95], [132], [281], [288].
• Gnetum, [88], [288].
• Gnetum gnemon, [89], [288].
• Gomphandra, [295], [305].
• Gorai, the Shortland chief, [6], [27], [28], [47]; his power, [14], [21]; his wives, [44]; his residence, [59].
• Goura pigeon, pebbles in gizzard, [325].
• Gourds for betel-lime, [95].
• Government, system of, [13].
• Gower Island, [80], [259], [261].
• Graves, [51].
• Green, Mr. J. R., on edible birds’ nests, [327].
• Grinding-stones, [6], [77].
• Groningen Island, [257].
• Guadalcanar, discovery of, [210], [214], [220]; reported mineral wealth, [247]; excessive Spanish estimate of its size, [275]; characters of natives, [104], [120]; weapons, [74], [75]; head-hunting and cannibalism, [18], [35]; murder of Mr. Boyd, [270]; legends of apes, [335]; fine coast scenery, [359]; heavy rainfall, [359]; probable geological structure, [vi].
• Guadalupe Island, [209].
• Guali, [210]; see [Sesarga].
• Guantopo (Guaytopo) Island, [276].
• Guettarda speciosa, [289], [290].
• Gulf Island, [262], [267]; see [Ugi Island].
• Gums, see [Resins].
• Günther, Dr., [314].
• H.
• Hair, characters of and mode of wearing, [116], [137]; cut in mourning, [49]; staining, [118].
• Hakluyt, Richard, [254].
• Hale, Mr., on the Pouro of Quiros, [100], [277].
• Hare-lip, [177].
• Harpullia cupanioides, [289], [305].
• Hats, [138].
• Head-hunting, [16], [27].
• Head-money, [17], [20].
• Height, see [Stature].
• Heliconias, [283], [294].
• Heming, Lieut., R.N., [25], [28], [114], [294], [332].
• Hemsley, Mr. Botting, on the dispersal of plants, [291], [293].
• Herbst, on the Birgus, [319].
• Heritiera littoralis, [290], [292], [305].
• Hermit-Crabs, [330].
• Hernandia peltata, [289].
• Herrera, [192], [235], [254], [273], [274].
• Heughan, Mr. W., [306], [352].
• Hibiscus tiliaceus, [134], [289], [290], [292].
• Hombron, Dr., [vi].
• Home, Sir E., on the edible birds’ nests, [326].
• Home-sickness, [167].
• Honey, wild, [93].
• Hood, Mr. T. H., [319].
• Hoplocephalus par, [314].
• Hornbills, [191], [284].
• Horne, Mr., [83], [87]; on South Sea arrowroot, [89].
• Hot-stone treatment for injuries, [166].
• Houses, dwelling, [57]; on piles, [60].
• Howard, Mr. F., [77], [352], [360]; meteorological register, 364, [367].
• Howe, Hon. J. Curzon, [113], [158].
• Hoya, [289], [290]; H. guppyi, [298].
• Human sacrifices, [33], [35], [67].
• Humidity of climate, [361], [367].
• Hunger, gesture indicating, [125].
• Hydnophytum guppyanum, [282];
• H. inerme, [282].
• Hydrographical features, [ix].
• Hygrometrical observations, [367].
• I.
• Ill-wishing, [54].
• Impressions on sand; of crocodiles, [309]; of hermit-crabs, [333].
• Inattendue Island, [261]: see [Gower Island].
• Infanticide, [35], [42].
• Injuries, treatment of, [165]; wonderful recoveries from, [165].
• Insanity, [179].
• Ipomœa, [289], [290].
• Isabel Island, discovery of, [202], [211], [213], [275]; visit of Surville, [261]; visit of D’Urville, [269]; murder of Monsignor Epalle, [270]; characters of natives, [103], [129]; slavery, [33]; tattooing, [136]; canoes, [149].
• Isabell, Mr. W., [24], [141], [314], [321].
• Iulus, [329]; singular habit of, [330]; means of dispersal of, [329].
