Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III / (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the / Austrian Navy.

by Ritter von Karl Scherzer

FOOTNOTES:

[158] The orthography of the above vocabulary is founded upon the ordinary rules for English pronunciation. The syllable on which the chief stress is laid is marked when necessary by an accent.

[159] Robert O'Hara Burke, and the Australian Exploring Expedition of 1860. By Andrew Jackson. London: Smith, Elder, and Co.

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INDEX.

• A
• Abáca, Manila Hemp, ii. [321]-[324]
• Acacia Catechu (Terra Japonica), ii. [114]
• Adam's Peak, Ceylon, ascent of, i. [406]-[418]
• Adams, William, one of the mutineers of the Bounty, iii. [261]-[263]
• Address of the German Residents in Sydney to the commander of the Expedition, iii. [53] (and Appendix)
• Adiga River near Madras, i. [457]
• Agraharam, Imperial present to the Brahmins, i. [459]
• Agriculture, School of (Quinta Normal), at Santiago de Chile, iii. [300]
• Aichison, Mr., Missionary at Shanghai, ii. [460]
• Alameda, the new, at Lima, iii. [396]
• —— the public promenade at Santiago de Chile, iii. [296]
• Albatross, the, i. [188]
• Alboran, Island of, i. [25]
• Algeziras, i. [40]
• Algoa Bay, i. [258]
• Alpaca, the, successful attempts to introduce into Australia, iii. [64]-[66]; value in Peru and Bolivia, [65]
• Alwis, James de, his proficiency in Cingalese dialects, i. [396]
• Amancaes, Valley of, near Lima, iii. [396]
• Amaral, Dom Joâo Maria Ferreira do, Governor of Macao, assassination of, ii. [403]
• American Missionary Society, its activity in China, ii. [460]-[465]
• Amphitheatre, Roman, at Pola, iii. [454]
• Amsterdam, Island of, in Indian Ocean, i. [323]-[335]
• Ananassa Sativa, ii. [167], [325]
• Aneroid Barometers, their usefulness under certain conditions, iii. [328]
• Angas, Geo. Fred., Esq., secretary of the Australian Museum, Sydney, iii. [33]
• Anthropometry, how practised, ii. [127]; iii. [122]-[126]
• Ant Islands, ii. [588]
• Apothecary's store in Shanghai, ii. [437]-[440]
• Appin, village of, near Sydney, iii. [26]
• Aquasie Boachie, son of an African chief resident in Java, his history, ii. [206]
• Arcot, city of, i. [452]
• Areca palm, ii. [102]
• Arequipa (Peru), iii. [350]
• Arewarewa, a skin disease common in the Society Islands, iii. [247]
• Arica (harbour and village), iii. [345]
• Armegon, first British settlement on the Coromandel coast, i. [428]
• Arréois, the, a secret society formerly existing at Tahiti, iii. [219]
• Arrival in Trieste, iii. [455]
• Artillery barrack at Valparaiso, iii. [285]
• Ash Island (New South Wales), iii. [44]
• Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), description of, iii. [438]
• Assacú tree, the (Hura Brasiliensis), i. [135]
• Atmospheric currents, i. [183]
• Atolls, appearance of and how accounted for, ii. [588], [626]
• Auckland, harbour and city, described, iii. [96]-[99]
• Augustinian (or Barefoot) monks, convent at Manila, ii. [304]
• Australia, German emigrants in, iii. [6], [31]-[33]
• Australian club in Sydney, iii. [43]
• —— farm, description of an, iii. [38], [41]
• Australische Zeitung, the German newspaper in Sydney, iii. [6]
• Avatars, the, or descents of Vishnu, i. [436]
• Ave Maria in Manila, the, ii. [347]
• Azores, Island of, iii. [336]
• Azoteas, or terraced roofs of Lima, iii. [366]
• B
• Baines, Admiral, Commander-in-chief of H.M. Pacific squadron, iii. [323], [418]
• Baker, W., Esq., Government interpreter at Auckland, iii. [102]
• Balgonie Farm, near Sydney, iii. [36]
• Ball on board the Novara in honour of the birth of an heir to the throne of Austria, iii. [52]-[54]; ball given by the Austrian Consul at Valparaiso in honour of the Expedition, [321]
• Balsas, or rafts used along the west coast of South America, description of, iii. [419]
• Bamboo paper (China), ii. [516]
• Bampoka, island of (Nicobar Group), ii. [43], [61]
• Bampton reef, ii. [626]
• Bandong, city in Java, ii. [235]
• Banyan tree, i. [357]
• Bargo, forest huts at, near Sydney, iii. [40]; curious library in one of the houses at, [42]
• Barometer, its lowest reading during the Typhoon in the China seas, ii. [545]
• Barrier Island, iii. [91]
• Basle Missionary Association in China, ii. [368]
• Basses or Baxos near Galle, i. [418]
• Batavia, description of, ii. [180]-[190]
• Batte-Malve, Island of, one of the Nicobar Group, ii. [42]
• Bay-Lake (Manila), ii. [288]
• Bell-bird of Australia, the, iii. [38]
• Bennett, Dr. George, Zoologist of Sydney, iii. [14]
• Beri-Beri, a Javanese malady, ii. [188]
• Bernstein, Dr., physician and naturalist, ii. [211]
• Betel-nut and fibre, ii. [73], [102], [144], [238], [260]
• Biche de Mar, or sea slug. See Trepang.
• Big Island. See Sikayana.
• Binondo, suburb of Manila, ii. [290]
• Birloche, the, a two-wheeled vehicle in use in Chile, iii. [294]
• Bleeker, Dr., Ichthyologist in Java, ii. [183]
• Bligh, Capt., commander of the Bounty, iii. [260]; his fate, [261]; becomes Governor of the penal colony of Botany Bay, [75]
• Blodgett, Rev. Mr., Missionary at Shanghai, ii. [460]
• Boehmeria nivea, the Ramé-fibre, ii. [167], [205], [321]-[324]
• Bohea mountains of China, the, ii. [506]
• Bo-tree, the (Ficus religiosa), i. [357]
• Bolts, William, his attempt to colonize the Nicobars for Austria, ii. [6]-[10]
• Book-printing introduced into Tahiti, iii. [202]
• Boomerang, known to the ancient Egyptians, iii. [31]
• Borax, or Tincal, trade in, along the Peruvian coast, iii. [344]
• Botanical garden of Rio, i. [143]; of Cape Town, [205]; of Buitenzorg (Java), ii. [205]; of Sydney, iii. [20]
• Botanical riches of the Nicobars, ii. [101]-[103]; of Java, [204]-[206]; of Sydney, iii. [19]-[21]
• Botany Bay, account of, iii. [18]
• Botany Tower, in Sydney, iii. [18]
• Bounty, abridged account of mutiny of the, and subsequent fate of the mutineers and their descendants, iii. [261]-[276]
• Brahmaism, its tenets, i. [435]-[437]
• Brand Vley, hot-springs of (Cape Colony), i. [225]-[229]
• Brauns, William, Consul-general of Hamburg, at Lima, iii. [364]
• Brazil, importance of, as a field for German emigration, i. [132], [171]
• Bread-fruit tree found in the Nicobars, ii. [101]; in Puynipet, [558], [567]; in Tahiti, iii. [243]
• "Brickfielder," unpleasant sensations in a, [111]. 52
• Bridgman, Dr., Missionary and Sinologue, ii. [460]
• Bromelia ananas. See Ananassa sativa.
