The Solomon Islands and Their Natives

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, seeLicuala.
• 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.