• J.
• Jacobs, Mr., [267].
• Jesus, Isle of, [199], [273].
• Jews, island inhabited by, [261].
• Jew’s harps, [142].
• Judd, Prof., [vii].
• K.
• Ka-i (Canarium), [85], [87], [189], [285], [291], [293].
• Kaika, wife of Gorai, [23]; her death, [47].
• Kæmpfer, [326].
• Kalikona, [17].
• Kanary-nut, [85], [87], [189].
• Katari (Calophyllum), [189], [295]; resin of, [66].
• Kauri pine, origin of name, [190].
• Kava plant, [96].
• Keane, Prof., on the Pacific races, [99]; on a vocabulary of Bougainville Straits, [186].
• Kennedy Island, [273].
• Kermadec, Capt. Huon, [269].
• Kinsima Island, [257].
• Kite-fishing, [151].
• Kleinhovia hospita, [305].
• Kopana, [28]; fate of his wives, [30].
• Kotzebue, [128].
• Krepas, chief of Choiseul Bay, [26].
• Krusenstern, [265], [273].
• Kurra-kurra, Faro chief, [25].
• L.
• Labillardière, [86], [118], [125], [260], [278].
• Labour-trade, [42].
• Lammas, Mount, [263].
• Lane Fox, see [Pitt-Rivers].
• Languages of Solomon Islands, [185].
• Latitudes of Gallego, [274].
• Lawa, St. Christoval, [14], [39], [68].
• Lawes, Rev. Mr., [139].
• Layard, Mr. 326.
• Leeper, Lieut., R.N., [48], [114], [125], [180], [294], [335]; meteorological observations, [360], [361].
• Leprosy, [176].
• Licuala, [283], [287], [288], [303], [305].
• Limbs, measurements of, [106].
• Lime, for betel-chewing, [95]; for the hair, [118]; for sickness, [163]; as a token of mourning, [48].
• Lime-tree, [81], [85].
• Litsea, [293].
• Littoral trees, [289]; native names widely spread, [101], [186].
• Littorina scabra, experiment on, [351].
• Liversidge, Prof., on the worked flints, [78], [79].
• Lizards, [8], [191], [312]; monitors, [91], [313].
• Lomlom Island, [277].
• Longmore, Prof., on testing vision, [122].
• Lopez Vaz, [246], [247].
• Lumnitzera coccinea, [292].
• Luther, Dr., R.N., [158].
• Lycopods, [285].
• Lygonia, [148], [285].
• Lyonsia, see [Awi-sulu].
• M.
• Macaulay’s Archipelago, [266].
• Macdonald, Capt. J., [vii]., [15], [17], [36], [79], [131], [163], [335].
• Macdonald, Mr. W., [42], [70], [306].
• Macgillivray, Mr., [135], [344].
• Maclay, Miklouho, [86], [97]; anthropological observations and measurements, [105], [111], [116], [118]; on the introduction of tobacco, [94].
• Maclay Coast, [86], [94], [105], [111], [189].
• Mai, Santa Anna chief, [17]-[20], [36], [39].
• Maize, [84].
• Makira, [36], [147], [277]; cannibalism, [36]; murder of missionaries, [270].
• Malaita, head-hunting, [18]; characters of natives of north coast, [103], [113], [114], [120], [136]; legends of apes, [335]; first discovery of the island, [205], [219], [220], [274], [275].
• Malan, Lieut., R.N., [24], [52], [53], [180].
• Mallicolo Island, [277].
• Man, Mr., on the Andaman pottery, [64].
• Mana, supernatural power, [16].
• Mango, [85].
• Mangrove swamps, [282].
• Manicolo Island, [277].
• Manning, Capt., [266].
• Maramasiki Passage, discovery of, [220].
• Marau Sound, discovery of, [219].
• Markham, Commander, R.N., [235].
• Marquesas Group, discovery of, [249].
• Marsden, Mr., [88], [90], [172].