• Brooke's deep-sea lead, mode of using and results, i. [112], [263]
• Brotherhood of the Heaven and Earth (secret society of the Chinese of Singapore), ii. [147]
• Broughton's Pass in New South Wales, iii. [27]
• Browne, Col. T. Gore, Governor of New Zealand, iii. [136]
• Buddha, tooth of, i. [405]
• Buddhism, tenets and history of, i. [352]-[358]
• Buitenzorg (Java), excursion to, ii, [203]-[208]
• Bukit Timah, the, or mountain of tin at Singapore, ii. [143]
• "Bullock-bandy," Cingalese native conveyance, i. [417]
• Bungalow, description of one at Vellore, i. [452]
• "Burster," violence of, at New Zealand, iii. [141]
• Bush, the, of Australia, described, iii. [26], [30]
• Bushmen, or Bosjesmen, the, i. [203]
• Bush-rangers, depredations of the, iii. [76]
• C
• Cabo Tormentoso, Storm Cape, now Cape of Good Hope, i. [192]-[195], [257]
• Caffres, i. [203]
• Cajamarquilla, ruins of, visited, iii. [385]-[388]
• Caldera, Chile, its appearance, iii. [340]
• Caledon, village of Cape Colony, visit to, i. [242]
• Callao, port of Lima, iii. [363]
• Caltura, Ceylon, curious rencontre at, i. [369], [397]
• Calzada, the, or public promenade of Manila, ii. [310]
• Camden Park, Sydney, visit to, iii. [20]-[23]
• Camoens, grotto of, at Macao, ii. [394]
• Camote, the, or sweet potato, ii. [102]
• Campamiento (Gibraltar), i. [39]
• Campbell, Mr., of Tacna (Peru), curious statistics furnished by him of the stimulating properties of coca leaves, iii. [404]
• Campbelton, New South Wales, excursion to, iii. [24]
• Campo Santo, or cemetery of Valparaiso, iii. [289]
• Canalization, extent to which carried in China, ii, [479]
• Cannibalism in Australia, iii. [33]; in New Zealand, [108]
• Canoes of the natives of Puynipet described, ii. [552]
• Canton-English, peculiarities of, ii. [351], [364]
• Canton River, ascent of the, ii. [381]
• Canton, visit to, ii. [380]-[386]
• Cape Brett, New Zealand, iii. [91]
• Cape Horn, rounding of, iii. [325]-[328]
• Cape Pigeon, habits of the, i. [157]-[190]
• Cape San Augustin, i. [118]
• Carabus or Calaboose, the prison at Tahiti, iii. [238]
• Caret, Catholic missionary, his pertinacity at Tahiti, and its results, iii. [204]-[206]
• Carlowitz, M. von, Prussian Consul at Macao, ii. [394]
• Carretas, or ox-carriages of Chile, iii. [296]
• Carron, Kennedy's companion in the explorations made by the latter in Northern Australia, iii. [12]
• Carteret Island, ii. [595]
• Carthagena, port of, in New Granada, iii. [440]
• Casa Blanca, one of the oldest settlements in Chile, iii. [294]
• Cash, common copper currency of China, ii. [419]
• Castilla, Don Ramon de, president of Chile, interview with, iii. [303]-[306]
• Cathedral of Tong-Kadu near Shanghai, ii. [445], [478]; of Lima, iii. [369]
• Cavite, the outport of Manila, ii. [280]
• Cayenne, French penal colony in, revelations concerning, iii. [252]
• Center, A. J., Esq., Director of the Isthmus of Panama railroad, his kindness, iii. [438]
• Central Normal School of Lima, iii. [378]
• Cerro Alegre, Valparaiso, iii. [288]
• Cerro de Canetas, near Valparaiso, iii. [284]
• Ceuta, Spanish fort of, i. [27]
• Chagres, fever ravages of, iii. [439]
• Chala (Peru), harbour of, iii. [353]
• Chatham Island, iii. [95]
• Cheyne, Capt. Andrew, his charts of the West Pacific, remarks on Puynipet, ii. [554]; remarks on Simpson Island, [585]-[588], [592]; geographical information respecting Bradley Reef, [594]; remarks on the population of Sikayana, [613]
• Chicha, the, a Chilian drink, iii. [316]
• Chile, state of parties in, iii. [305]
• China Tree, cultivation of, in Java, ii. [227]-[233]; in Bolivia and Peru, iii. [413]-[417]; points requiring to be elucidated, [409]-[412]
• Chincha Islands, deposits of Guano on, iii. [355]-[362]; life upon the, [357]
• Chinese banquet, description of a, ii. [485]-[493]
• —— Council Chamber, ii. [427]
• —— dramatic representations, ii. [486]
• —— eating-houses, ii. [429]
• —— language and mode of writing, ii. [365]
• —— reckoning board, and how it is used, ii. [170]
• —— soothsayers, ii. [362]
• —— tea-garden, ii. [430]
• Cholera at Madeira, i. [85]-[88]; at Rio, [152]; at Singapore, ii. [141], [151]; in China, [453]
• Chorillos, sea-side watering-place of the Limanos, iii. [389]-[391]
• Chronometers, their accuracy fully established, iii. [336]
• Church processions in Manila, ii. [345]-[347]
• Cigar manufactory at Manila, ii. [317]-[320]
• Cinchona, or Peruvian Bark. See Fever-Bark.
• Cingalese canoe, i. [417]
• Cinnamon, cultivation of, in Ceylon, statistics of, i. [373]-[377]
• Clarence River, in Australia, iii. [22]; Stearine Candle Manufactory at, iii. [22]
• Clarke, W. B., geologist, iii. [14]
• ——, Rev. H. F., virtually the first discoverer of Gold in Australia, iii. [66], [67]
• Club, Australian, hospitalities of the, iii. [43]
• "Coachman's Whip," the (a bird peculiar to Australia), iii. [38]
• Cobija, Bolivia, harbour and prospects of, iii. [342]
• Cobra di Capello, found in Ceylon occasionally, i. [363], [401]
• Coca (or Erythroxylon Coca) of Peru, its remarkable properties, iii. [402]-[406];
• chemical analysis of its leaves at Göttingen, [406]-[409]
• Cocain, the organic base of the Coca leaves, discovered at Göttingen, iii. [407]
• Coccus Pela, the tree-wax insect of China, ii. [518]
• Cochineal, i. [82]; plantations of, at Pondok Gedeh (Java), ii. [210]
• Cockatoo Island, Port Jackson, iii. [49]
• Cock-fighting in Manila, prevalence of, ii. [312]
• Cocoa-nut and palm, iii. [243]
• Coffee-culture in Ceylon, i. [377]-[379]; in Java, ii. [242]-[244]
• Coggerah Bay, New South Wales, iii. [58]
• Colic, the dry or vegetal form of (Tahiti), iii. [260]
• Colonization of the Nicobar Archipelago, attempts at, ii. [1]-[15], [128]-[131]
• ——, French principles of, compared with those of England, iii. [250], [251]
• Comet of 1858, ii. [594]
• Comprador, a Chinese, described, ii. [360]-[362]
• Concordia, military association of (Batavia), ii. [268]
• Confucius, temple of, at Shanghai, ii. [433]
• Constantia wine, statistics of manufacture of, i. [255]
• Convict question considered, iii. [72]-[90]; settlement at Singapore, ii. [164]-[168]
• Cook-river Bay, New South Wales, iii. [58]
• Cook's Straits, New Zealand, iii. [95]
• Coolie trade, its dimensions at Macao, ii. [397]-[401]
• Cooper, Sir Daniel, his country-seat, and hospitable reception by, iii. [16]
• Copiapó, Chile, copper and silver mines of, iii. [341], [342]
• Coquimbo, port of, iii. [340]
• Coral reef of Puynipet, ii. [556]
• Corregidor Island, Manila Bay, ii. [279]
• Coróborry, dance of the Australian aborigines, described, iii. [34]
• Cowries, mussel shells, used as currency, i. [394]
• Crocodiles in Madras, i. [449]; in Manila, ii. [337]
• Cruera Patuóni, a New Zealand chief, his address to the members of the Expedition, iii. [103]
• Cuba, statistics of tobacco culture in, ii. [320]
• Culture system adopted in Java, features of the, ii. [244]-[246]
• Curacavi, village in Chile, iii. [295]
• Curaré, the Indian poison, i. [138]
• Curcuma longa, ii. [562]
• Curry, its constituents, i. [368]
• Cuzent, Dr. G., valuable work on Tahiti by, iii. [215], [247]
• Cyclones, or hurricanes, speculations as to origin of, i. [183]-[185], ii. [547]-[549]; description of one, [538]-[547]
• D
• Dagga, Tascha or Takka, used by the Hottentots as a masticatory, i. [241]
• Dahata Wahansa (the Holy Tooth), Ceylon. See Buddha's Tooth.
• Dammara pine. See Kauri pine.
• Damper, unleavened bread used in the Australian Bush, iii. [38]
• Dana, his researches in New Zealand, iii. [181]
• Dances of savage races—Caffres, i. [209]; Javanese, ii. [260]-[264]; inhabitants of Puynipet Island, [583]; Australians, iii. [34]; New Zealanders, [101]; Tahitians, [219]; natives of New Caledonia, [221]
• Davis, John, an English sailor, abandoned on the island of Sikayana, his account of the natives, ii. [608]-[610]
• Denison, Sir William, his reception, iii. [5], [14]; his work on convict discipline, [51]; hospitable reception by, [55]; opens Parliament of New South Wales, [56]
• Diadem, the, a mountain peak of Tahiti, iii. [225]
• Dictionary, Maori, iii. [127]
• Dieffenbach, his geological researches in New Zealand, iii. [109], [127]
• Divers (pearl-) of Ceylon, i. [382]-[384]
• Dkinawasima, island of, ii. [547]
• Domeyko, Professor Ignacio, of Santiago, iii. [303]
• Dominican Monks of Manila, ii. [302]
• Dragon tree of Madeira, i. [59]-[64]
• Drury, district of in New Zealand, visit to, iii. [155]; its coal-fields, [169]-[172]
• Dubash (an Indian factotum), his functions, i. [425]
• Duck-hunting in Manila, ii. [329]-[339]
• Du Petit-Thouars, captain of French frigate Venus, his oppression in Tahiti, iii. [208]
• E
• Earthquakes in Peru, iii. [362]
• Edible swallows' nests, ii. [235]-[237]
• Eimeo, one of the Society Islands, iii. [196], [241]
• Elephantiasis græcorum, its ravages in Brazil, i. [135]; singular mode of treatment for, [136]
• Elephants in Ceylon, i. [410], [411]
• Emigration of Chinese, ii. [397]-[400]
• Emu, the, description of, iii. [31], [34]
• Encouragement of learning in China, ii. [419]
• English colonies, their influence on the mother country, iii. [1]-[3]
• Evans, Lieut., U.S.A., director of the Chilean railway, iii. [308]
• ——, F., his chart of magnetic declinations, iii. [257]
• Expedition, Kennedy's, for traversing the continent of Australia, tragical fate of, iii. [13]
• ——, table of, throughout the voyage, i. Appendix
• F
• Faáa, village of Tahiti, iii. [223]; fête there, [230]-[235]
• Falkland Islands, passed on voyage home, iii. [329]-[330]
• Falmouth Harbour, arrival of author at, iii. [446]
• Faóle, one of the groups of Stuart's Islands, ii. [604], [607]-[609]
• Fare-rupe (Pteris esculentum) of Tahiti, iii. [245]
• Fata Morgana, appearance of, i. [49]
• Fauna of Island of St. Paul, i. [297]
• Fautáua, a hill-fort in Tahiti, iii. [227]; waterfall of, iii. [226]
• Feejee Islands, iii. [89]
• Feet, artificial compression of women's, in China, ii. [372]
• Féi, or wild plantain, Tahiti, iii, [243]
• Fenton, F. D., his work on the origin of the Maori population of New Zealand, iii. [138]-[140]
• Ferdinand Maximilian, Archduke, visits the Novara, iii. [452]-[455]
• Ferguson, Sir James, Governor of Gibraltar, i. [28], iii. [450]
• Fernando de Noronha, island of, i. [117]
• Fever-Bark, or Cinchona. See China tree.
• "Fiestas Reales," Manila, ii. [314]
• Fire, alarm of, on board, i. [420]-[422]
• Fire companies in Valparaiso, iii. [288]
• "Fire of the Gods," name of a New Zealand weapon, iii. [101]
• Fire on Island of Amsterdam, accidental, i. [332]
• Ficus Indica. See Banyan tree.
• —— Religiosa. See Bo-tree.
• Fish, species of, at St. Paul Island, i. [316]
• Fitzroy Dry Dock, Cockatoo Island, Sydney, iii. [49]
• Flata limbata, or wax insect of China. See Coccus pelah.
• Flemmich, J. F., Austrian Cons.-Gen. for Chile, iii. [279], [293], [321]
• Flora of Island of St. Paul, i. [312]-[315]
• Flying Fish, i. [110]
• —— Fox (Pteropus), or Kalong Bat, ii. [234], [337]
• Fonseca, Friar Joachim, Manila, ii. [302]
• Foot-print of Buddha, Ceylon, i. [413]-[415]
• Fort St. George, Madras, i. [428], [474]
• Fortune, Rob., naturalist, ii. [508]
• Foundling and orphan children in China, statistics of, ii. [421]-[423]
• Foveau Straits, New Zealand, iii. [95]
• Franciscan monks, monastery of, at Manila, ii. [303]
• Frangerola, harbour of, in Spain, i. [47]
• French language compulsorily introduced into Tahiti, iii. [239], [240]
• —— naval stations in Oceania, remarks on, iii. [248]-[253]
• —— protection of Tahiti, its influence on commerce, iii. [248]
• Friedrich, Dr., philologist (Batavia), ii. [185]
• Friedrich's Islands (the Nicobars, which see)
• Fukien, or Fo-Kien, province of China, ii. [371]
• Funchal, description of, i. [91]-[97]
• Funeral customs of Australian aborigines, iii. [32], [33]; of Nicobar Islands, ii. [31], [32]
• Fung-yun-san, one of the founders of the Tai-ping sect, ii. [530]; his marriage with "the Heavenly Sister," 530
• G
• Gadok, sanitary hill-station in Java, ii. [211]
• Galatea, Danish corvette, visit of, to the Nicobars, ii. [13].
• Galatea River on the island of Great Nicobar, ii. [76]
• Gallinazos, or Turkey buzzards, at Lima, iii. [368]
• Gamelong, or alarm-drum of Java, ii. [260]
• Gamhi plantations, ii. [144], [239]
• Ganeza, Temple of, at Madras, i. [461]
• Ganges, H.M.S., courtesy shown by officers of, iii, [323]
• Garden Island, ii. [627]
• Garua, the, substitute for rain in Peru, iii. [351]-[366]
• Gaspar Straits, ii. [175], [177], [178]
• Gay, Claude, his work on Chile, iii. [297]
• Gecko, the (Ceylon), i. [360]
• Gedeh, volcano of, in Java, ii. [208], [218], [221]
• Genaadendal, Moravian colony of, i. [229]-[240]
• German Emigrants in Rio, i. [164]-[173]; in Shanghai, ii. [494]-[496]; in Valparaiso, iii. [291], [316]-[318]
• Gibraltar, description of, i. [29]-[46]; return to, iii. [448]-[450]
• Gilli-Mali, village of Ceylon, i. [407]
• Ginseng root, China, ii. [439]
• Glossina morsitans. See Tsetse.
• Goddess of the Sea (or Queen of Heaven), Temple to the, at Shanghai, ii. [428]
• Gold-fields of Australia, statistics of, iii. [66]-[70]
• Gower Island, ii. [595]
• Graculus Indicus, or Maina, at the Nicobars, ii. [75]
• Grass-cloth, manufacture of, ii. [325]
• Gravosa, arrival at, on return voyage, iii. [452]
• Great Nicobar, description of, ii. [72], [76]-[79]
• Green Indigo (Chinese green), ii. [370]-[378]
• Green stone, Nephrite, or Jade, weapons made from, iii. [118]; history of a large block of, [119]
• Gregory, his expedition in search of Dr. Leichhardt, iii. [11]
• Grey, Sir George, his works on the ancient Maories and their dialects, iii. [126]
• Gros, Baron de, French Plenipotentiary in China, ii. [468]-[471]; ludicrous malady of, [471]
• Guadalcanar, one of the Solomon Group, ii. [624]
• Guam, or Guaham, Island, ii. [550]
• Guamul, the Chilean deer, iii. [299]
• Guano. See Chincha Islands.