• Marshall Group, discovery of, [238], [275].
• Matches, wax, [65].
• Mate, [210].
• Matema Islands, [277].
• Mats, [58]; making mats, [61].
• Matthews, Mr., [281].
• Maurelle, [262].
• Mayer, on the height of Papuans, [105].
• Meals, [93].
• Mécaraylay Island, [277].
• Medicine-men, [55], [163].
• Medusæ in mangrove-swamps, [333].
• Megapodiidæ, [191], [216], [325].
• Melanesian Mission, [15], [140], [271].
• Melanesians, see [Papuans].
• Melaniæ, [338], [345]; Melania guppyi, [337], [350].
• Mendana, his first expedition, [195], [235], [275]; his second expedition, [246], [248].
• Mesocephaly, [111], [114].
• Meta Island, [204], [205].
• Meteorology, chapter on, [352].
• Migration of Pacific races, lines of, [99], [101], [186].
• Millipedes, [329].
• Missionaries, murder of, [270]; see [Melanesian Mission].
• Mollusca, land and fresh water, [336]; list of, [344].
• Monitor lizards, [91], [313].
• Moon, eclipse of, in 1568, [244].
• Moore, Mr. C., [293], [306].
• Morinda citrifolia, [89], [124], [188], [290].
• Morrell, Capt., [267].
• Morse, Prof., on arrow-release, [73].
• Mosely, Mr. H. N., [73], [137], [334].
• Motuiti Island, [273].
• Mourning customs, [48], [69], [133], [137].
• Mueller, Baron F. von, [289], [294].
• Mule, the Treasury chief, [27], [28], [55], [76]; his power, [23]; his wives, [45]; his residence, [59].
• Mullen, Dr., R.N., on Tokelau ringworm, [171].
• Mumps, [176].
• Murders: of Mr. Boyd, [270]; of Monsignor Epalle, [270]; of Lieut. Bower, R.N., [11], [17]; of Captain Ferguson, [21], [54]; of Roman Catholic missionaries, [270]; of the crew of the Superior, [23], and the Zephyr, [26].
• Murray Island, [vii]., [16].
• Murray, Mr. G., on Tuber regium, [306]; on Glæocapsa, [326].
• Murray, Dr. John, on the Solomon Island deposits, [ix].
• Muskets, introduction of, [75].
• Musquillo Islands, discovery of, [238], [275].
• Myristica, see [Nutmeg-tree].
• Myrmecodia salomonensis, [282].
• N.
• Names of men, [184]; of women, [184]; curious custom concerning the names of the dead and of women, [47], [49].
• Narovo Island, see [Simbo].
• Natica mamilla, [132], [147].
• Nautical surveying, nature of the work, [11].
• Navicellæ, [338], [341].
• Necklaces, [131].
• Negrito race, [79], [99].
• Neritinæ, [338], [346]; dispersal of, [339]; origin of tree-nerites, [341].
• Nets, fishing, [154]; netting-stitch, [154].
• New Georgia, [vi]., [120]; head-hunters of, [16]; cannibals, [39]; discovery by the Spaniards, [211], [275]; Shortland’s visit, [262].
• New Guinea, flints in, [80]; reference by Gallego to its first discoverer, [237], [275]; see [Maclay Coast].
• Nicobar pigeon, [293], [323].
• Nipa fruticans, [87], [282], [291], [305].
• Nisbet, Mr., [168].
• Nito paitena (evil spirit), [50], [53].
• Nixon, Mr. L., [35].
• Nombre de Dios Island, [273].
• Nose ornaments, [133].
• Nostalgia, [167].
• Nouma-nouma, [21], [54].
• Numerals, [183].
• Nupani Island, [277].
• Nutmeg-tree, [288], [289], [293], [305].
• Nuts, edible, [85], [87].
• O.
• Ochre, red, for staining hair, [118].
• Ochrosia parviflora, [87], [292], [305].
• Ocymum sanctum, [135], [305].
• Oima Island, [52].