• Guava, the (Psidium Guava), of Tahiti, iii. [223], [224]
• Guindy Park, Madras, children's fête in, i. [453]-[457]
• Gunpowder trade with New Zealand rebels, iii. [135]
• Gunyahs (Sandstone cavities), New South Wales, iii. [58]
• Gutzlaff Island, ii. [409]
• H
• Haast, J., naturalist, accompanies the geologist of the Expedition into the interior of New Zealand, iii. [155]
• Hakka dialect, in use in China, ii. [368]
• Hall of United Benevolence at Shanghai, ii. [426]; of Council, Shanghai, [427]
• Hance, Dr., Botanist at Hong-kong, ii. [379]
• Hand-book in Chinese of Physiology and practical Surgery, ii. [454]
• Hangi-Maori, New Zealander's cooking oven, iii. [162]
• Hargraves, the practical discoverer of the Australian gold-fields, iii. [67]
• Harland, Dr., Hong-kong, ii. [379], [454]
• Hartmann, Madame, Buitenzorg, ii. [266]
• Haszkarl, Dr., Botanist, ii. [228], iii. [410]
• Hawaiki, Island of, supposed cradle of the New Zealand race, iii. [107]
• Hay, Capt. Drummond, in New Zealand, iii. [154], [167], [181]
• Heaphy, Charles, Chief Engineer, New Zealand, iii. [154]
• Hemeralopia, prevalence of, on board, i. [419]
• Herredia, Dr. Cajetano, of Lima, iii. [374]
• Herzl, Dr., of Santiago di Chile, iii. [308]
• Hill, Edward, Esq., of Sydney, his thorough acquaintance with native language and customs, iii. [29]; excursion with, to Wulongong, iii. [30]
• Hindoo Temple at Madras, visit to, i. [430]
• Hippomane Mancinella (Poison tree), Central America, iii. [438]
• Hobson, Dr. B., of Shanghai, ii. [451]-[453]
• Hochstetter, Dr. Ferdinand, Geologist to the Expedition, abridged narrative of his scientific tours in New Zealand, iii. [155]-[169], [177]-[194]; addresses to. See Appendix.
• Hoei, or Tuité-Huy, Fraternity of Heaven and Earth (secret society of Chinese), tenets of, ii. [195]-[199]
• Hogg, James, Hanseatic Consul, Shanghai, ii. [477], [494]
• Holothuria. See Trepang.
• Hong-kong, description of, ii. [355]-[364]
• Horse, first introduction of, into Tahiti, iii. [201]
• Hot-springs, Island of St. Paul, i. [280]; of Brand Vley, i. [227]
• Hottentots, habits of, i. [209]
• "House of Big Words" (Fare Aporáa), the Parliament House at Papeete, Tahiti, iii. [210]-[212]
• Howe, W., associate of the London Missionary Society in Papeete, iii. [214]-[216]
• Huanchaco harbour, Peru, iii. [418]
• Hui Haupapa, a New Zealand chief, oration of, iii. [104]
• Humboldt, Alex. von, his physical and geognostic memoranda, i. (Introduction);
• intelligence of his death, how received in South America, iii. [423], [424]
• Humboldt's Current, iii. [278]
• Hung-Tsin-Tsuen, chief of the Tai-pings, ii. [523]-[526]
• Huraka Gulf, New Zealand, iii. [91]
• Hursthouse, his latest work on New Zealand, iii. [127]
• Hwa-táh, nine-storied Pagoda, near Canton, ii. [396]
• Hyrax Capensis, i. [242]
• I
• Ice, statistics of trade at Ceylon, i. [373]; at Valparaiso, iii. [302]; at Panama, [427], [428]
• Ichthyosis, prevalence of, among the natives of the island of Puynipet, ii. [573]
• Illawara District, New South Wales, iii. [25]-[39]
• Infanticide in China, ii. [369]-[372]
• Iquique Harbour, Peru, iii. [342], [352]
• Isthmus of Panama, trade over, iii. [428]-[431]; geographical and physical features of, [434], [437]
• Iting, village in Peru, iii. [419]
• Itoe, village on Nangkauri (Nicobar), ii. [49]-[51]
• Iwi, demon of the Nicobars, ii. [70]; an exorciser of, [69]-[71]
• J
• Jacatra, ancient name of Batavia, ii. [181]
• Jade-stone, its value in China, ii. [363]
• Jansen, Florentin Tepano, Bishop of Axieri in Papeete, iii. [217]
• Java, excursions in, ii. [181]-[280]
• Jesuit mission of Sikkawéi, Shanghai, ii. [477]-[483]
• Joseph and Theresa, first Austrian ship to visit the Nicobars, ii. [10]
• Joss-paper, used in Chinese temples, ii. [432]
• Joss-sticks, ii. [341]
• Junghuhn, Dr. Franz, his career, ii. [230], [240], [252]; desiderata of China bark cultivation, iii. [409]-[412]
• Jungle-men of the Nicobar Islands, ii. [40]
• Junks, Chinese, ii. [352], [392], [413], [478]
• Jurujuba Cove, Bay of Rio de Janeiro, i. [158]
• K
• Kalamander-wood, i. [395]
• Kalong Bat. See Flying Fox.
• Kamorta, Island of, Nicobar Group, ii. [55], [84], [86]
• Kampong, Chinese colonies in Java, ii. [195]-[197]
• Kane, Dr., of Macao, ii. [396]
• Kangaroo Hunting, in New South Wales, iii. [36], [37]
• Kar-Nicobar, Island of, i. [481], ii. [12], [14], [16]-[37]
• Karroo, the (Cape Colony), i. [231]
• Katschal, Island of, Nicobar Group, ii. [86]
• Kauri forest, a, in New Zealand, iii. [150]
• Kauri pine, iii. [151]
• Kawa beverage, its intoxicating properties, and how prepared in Tahiti, iii. [245]-[247]
• Kawa plant (Piper methysticum), its properties, ii. [568], iii. [147], [245]
• Kawaïn, extract of Kawa, iii. [246]-[248]
• Keasberry, B. P., Missionary at Singapore, ii. [162]
• Keira Hills, New South Wales, iii. [37]; coal-fields in, [39]
• Kennedy, E. B., his fatal exploring expedition to Cape York, Northern Australia, iii. [12], [13]
• Kentsch, singular malady in Puynipet, ii. [574]
• Klings, natives of Coromandel coast, ii. [145], [149]
• Knight, Dr., Botanist, Auckland, iii. [141]
• Koek, M. de, Batavia, ii. [203]
• Koeping, one of the earliest visitors to the Nicobars, ii. [2]
• Kolowrat, mountain on the Island of Malaýta, ii. [596]
• Komios, village in Kar-Nicobar, ii. [38]-[41]
• Kondúl, Island of the Nicobars, ii. [69], [87]
• Krammat, mausoleum of a Malay prophet at the Cape, i. [244]-[248]
• Kratochwil, Joseph, physician in Panama, iii. [428]
• Krishna, the Hindoo Divinity, i. [436]-[460]
• Kulczycki, Adam, Director of native department at Papeete, iii. [214]
• Kumara (Convolvulus Batata), New Zealand, iii. [121]
• Kus-kus grass (Andropogon muricatum), i. [465]
• L
• Labour, European and Chinese compared, ii. [148]
• Laguna de Bay, Manila, excursion to, ii. [325]-[341]
• Laguna Encantada, the enchanted Lake near Manila, ii. [335]-[338]
• Lalang grass (Saccharum Koenigii), ii. [51]
• Lambajeque, harbourage on coast of Peru, iii. [419]
• Lammat mountains, Solomon Islands, ii. [624]
• Lang, J. D., Sydney, his historical and political works and address to Frankfort Congress, iii. [15]
• Lao-tse, Chinese sage, ii. [435]
• La Pérouse, monument to, at Botany Bay, iii. [17], [18]
• Las Esmeraldas, Hacienda in Chile, iii. [311]-[313]
• Lascars, Indian porters, i. [426]
• Laval, Catholic Missionary to Tahiti, iii. [204]
• Layard, C. P., Government agent in Ceylon, i. [396]
• Lazar village. See Leper village.
• Le Breton, Physician in Panama, iii. [428]
• Lee Harbour. See Roankiddi Harbour.