• Oldham, Lieut., [ix]., [24], [29], [36], [55], [279], [291].
• Oliver, Prof., [289], [294].
• Onomatopœia, [190].
• Ontong-Java, [92], [200], [262], [273], [275].
• Opossums, see [Cuscus].
• Orchids, [285], [289].
• Orika Island, see [Santa Catalina].
• Orion’s Belt, [56].
• Ornaments, personal, [131].
• Ortega, [195], [203].
• Outrigger-canoes, [146], [147], [149].
• Ovulum ovum, [131], [147].
• P.
• Pachyma, [306].
• Pacific races, see [Polynesians].
• Paddles, [150]; modes of paddling, [150].
• Pagurus, [332].
• Palms, [285], [303]; palm-tops as food, [88].
• Pandanus trees, [290], [291], [292], [305]; different species, [302]; native names widely spread, [101], [186]; new genus, [289], [302]; fruits eaten by natives, [87], and by the Birgus, [323]; leaves made into mats, [61].
• Pandean-pipes, [141].
• Papal Bull, [255].
• Papaw-tree, [84].
• Papuans, [98], [105], [117].
• Parinarium laurinum, [62], [146], [148], [296], [305].
• Parrot, M, on syphilis in prehistoric times, [178].
• Path-finding, [162].
• Patterns, decorative, [139].
• Patterson, Bishop, [15], [148].
• Paubro, St. Christoval, [100], [229], [252], [277].
• Pérouse, [128], [155], [178], [264], [266], [269].
• Phalangers, see [Cuscus].
• Phosphorescence, as a guide to coral reefs, [205].
• Physical characters of Solomon Islanders, chapter on, [98].
• Pigeons, Fruit, [85], [292], [293], [325]; Nicobar pigeon, [293], [323].
• Pigments, [124].
• Pigs, [7]; hunting wild pigs, [159]; jaws hung inside dwellings and tambu-houses, [58], [68]; pork eaten, [91], [92], [93].
• Pile-dwellings, [60].
• Pileni Island, [277].
• Pingré, M., [234], [257], [274].
• Piper Betel, [95].
• Pipes, tobacco, [94].
• Pitt-Rivers, Major-Gen., [73], [74].
• Plantains, [82]; mountain, [89].
• Plants, dispersal of, [291]; list of, [294]; rubbish-plants, [305].
• Pleiades, [56].
• Plerandra, [283].
• Poisoned arrows, [73].
• Poisonous snake, [314].
• Polyclonia, [334].
• Polygamy, [44].
• Polynesians, source of, [99]; line of migration, [101].
• Pongamia glabra, [289], [290], [305].
• Port La Palma, [232].
• Port Praslin, [33], [56], [66], [75], [80], [149], [261].
• Potato, sweet, [82], [84].
• Pottery-making, [62].
• Pouro, St. Christoval, [100], [229], [252], [277].
• Powell, Mr. Wilfred, [173], [191].
• Prichard, Mr., on the hair of Papuans, [117].
• Pritchard, Mr., [90].
• Protective resemblances, [317], [338].
• Pruner-Bey, Dr., on the hair of Papuans, [117].
• Pryer, Mr. H., on edible birds’ nests, [325].
• Puerto de la Cruz, discovery of, [214]; massacre at, [224], [235].
• Puerto de Nuestra Senora, [232].
• Pumpkins, [84].
• Pustular disease of children, [175].
• Pyrazus palustris, [91], [343].
• Pythia scarabæus, [343].
• Q.
• Quipu, elementary, [56].
• Quiros, [100], [248], [251], [253], [276].
• Quoy, M., [319].
• R.
• Races, Pacific, [98].
• Rainbow, superstition concerning, [124].
• Rainfall, [355]; registers of, [363].
• Ramos, Isle of, [205], [219], [274], [275].
• Rana guppyi, [315].
• Ratonia, [285].
• Rayleigh, Lord, on the visual powers of savages, [122].
• Redcoat, labour-vessel, [39].