• Leeches, land-, of Ceylon, i. [407]
• Legabalu, Island of, ii. [1]
• Legaspi, conqueror of the Philippines, ii. [286], [287]
• Leichhardt, his tragical fate in Australia, iii. [12]
• Lemmas Canal, Hong-kong, ii. [353]
• Leonitis Leonurus, masticatory used by the Hottentots, i. [241]
• Leper village near Canton, ii. [457]
• Leprosy in China, ii. [455]-[459]
• Lima, account of, iii. [364]-[383]
• "Line," ceremony in "crossing the," i. [115]-[117]
• Little Hong-kong, small fishing village of, ii. [379]
• Little Nicobar, Island of, ii. [63], [81]
• Liu-tschiu (or Loo-choo) Islands, ii. [538], [543], [547]
• Llama, introduction of, into Australia, iii. [64]-[66]
• Lobschied, Dr. W., school inspector, Hong-kong, ii. [369], [379]
• Logan, Dr. Abraham, editor of "Singapore Free Press," ii. [161]
• —— J. H., publisher of "Journal of Indian Archipelago," ii. [161]
• Lombok, embassy from the king of, ii. [199]-[202]
• London Missionary Society, ii. [451], iii. [200], [214]-[216]
• Long-Fah, Pagoda of, near Shanghai, ii. [484]
• Loo-Rock, lofty rock near Funchal, i. [57]
• Los Baños, village near Manila, ii. [332]-[335]
• Lossen, W., his experiments on the cocoa leaf, iii. [407]
• Lu Kao. See Green Indigo.
• Lunatic Asylum, Rio, i. [142]; Manila, ii. [348]; Lima, iii. [378]
• Lütke, Russian Admiral, ii. [552]
• Luzon, ii. [281]-[284]
• M
• Macarthur, Sir William, New South Wales, iii. [20]-[25]
• Macartney, Lord, his embassy to China, [179]2, i. [299]
• Macleay, botanist, New South Wales, his residence at Elizabeth Bay, iii. [16]
• Madras, i. [424]-[447]
• Mafoûmo river, on East coast of Africa, ii. [9]
• Magdalena, steamer, voyage home in, iii. [443]-[447]
• Magelhaen, discovers Manila, ii. [285]; his fate, [310]; Straits of, settlement in, iii. [317]; projected steam-tug line through, [317]-[320]
• Magnetic declination, zero point of, iii. [257]-[260], [279]
• —— needle, variation of, iii. [257]
• Mahabharata, Indian poem of, i. [472]-[474]
• Mahamalaipur, City of the Holy Hill, monolith temples at, i. [464]-[474]
• Mahawanso, Cingalese epic poem, i. [395], [396]
• Mahishasura, the Indian giant, memorial of, i. [467]
• Maigrat, Catholic missionary to Tahiti, iii. [106]
• Maipú bridge, Chile, iii. [308]
• Makok, pagoda near Macao, ii. [395]
• Makun, St. Sebastian de, Catholic mission of, near Caltura, Ceylon, i. [369], [401]
• Malacca Straits, navigation in, ii. [132]-[135]
• Malaýta, Island of, Solomon group, ii. [596]
• Mamaku (Cyathea Medullaris), the tree-fern, specimens in New Zealand, iii. [122]
• Mandioca flour (Brazil), i. [175]
• Mangatawhiri, river in New Zealand, iii. [164], [165]
• Mangrove forest at Puynipet, ii. [563]
• Mangrove swamps in the Nicobars, ii. [72]
• Manila hemp. See Abáca.
• Manila, stay at and description of, ii. [290]-[310], [342]-[349]
• Manluéna, or exerciser of evil spirits among the Nicobarians, quackery of the, ii. [70]
• Manukau hills (New Zealand), excursion to the, iii. [150]
• Maoris, or Mauris, aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand, speculations on their past and future, iii. [97]-[110]
• Maori chiefs, reception of by the governor, iii. [136]-[138]
• —— king, iii. [135]
• —— meeting in Drury, iii. [136]
• —— poetry, specimens of, iii. [129]-[132]; proverbs, [127]-[129]
• Marine currents, i. [55]-[57]
• Mass meeting of natives of New Zealand, iii. [99]-[106]
• Matavai, native village in Tahiti, iii. [222]
• Maury, Commander, U.S.N., his sea-charts, i. [54], [107], [114]
• Meadows, J.A.T., government interpreter at Shanghai, ii. [473]
• Meal, imports into Brazil from Austria, i. [175]
• Medanos, wandering sand-hills in Peru, iii. [350]
• Medical school in Lima, iii. [374], [375]
• Meester Cornelis Bazaar, near Batavia, ii. [274]
• Megabalu, Island of, Nicobar group, ii. [1]
• Megamendoeng, pass of, in Java, ii. [211]
• Melepilla, town in Chile, iii. [311]
• Melori (Pandanus), bread of the Nicobarians, ii. [65]
• Menu, the Hindoo lawgiver, i. [435]
• Meridian of 180°, crossing the, iii. [194]
• Meri-Meri, New Zealand war-club, iii. [104]
• Meroe, island of, Nicobar group, ii. [82]
• Merrimac, U.S.N., iii, [417]
• Messina, return to, iii. [451]
• Metelenian, harbour of, in Puynipet island, ii. [553]; aboriginal race on Puynipet, [575]
• Miáu-Tze, a wild race in China, ii. [461]
• Miliani, Father, Catholic missionary in Ceylon, i. [370], [402]
• Military library in Manila, ii. [342]; hospital in Batavia, [187]
• Milk, human, sold in China for vaccine, ii. [438] (note)
• Missionaries, Protestant, in Puynipet Island, ii. [563];
• Catholic and Protestant, disputes of, in the Society group, iii. [200]-[205]; Catholic, their first appearance in Oceania, [204]-[209]
• Mitchell's Pass, New South Wales. See Broughton's Pass.
• Moa (Palapteryx ingens), gigantic extinct bird of New Zealand, iii. [191], [192]
• Moehrenhout, American consul at Papeete, religious partisanship of, iii. [205]-[207], [219]
• Moesta, Dr., astronomer of Santiago de Chile, iii. [300]
• Moko, or face-tattooing among the Maories, iii. [110]-[114]
• Monasteries in Lima, iii. [370]-[372]
• Monghata, hill of, in the Nicobar group, ii. [51]
• Montial, island of, one of the Nicobar group, ii. [68]
• Montigny, M. de, French consul at Shanghai, ii. [467], [512]
• Montt, Manuel, President of Chile, iii. [303]-[305]; interview with, [304]; his position with respect to the ultramontane party, [305]
• Monuments of Chinese female philanthropists, ii. [446]
• Moore, Charles, Director of the Botanical Garden in Sydney, iii. [19]
• Mooyart, Government assistant in Colombo, i. [407]
• Moravian settlements (see also Genaadendal) on Nicobars, ii. [94]-[96]
• Morea, Island of. See Eimeo.
• Moreton Bay, its capabilities for wool growing, iii. [47]-[49]
• Morok (Casuarius Bennetti), iii. [14] (note)
• Morrok, bay of, Nicobar group, ii. [44]
• Mosse, village on Kar-Nicobar, i. [481]
• Motu-Uta, island in Papeete harbour (Tahiti), iii. [198]
• Mouat, Dr., of Calcutta, ii. [458]
• Mould, Col., chief of engineer corps, New Zealand, iii. [186]
• Mount Egmont, or Taranaki Mountain (New Zealand), iii. [189]
• Mozambique negroes in Brazil, i. [140], [235]
• Muirhead, W., English missionary in China, ii. [418], [452]
• Mulberry trees in China, ii. [499]
• Musa textilis (wild banana), ii. [167], [324]
• Museum of natural history in Sydney, iii. [9]; at Santiago de Chile, [301]
• Musical instruments of the Nicobarians, ii. [122]
• N
• Nadaud, Dr., physician at Papeete (Tahiti), iii. [214]
• Nahlap Islands, near Puynipet Island, ii. [558]-[560]
• Nannekin, chief of Puynipet Island, visit to, ii. [570]-[573]
• National Library, Lima, iii. [375]-[377]; Museum, Lima, [377], [378]
• Negro population of Brazil, i. [166]
• Negroes, the emancipation of, at St. Thomas successfully carried out, iii. [442], [443]
• Negrillos or Negritos del Monte, Manila, ii. [293]-[295]
• Negro-head tobacco of America, ii. [575]
• Nelson, province of, in New Zealand, and geological researches therein, iii. [188]-[192]
• Nephrite. See Jade.
• New Caledonia, proposition of Dr. J. D. Lang to found there a German settlement, iii. [15]; attempts of the French to annex same, [89], [250]
• New Plymouth, province of New Zealand, iii. [188]
• New year's eve at the Antipodes, iii. [166]-[168]
• New Zealanders. See Maories.
• Ngara, Lament for, specimen of New Zealand poetry, iii. [131]
• Nicobar archipelago, ii. [1]-[137]
• Niemann, Dr. Albert, his discovery of cocain, iii. [406]
• Nopal plantations. See Cochineal.
• Norfolk Island. See Bounty, mutiny of.
• North Cape, Australia, ii. [627]
• North China Herald, ii. [386], [496]
• "Norther," description of a, at Valparaiso, iii. [285], [286]
• Norzagaray, Don Fernando, Governor-General of the Philippines, ii. [307]
• Nót, an aboriginal race on Puynipet Island, ii. [575]
• Novara, her equipment, i. [4]-[9]; at the dry-dock, Sydney, iii. [49]; festivities on board in honour of the birth of a crown prince, [51]-[54]; return to Trieste, [455]; retrospect of her career, [456]-[460]
• Nukahiwa, island of, Marquesas group, iii. [250]
• Nunneries in Shanghai for Chinese ladies, ii. [435], [436]
• O
• Observatory at Santiago de Chile, iii. [299]
• Odd Fourth, game at cards, introduced by sailors among the natives of Sikayana, ii. [602]
• Oïdium Tuckeri, Madeira, i. [78]
• Onehunga, village in Auckland province, iii. [97]
• Opium, how prepared, ii. [154]-[160]; annual imports of, into China, [518]-[523]; its cost in China, [523]
• —— boats on the Wusung, ii. [411]
• —— smokers, ii. [157]-[159], [274]; number of, in China, [523]
• Opposition line between New York and California, iii. [426]
• Oraki, a Maori village, iii. [147]-[149]
• Oranges, exportations of, from Tahiti into California, iii. [240]
• Otahuha, village near Auckland, iii. [155]
• Overbeck, M. Gustav, Prussian Consul at Hong-kong, ii. [378]
• Owen, Captain, his visit to the Nicobars, ii. [3]
• P
• Paarl, village of, Cape Colony, i. [219]
• Pachacamác, ruins of, iii. [390]-[395]
• Páh, a New Zealand native entrenchment, iii. [117], [155]
• Pakin Island, ii. [589]
• Pampero (storm from the pampas), i. [119]
• Panama, description of, iii. [424]-[429]; "Star and Herald," 428; Railroad, description of, [429]-[438]
• Panax Ginseng. See Ginseng.
• Pandanus tree, its exuberance on the Nicobar Islands, ii. [64], [101]
• Paomotu Islands, iii. [260]
• Paora Tahuera, New Zealand chief, address of, to the Expedition, iii. [102]
• Papakura, plains of, New Zealand, iii. [170]
• Papaoa, village in Tahiti, iii. [237]
• Papeete, capital of Tahiti, its position, iii. [197], [210]; origin of name and mode of spelling, [210]-[212]; Tahitian orators at, [212]-[214]; its religious and social condition under the French Protectorate, [213]-[220]; Governor's ball, [235]-[240]
• Paréu, a Tahitian native garment, iii. [221]-[231]
• Parkes, Harry, English Commissioner at Canton, ii. [385]
• Parliament at Tahiti, speeches in, iii. [212]
• Patterson, Mr. M., Principal of St. John's College, Auckland, iii. [152]
• Patuóni, New Zealand chief, iii. [102]
• Paul, St., Island of, described, i. [267]-[319]
• Payta, harbour of, Peru, iii. [420]-[422]
• Pearls, artificial, how made, i. [387], [388]
• Pearl-fishery of Ceylon, i. [379]-[388]; of Panama, iii. [429]
• Pearl, mother-o', procured at Paomotu and Gambier Islands, iii. [240] (note)
• Pedro-talla-galla, highest mountain in Ceylon, i. [412]
• Peh-lah, vegetable wax of China, ii. [518]
• Pekin, Treaty of Peace concluded at, ii. [388]
• Peluqueros, political party in Chile, iii. [306]
• Penguins, in St. Paul Island, ludicrous movements of, i. [281]-[284]
• Pettah, the, or Black quarter, Colombo, i. [372]
• Pfitzmaier, Dr., an eminent Sinologue, ii. [367], [418], [461]; his explanation of Chinese written character, [526]
• Philippi, Dr., Professor in College of Santiago, iii. [297]
• Phormium tenax, New Zealand flax, iii. [145]
• Phosphorescent glow in the sea, i. [26]
• Physical and geognostic memoranda. See Humboldt.
• Pia, the (Tacca Pinnatifida), Tahiti, iii. [244]
• Piaco, river, New Zealand, iii. [96]
• Pico Ruivo, Madeira, i. [102], [105]
• Pih-kwei, Tartar general, ii. [385]
• Piper methysticum. See Kawa.
• Pisco, town in Peru, iii. [354]-[357]
• Pissis, Aimé, geologist of Santiago, iii. [297]
• Pitcairn Island, History of. See Bounty.
• Pizarro, conqueror of Peru, his corpse exposed to view in the catacombs of Lima, iii. [369];
• his portrait in the National Museum, [378]
• Point de Galle, Ceylon, i. [359]-[361]
• Point Venus, Tahiti, iii. [222]; revolving lighthouse on, [223]
• Pola, chief naval arsenal of Austria, iii. [454]
• Polyandria, prevalence of, in Ceylon, and cause, i. [365]
• Polygamy in China, ii. [371]
• Pomáre II., King of Tahiti, iii. [198]; origin of name, [201]; his remark on first beholding a horse, [202]
• Pomáre, Queen, her letter to Louis Philippe, iii. [208]; her civil list, [209]; her residence, [210]; rudeness of French authorities to, [236]-[238]
• Pomperos. See Fire Companies.
• Poncho, the native Chilean garb, iii. [294]
• Porcelaine-craquelée, ii. [440]
• Porta Aurea at Pola, ruins of, iii. [454]
• Port Curtis, North Australia, gold-fields of, iii. [48]; fate of the gold-seekers there, [49]
• Port d'Islay, Peru, iii. [349], [350]
• Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour), ii. [627]; first settlement there of convicts, iii. [75]
• Potatáu, chief of the Waikato race, first king of the Maories, iii. [135]
• Praya Grande, promenade at Macao, ii. [405]
• Pré Catalan, pleasure gardens at Papeete, iii. [219]-[222], [235]
• Public Schools at Shanghai, ii. [443]
• Puka-puka, the New Zealand papyrus, iii. [147], [148]
• Pulicat-Lake, near Madras, i. [475]
• Punkah, its uses in India, i. [360]
• Purchas, A. G., pastor of Onehunga, iii. [155]; first discoverer of the Drury coal-beds, New Zealand, [169], [181]
• Puynipet, Island of, visit to, ii. [551]-[588]
• Q
• Quebradas, caves near Valparaiso, iii. [282], [288]
• Quillota, Chile, favourite summer resort for the residents of Valparaiso, iii. [314], [315]
• Quilpué, village in Chile, iii. [291]; fête champêtre there to the Expedition, iii, [292]
• R
• Radhen Adipati Aria Kusuma Ningrat, a Javanese "Regent," ii. [264]
• Radhen Adipati Wira Natu Kusuma, a Javanese "Regent," ii. [238], [252]
• Radhen Rangga Padma Negara, a Javanese Chief, ii. [214]
• Radhen Saleh, a Javanese Artist, ii. [269]
• Raffles, Sir T. Stamford, his services to Singapore, ii. [138]-[140]
• Ragusa, iii. [452]
• Railroads—Rio, i. [161]; Madras, [447]-[453]; Batavia, ii. [204]; New South Wales, iii. [20]-[43]; Chile, [308]-[310]; Isthmus of Panama, [429]-[438]
• Raimondi, Professor, at Lima, iii. [374]
• Rain-fall, annual amount of, in Gibraltar, i. [36]; in Buitenzorg (Java), ii. [208]; at the Solomon group, [624]
• Rama, the Hindoo Divinity, i. [436]
• Rama-Rama, a settlement in the heart of the New Zealand forests, iii. [159]
• Ramé-fibre. See Boehmeria nivea.