• Redlich, Capt., [36].
• Religion, [53].
• Reptiles, [308].
• Resins, [66], [78]; native names of resin-yielding trees widely spread, [189].
• Retes, Inigo Ortez de, [237], [275].
• Riedelia curviflora, [305].
• Ringworm, see [Tokelau ringworm].
• Rio Gallego, [214].
• Rio Ortega, [210], [214], [216].
• Rio San Bernardino, [216].
• Rio Santa Elena, [217].
• Rob Roy canoe, [9].
• Roberts, Mr. C., on the visual powers of savages, [121].
• Rochon, Abbé, [261].
• Rocks, volcanic, [vi].; calcareous, [vii].; of deep-sea formation, [viii]., [ix].
• Roggewein, Admiral, [256].
• Rollin, M., [178].
• Romilly, Mr. H., [167], [168].
• Roncador Reef, [199], [262], [273].
• Ronongo Island, [viii]., [278].
• Rora, chief of Ugi, [20].
• Rubbish-plants, [305].
• Rubiana, see [New Georgia].
• Rumphius, on Tuber regium, [306]; on edible birds’ nests, [326].
• Russell Islands, [266].
• S.
• Sabo, Guadalcanar, [215].
• Sago palms, station of, [83]; native names of, [189]; leaves for thatching, [58], [71]; extraction and preparation of sago, [83], [87], [90]; sago also yielded by the Cycas, [90], and Caryota, [91].
• St. Christoval, discovery of, [222], [227], [229], [248], [275]; native names of island, [100]; physical character of natives, [103], [112], [114], [118], [119], [120]; bush-tribes, [14]; head-hunting, [15], [18]; cannibalism, [35]-[38]; female chastity, [43]; dwellings, [57]; tambu-houses, [67]-[69]; weapons, [72]-[75]; worked flints, [77]; cooking, [86]; vegetable food, [84]; legends of apes, [335]; geological structure, [vi].
• St. George’s Island, [211], [vi].
• San Bartolomeo Islands, [238], [275].
• Sandfly, H.M.S., [11], [17].
• San Francisco, Isle of, [239], [276].
• San German Island, [209].
• San Juan Island, [222], [227], [275].
• San Lucas, Cape, [243].
• San Marcos Island, [212], [275].
• San Nicolas Island, [211], [275].
• Santa Anna Island, discovery of, [231], [262], [266]; physical characters of natives, [103], [112]; chiefs, [19]; villages at war, [18]; trading in human flesh, [36]; mode of burial, [53]; tambu-house, [70]; grinding slabs, [77]; crocodiles, [91]; land and freshwater shells, [337]; geological structure, [viii].
• Santa Catalina Island, discovery of, [230], [262], [266]; physical characters of natives, [103], [112], [120]; chiefs, [42]; tambu-house, [69].
• Santa Cruz Islands, discovery of, [249]; lost, [252]; re-discovered, [259].
• Santiago Island, [222], [227], [223].
• San Urban Island, [222], [223].
• Sapium indicum, [88].
• Sapuna, village of, [18], [53], [67], [70], [93].
• Savo Island, [73], [132]; identical with Sesarga, [209], [215], [268], [274], [275]; language, [185]; geological characters, [vii].
• Scævola Kœnigii, [290], [305].
• Schizmatoglottis, [25], [88].
• Scitamineæ, [283], [288], [294].
• Scorpions, [328].
• Seasons, temperature of, [361].
• Sebastian Vizcaino, Bay of, [243].
• Seemann, Dr., [90], [91], [319].
• Selaginellæ, [285].
• Selwyn, Bishop, [15], [141].
• Semper, Prof., on erosion of fresh-water shells, [340]; on Neritinæ, [341].
• Serpentines, [vi]., [vii].
• Sesarga, [209], [210], [215], [268], [274], [275].
• Sham fight, [75].
• Sharks, [9]; deification of, [70]; carved figures of, [53], [68], [70].