• Rancho, description of a, iii. [287], [389]
• Rangitakí. See Wiremu Kingi.
• Raorao (Pteris Esculenta), the New Zealand fern, iii. [121]
• Rasamala forest of Java (Liquid Ambar Altingiana), ii. [216]
• Ratnapoora, Ceylon, i. [406]
• Reed, Mr., Minister, plenipotentiary of United States to China, ii. [466]
• Réi, settlement on Puynipet Island, ii. [561]
• Rerehau-Hemara, of Ngatiapakura, in New Zealand, enters as a seaman on board the Novara, iii. [175]
• Retrospect of the results of the voyage, iii. [456]-[460]
• Rewarewa, head-dress of Maori woman, iii. [220]
• Rhanganatha Swami, Rock Temple, near Madras, i. [466]
• Rice-paper in China, ii. [363], [364]
• "Rickety Dick," last survivor of the Port Jackson aborigines, iii. [17]
• Ried, Dr. Aquinas, Valparaiso, iii. [293]
• Rüse, A., Pharmaceutist and Zoologist at St. Thomas, iii. [442]
• Roankiddi Harbour, in Puynipet Island, ii. [561]
• —— race, manners and customs of, ii. [570]-[575]
• —— river on Puynipet Island, ii. [563]
• Roberts, J. C., Protestant missionary, and present (late) foreign minister of the Tai-Ping rebels, ii. [528]-[532]
• Robertson, Mr. Brook, English Consul, Shanghai, ii. [472]
• Robinson, J. P., Superintendent of Nelson Province, New Zealand, iii. [189]
• Roccella tinctoria, i. [75]
• Rochleder, Prof., of Prague, his instructions with reference to investigating the geographical distribution of plants, iii. [20]
• Rochouse, Etienne, priest of the Society of Picpus, iii. [203]
• Rosen, Pastor, missionary at the Nicobars, his residence at, ii. [12], [51], [74]
• S
• Saddle Islands, Chinese Sea, ii. [409]
• Sago palm, the, ii. [153]
• Saisset, M., Governor of Tahiti, iii. [211], [216], [219], [230], [232]-[238], [250], [253]
• Salak Gunung, volcano in Java, ii. [207]
• Salangan, swallow on the Nicobars, ii. [58]; at Java, [235]-[237]
• Saltpetre, obtained at Iquique, iii. [343]
• Sambelong. See Great Nicobar.
• Sampan, or Chinese boat, ii. [413]
• Samschoo, a Chinese beverage obtained from rice, ii. [474]
• San Cristoval, island of, Solomon group, ii. [596], [624]
• San Luis de Apra, harbour in Marianne Archipelago, ii. [549]
• San Miguel, village near Manila, ii. [348]
• Sandal-wood cutters, ii. [609]; atrocities perpetrated by, [610]
• Sandy Cape, Australia, ii. [626]
• Santiago de Chile, visit to, iii. [295]-[303]
• Sargasso, Mar de, iii. [334].
• Sàui, village of the Nicobar Islands, i. [481], ii. [24], [83]
• Saya y Manto, the native dress of the Lima ladies, decline in the use of, iii. [399]
• Scherzer, Dr. von, overland journey from Valparaiso, iii. [337]-[447]
• Schierbrand, Col. von, Batavia, ii. [277]
• Schroff, or Chinese factotum. See Comprador.
• Schu-king (old Chinese Book), ii. [498]
• Sculptures of aboriginal Australians, iii. [34]
• Sea-birds, habits of. See Cape Pigeon, Albatross, &c.
• Serpent-breeding in Ceylon, i. [362]
• Sesarga, Island of, ii. [624]
• Sheep, statistics of, in New South Wales, iii. [62]-[64]; in Australia at large, [64]; estimated value of, [64]
• Ship's complement, crew, officers, and scientific staff, i. Appendix
• Shrove Tuesday on shipboard, ii. [256]
• Sicard, Dr. Adrian, monograph on Chinese sugar-cane, ii. [513]
• Sikayana, visit to, ii. [601]-[622]
• Sikkawéi, Jesuit mission at, ii. [480]-[483]
• Silk, Chinese, statistics of, ii. [498]-[450]
• Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope, anchorage of, i. [195]-[197]
• —— Town, description of, i. [197]-[199]
• Simpson's Island, inaccurately assigned position of, ii. [591]
• Sinamay (or Sinamarre), Manila cloth, ii. [325] (note)
• "Singing Stones," the, Macao, ii. [406]
• Siva, the Indian divinity, i. [435]
• Skulls, human, used as drinking cups in Australia, iii. [34]; Indian, found near Lima, [393]
• Slave population of Brazil, condition of, i. [166]-[168]
• Slavery among the Maories, iii. [116], [117]
• Smith, his block-house at Titarango, iii. [150]
• Snook-fish (Thyrsites Atun), i. [199]
• Snow-fall on board the Novara, off the Horn, iii. [325]
• Sokol, or Enchanted Lake, Manila. See Laguna encantada.
• Solomon Islands, ii. [595]-[597]
• Sorghum Saccharatum (Chinese sugar-cane), ii. [467], [512]-[515], iii. [302]
• Southampton, arrival of Dr. v. Scherzer at, iii. [447]
• Southern Cross, the, iii. [167]
• Southern railroad, Chile, excursion on, iii. [308]-[310]
• Sri-Pada, or Buddha's footstep, Ceylon, i. [413]
• St. George's Canal, Nicobar group, ii. [68]
• St. John College, Auckland, iii. [152]
• St. Thomas, Island of, iii. [441]-[444]
• Stafford, C. W., Under Secretary of State in New Zealand, iii. [97]
• Stearine, candle-factory of, at Clarence river, iii. [22]
• Stellenbosch, town of Cape Colony, i. [215]-[219]
• Stewart, Capt., of schooner Louisa, his narrative of the recent history of the Pitcairn Islanders, iii. [269]-[276], [338]
• Stewart's Islands, ii. [598]
• Stores for voyage, list of, i. Appendix
• Straubenzee, Lieut.-General, Commander-in-chief of allied forces in China, ii. [382], [384]
• Strzelecki, Count, his ethnographic work on Australia, iii. [32]
• Sugar-growing in Tahiti, iii. [224], [225]
• Sweet potato, ii. [102]; of Tahiti, iii. [245]
• Sycee (or sacrificial) paper, China, ii. [433] (note)
• Sydney, arrival at, ii. [627]; description of, iii. [7]-[10]
• Syle, Rev. Mr., missionary in China, ii. [460]
• T
• Taboga, Island of, in Bay of Panama, iii. [422]
• Taboo, customs of, in New Zealand, iii. [114]
• Tacna, city of Peru, iii. [345]
• Tael, Chinese currency, ii. [422] (note)
• Tagales, or Tagalogs, aborigines of the Philippines, ii. [292]-[296]
• Tahiti, Island of, iii. [196]-[251]; first efforts of Protestant missionaries in the Society Islands, [200]-[202]; placed under French protectorate, [208]; present political condition, [239], [240], [248]-[251]; physical configuration of the island, [241]; climate, [241]; statistics of value of commerce, [248]
• Tahitian women, their appearance and morals, iii. [219]-[221]
• Taiarapu, peninsula of Tahiti, iii. [227]
• Tai-ping rebels, their history, ii. [523]-[537]; assume a political organization, [527]; their doctrines, [529]-[533]; latest intelligence respecting, [534]-[537]
• Takapuna district, New Zealand, iii. [100]
• Taki, Chinese merchant, Shanghai, banquet given by, ii. [485]-[494]
• Tallow-tree (Stillingia Sebifera) of China, ii. [517]
• Tangkuban Prahu, Javanese volcano, ii. [248]-[252]
• Tanka-boat, Macao, ii. [393], [394], [406]
• Taouist sect, China, ii. [435]; their convents, [436]
• Taranaki (Mount Egmont), New Zealand, iii. [189]; province and tribe, [189]-[191]
• Taro (Caladium esculentum), Puynipet Island, ii. [568]
• Tattooing, how performed among the Maories, iii. [110]-[114]; on Puynipet, ii. [572]-[574]
• Taú-Tái, or Governor of Shanghai, ii. [472]; interview with him, [472]-[476]
• Tawa, the (Laurus Tawa), its berries used by the Maories for the preparation of a beverage, iii. [122]
• Te-Huhu, death-song of, specimen of New Zealand dirges, iii. [130]
• Te Teira, New Zealand native, the purchase of whose land led to the late wars, iii. [132]
• Tea, statistics of, ii. [504]-[511]
• Teijsman, J. E., Director of Botanical Garden of Buitenzorg, ii. [205]
• Telegraph, electric, its progress in Madras, i. [450]; in Batavia, ii. [204]; in Australia, iii. [43]
• Temple of the Goddess of the Sea, Shanghai. See Goddess of the Sea.