• Shell-fish as food, [91].
• Shell-money, [38], [134].
• Shells, land and fresh-water, see [Mollusca].
• Shields, [75].
• Shortland Islands (see also under [Gorai] and [Kaika]), physical characters of natives, [103], [113]; dwellings, [58]; tambu-houses, [71]; cultivation, [81]; modes of burial, [51]; pit containing flints, [80]; canoes formerly with sails, [149]; excursion to the north-west coast, [6]; geological structure, [viii].
• Shortland, Lieut., [262], [278].
• Sick, treatment of, [164].
• Sikyana Islands, [187], [276].
• Simbo Island (Eddystone Island), [59], [66], [72], [86], [134]; chief, [14]; vocabulary, [185]; head-hunting, [16]; fish-hooks, [156]; measurements of natives, [113]; mode of burial, [52]; misconception of the names Eddystone and Simbo, [278]; fumaroles, [86]; geological character, [vii].
• Simpson, Capt, R.N., visit to Treasury Island, [23].
• Sinasoro, [4], [25], [59], [71].
• Sinimi, see [Gleichenia].
• Skin, colour of, [120]; prevailing disease of, [169].
• Skull measurements, [111].
• Slavery, [32].
• Smith, Mr. E., on the land and fresh-water shells, [336], [344].
• Snakes, [313].
• Soil, characters of, [x].
• Solomon Islander, typical characters of a, [102], [110].
• Songs, [140].
• Sorcery, [54], [163].
• Southern continent, supposed discovery by Gallego, [248]; by Quiros, [252]; by Roggewein, [257].
• Span of arms, [109].
• Spears, [72].
• Spinal disease, [175].
• Spirits, evil, [50], [53].
• Sproul, Mr., [91], [310]; his wind and rain records, [362], [363].
• Spurges, [305].
• Squall, black, [353].
• Stature, [104], [115].
• Stephens, Mr., [18], [37], [56], [92], [124], [157], [176], [306], [335].
• Stewart Islands, see [Sikyana].
• Stirling Island, [viii].
• Stone, Mr. O. C, [80], [135].
• Stone-boiling, [86].
• Stone implements, polished, [76], [120].
• Stones, grinding, [6], [77]; cooking-stones, [58], [77].
• Strabismus, [177].
• Submersion, experiments on, of Iuli, [329]; of Neritinæ, [339]; of Littorina scabra, [351]; of a monitor-lizard, [313].
• Suenna, [57].
• Sugar-cane, [84].
• Sulagina Bay, [38].
• Sun-burns, [362].
• Sun-shades, [139].
• Superior, barque, massacre of crew of, [23].
• Superstitions, [53], [78], [124], [153], [165].
• Surville, [33], [56], [80], [149], [261], [269].
• Suspicion, an inherent quality, [31].
• Swallow Islands, [277].
• Symonds, Lieut., [314].
• Syphilis, [177].
• T.
• Taboo or Tambu ban, [32]; tambu marks, [32].
• Tacca pinnatifida, [89], [290].
• Tactics in war, [75].
• Taki, the Wano chief, [15], [20].
• Tambu-house, [35], [53], [67].
• Taro, [82], [84].
• Tattooing, [135].
• Taucalo Island, [277].
• Taumaco Island, islands in the vicinity of, [251], [276].
• Temperature, [361], [366], [367]; susceptibility of natives to slight changes, [178].
• Temples, see [Tambu-house].
• Terminalia catappa, [85], [87], [290], [292].
• Terre des Arsacides, [262], [265], [269].
• Thermometrical observations, [361], [366], [367].
• Thespesia populnea, [124], [289], [290], [292], [305].
• Thigh-twisting, [154].
• Three Sisters’ Islands, [viii]., [58]; discovery of, [222], [261], [275].
• Tienhoven Island, [257].
• Tin, discovery of, [vii].
• Tinakula Island, [277].
• Tita, see [Parinarium laurinum].
• Tobacco-smoking, [94]; introduction of tobacco, [94].