• Tenákoe, the New Zealand mode of salutation, iii. [149]
• Teressa, one of the Nicobar group, ii. [61]
• Terra Japonica. See Acacia Catechu.
• Tetakaka valley, gold-fields of, New Zealand, iii. [190]
• Tetraodon Honkenyi (sea-devil), fatal effects of eating, i. [199], [200]
• Theatrical representations in China, ii. [486]-[489]
• Thomson, Dr. A., anthropometrical and dynamical experiments with New Zealand natives, and their results, iii. [123]-[125]
• Ti-plant (Cordyline Australis) of Tahiti, an intoxicant beverage prepared from, iii. [245]
• Tien-tsin, treaty of, considered, ii. [386]
• Tiffin, the Indian lunch, i. [368]
• Tigers, prevalence of, at Singapore, ii. [143]
• Til-tree (Oreodaphne fœtens), i. [65]
• Tiles (Chinese weights), ii. [156]
• Tillangschong, one of the Nicobar group, ii. [43], [45], [84]
• Tinkal. See Borax.
• Tjiangoer, town in Java, ii. [235]
• Tjiburum, river in Java, ii. [216]
• Tjipodas, cinchona plantation at, in Java, ii. [227]-[232]
• Tjisokan, village in Java, ii. [237]
• Tjitarum, river in Java, ii. [238]
• Toe-toe, species of New Zealand grass, iii. [147]
• Tombs, Island of Puynipet, supposed, ii. [584]
• Tom Weiry, a Sydney chief, iii. [59]
• Tong-Kadu, Catholic cathedral near Shanghai, ii. [445], [478]
• Tow-boats, expense of, at Hong-kong, ii. [408]; at Shanghai, [537]
• Track, one of the Nicobar group, ii. [62]
• Trepang (or Biche de Mar), different species of, ii. [619]-[622]; preparation for Chinese market, [621]
• Treis, Island of, Nicobar group, ii. [62]
• Trieste, departure from, i. [12]; return to, iii. [455]
• Tschandú. See Opium.
• Tscharul Mugra (one of the Flacourtiaceæ), an antidote to leprosy, used in China, ii. [458]
• Tschaura, or Chowra, Island of, Nicobar group, ii. [61], [84]
• Tschinapatnam, Indian village of, i. [429]
• Tschokóits, aboriginal race of Puynipet, ii. [575]
• Tsetse-fly, ravages of, in Cape Colony, i. [252]-[254]
• Tuakan, Maori village, iii. [166]; New Year's night at, [167]
• Tubuai, Island of, in Rorutu Archipelago, iii. [196]
• Tupa-kihi (Coriaria sarmentosa) berries used for brewing purposes in New Zealand, iii. [111]
• Turnour, George, translations from Cingalese, i. [395]
• Typhoon, description of a, ii. [539]-[549]
• U
• Ulála Bay, Nicobar Islands, ii. [60], [94]
• Unger, Professor F., his theory as to the probable age of Australia, iii. [70], [71]
• University of Sydney, iii. [8]
• —— Santiago de Chile, iii. [298], [299]
• Upa-Upa, licentious dance of Tahitian women, iii. [219]
• Urdaneta, Friar A., Prior of the Augustines of Manila, ii. [306]
• Urmeneta, Don Jerónimo, foreign minister of Chile, iii. [304]
• V
• Vahara Swami, Temple of, Madras, i. [470]
• Valdivia, German colony at, iii. [316]
• Valparaiso, iii. [280]-[291]
• Vanilla plantations in Java, ii. [205]
• Vapour-baths, Shanghai, ii. [419]
• Vegetable wax. See Peh-lah.
• Vellore, visit to, and fort, i. [447]-[453]
• Venus, French frigate, visits Tahiti, iii. [208]
• Vert chinois. See Green Indigo.
• Victoria, Hong-kong, ii. [355]-[375]
• Vigil, Francisco de Paula, director of National Library, Lima, iii. [375]; his views respecting the Papacy, [376]
• Vine disease in Madeira, particulars of the, i. [75]-[81]
• Vishnu, Indian Divinity, i. [429]
• Visscher van Gaasbeek, assistant resident, Java, ii. [239], [252]
• Vinhatico (Persea indica), at Madeira, i. [65]
• Visanili Katail (poison oil), Ceylon, i. [401]
• Vriese, de, director of Botanical Garden, Leyden, his travels in Java, ii. [242]
• Vrij, chemist, resident in Java, ii. [246]-[248]
• W
• War in Chile, iii. [305], [306]
• Wax-berry, shrub, Cape Colony, i. [205]
• Wagner, Dr. Moritz, his contour map of Isthmus of Panama, iii. [434]
• Waiiria, Lake of, Tahiti, iii. [228]
• Waikato River, New Zealand, iii. [158], [174], [182]-[184]
• Wakka, New Zealand canoe, iii. [157]
• Walloby (Kangaroo rat), Australia, iii. [36]
• Wall reefs, ii. [556]-[558]
• Wandering sand-hills. See Medanos.
• Wangs, or Kings of the Tai-pings, ii. [535]-[537]
• Waves, mode of measuring their height, i. [191]; height in Chinese sea, ii. [544]
• Weapons of the Nicobar aborigines, ii. [121]
• Weddahs, wild native race of Ceylon, i. [358]
• Wellington Province, New Zealand, iii. [188]
• Whale fishery off St. Paul Island, i. [288]-[291], [319]-[321]; off Puynipet, ii. [554], [579]; off Tahiti, iii. [248]
• Whampoa, ship purveyor, ii. [168]-[173]
• Whari, or New Zealand hut, iii. [161]-[163]
• White colonists, Island of Puynipet, ii. [561]
• Whittle's Rock, Simon's Bay, Cape Colony, i. [259]
• Wiener, G., Austrian Consul at Hong-kong, ii. [378]
• Wild Banana. See Musa Textilis.
• Will's Harbour. See Papeete.
• Williamson, J., Superintendent of Auckland Province, iii. [177]
• Wine cultivation of Madeira, i. [76]-[79]; of Cape Colony, [255], [256]; of Australia, iii. [21]-[24]
• Winnes, Dr. Ph., Missionary at Hong-kong, ii. [368]
• Wiremu Kingi, chief of New Zealand insurgents, iii. [132]
• Wong-Fun, Physician in Macao, ii. [406]
• Worcester, Cape Colony, its charming site, i. [223]-[225]
• Wuang-po, canal of, ii. [479]
• Wulongong, harbour of, New South Wales, iii. [29]; rencontre with natives, [30]; Walloby hunt, [36]; nocturnal adventures among the hills of, [40]-[42]
• Wusung River, at Shanghai, ii. [410]-[414], [479]
• Y
• Yak-tien, Chinese drug stone, ii. [437]
• Yam, ii. [102]; at Tahiti, iii. [245]
• Yang-tse-Kiang, arrival off, ii. [410]; navigation of, [410]-[412]
• Yaws (Frambœsia), prevalence of, in Puynipet Island, ii. [574]
• Yeh, late Governor of Canton, ii. [383]; his cruelty to the Tai-pings, [526]
• Yellow fever, i. [158], iii. [372]
• Yo-stone. See Nephrite.
• Z
• Zodiacal light, i. [480]

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