• Tokelau Ringworm, [169]; its distribution, [172].
• Toma, village of, [25], [59], [71].
• Tomahawks, [75].
• Tomimas, Faro chief, [25], [46].
• Tonali Harbour, [28].
• Topinard, M., [102], [105], [109].
• Torches, [66].
• Torre, Bernardo de la, [237], [275].
• Torres, [251], [252].
• Tournefortia argentea, [290], [305].
• Trading amongst natives, [27].
• Tragedy, a domestic, [28].
• Treasury Island, [53], [54], [56], [77], [78], [133], [144]; see also under [Mule]; excursion to the summit, [7]; physical characters of natives, [103], [113]; change in their disposition, [23]; dwellings, [58]; tambu-houses, [71]; mode of burial, [51]; slaves, [34]; cultivation, [81], [83]; geological structure of, [viii].
• Tree-ferns, [283], [294].
• Treguada Island, [221], [261], [275].
• Tres Marias Islands, see [Three Sisters].
• Trichomanes, [283], [285].
• Tridacna gigas, [76], [91], [132].
• Trotter, Mr. Coutts, [275].
• Tuber regium, [306].
• Tucopia Island, [252], [277].
• Tuluba Islet, fighting at, [30].
• Turner, Rev. Dr. G., [76], [154], [171], [287].
• Turner, Rev. Dr. W., [64].
• Tyerman, Rev. D., [71], [319].
• Tylor, Dr., [49], [77], [171].
• U.
• Ugi Island, [52], [54], [55], [56], [124], [137], [139]; discovery of, [222], [262], [267], [275]; physical characters of natives, [103], [112]; cannibalism, [38]; infanticide, [35], [42]; dwellings, [57]; tambu-houses, [68], [70]; flints, [77]; geological structure, [viii].
• Ulaua or Ulawa Island, [71]; discovery of, [221], [261], [266], [275]; flints, [78], [79]; probable geological structure of, [viii].
• Ulcers, [168].
• Unio guppyi, [343].
• Unios as food, [91].
• Upheaval, evidence of great, [ix]., [x].
• Uraba Island, [221]; see [Ulaua].
• Uri, [190].
• V.
• Vanikoro Island, [277].
• Varanus indicus, [91], [313].
• Vegetable drift, [291].
• Vegetables, cultivated, [82], [84].
• Vegetation, of the stream-courses, [282]; of the forest, [284]; of the slopes of Faro Island, [287]; of the coast, [289]; of a coral islet, [289]; of waste ground and of old clearings, [305].
• Vella-la-vella, [vii].
• Venereal diseases, [177].
• Venus, transit of, in 1769, [257].
• Veru Island, [210].
• Vision, powers of, [121].
• Vitex, [285], [287], [300].
• Vocabulary of Bougainville Straits, [180].
• Volcanoes, active, quiescent, and extinct, [vii].
• W.
• Waitz, Prof., [165].
• Wake’s Island, [239], [276].
• Wallace, Mr. A., [172].
• Wallis, Capt., [258].
• Walsch, Capt., [24].
• Wanderer, yacht, [270].
• Wano, village of, [15], [36], [57], [68].
• Waterton, [362].
• Wax, [93].
• Weapons, [71].
• Wedelia biflora, [288], [290].
• Weeds of plantations, [305].
• Weight of body of Solomon Islanders, [106]; influence of the climate on the weight of Europeans, [369].
• Wharton, Capt., R.N., [273].
• Wilkes, Commodore, [63], [76], [170], [173], [276].
• Williams, Mr., [63].
• Winchelsea Island, [259].
• Winds, [362]; registers of, [367].
• Wind-prophets, [55].
• Withrington, Capt., [248].
• Women, measurements of, [102], [115].
• Wood, Mr. C. F., [69], [330].
• Wounds, see [Injuries].
• Y.
• Yams, [82], [84], [88].
• Z.
• Zephyr, massacre of portion of crew of, [26].

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