INDEX.

• A.
• Aden harbour, 222.
• Akyab, 192.
• Albatross, Catching an, 17.
• Albacore, 27.
• Alligators, 112, 164.
• Amherst, 214.
• Amherstia nobilis, 205.
• Amsterdam, 32.
• Amusements, Burmese, 52.
• Andaman Islands, 249.
• Architecture, Burmese, 57, 65, 202.
• Argonauts, 18.
• B.
• Bamboo, 47, 65, 164, 257.
• Banana, 48, 170.
• Bandicoot, 42.
• Barrackpore, 44.
• Bats, 211.
• Beri-beri, 107.
• Birds’ Nests, Edible, 241.
• Birds, 56, 63, 94, 99, 133.
• Bonito, Catching, 16.
• Brahmans, 73.
• Buddha, 69.
• Burmah, Fertility of, 47.
• Burmese Character, 49.
• C.
• Calcutta, 36.
• Camel, 172.
• Camper, 250.
• Cape Route, 24.
• Caste, 78.
• Caves, 209, 259.
• Chelonia virgata, 239.
• Children educated at home, 184.
• China Bazaar, 42.
• Chinese, 59, 71, 114, 202.
• Chivalry, 176.
• Cholera, 65, 181, 194.
• Climate, Effects of, 40.
• Cock-fighting, 52.
• Collocatia esculenta, 242.
• Cookery, Native, 90, 102, 121.
• Cow-itch, 166.
• Cremation, 58.
• Custard, Apple, 48, 126.
• D.
• Dancing, 22, 44.
• Dracunculus, 103.
• Duck-shooting, 135.
• Durian, 48.
• E.
• Education, 181, 229.
• Egyptians, 72.
• “El Dorado,” 161.
• Elephants, 167, 207, 253.
• Embalming, 58, 72.
• Emigrants, 29.
• Exhibition of 1851, 19.
• Expedition, A secret, 137.
• F.
• Fire, 25, 65.
• Fish and fishing, 13, 164, 215, 222, 243.
• Flying-bugs, 103.
• Flying-fish, 17.
• Football, Burmese, 54.
• Funeral, A Chinese, 203.
• G.
• Gambling, 52.
• Gautama, 50, 69, 71.
• Germicides, 107.
• Golail, 105.
• Govilon, 164.
• Gua-pu, 60.
• Gulf-Stream, 25.
• Gynee-Clubs, 199.
• H.
• High pressure, Modern, 229.
• Hinduism, 72.
• Holy-stoning, 11.
• Hooghly, 33.
• Huc, Travels of M., 203.
• I.
• Images, 58, 70.
• Incas, 74.
• Intermittent fever, 176.
• ——— ——— causes of, 178.
• ——— ——— hypodermic treatment of, 180.
• Irrigation, Native, 161.
• J.
• Jack-fruit, 48, 205.
• Jackal, 44, 64, 100.
• Jungle-fowl, 52, 165.
• K.
• Kalong, 49.
• Kookerie, 257.
• Koran, 75, 83.
• Kyouk-Phyao, 193.
• L.
• Latham, 250.
• Line, Crossing the, 13.
• Looting, 56, 58.
• M.
• Mackerel fishing, 16.
• Madeira, 9.
• Mango, 257.
• Mangrove, 227.
• Matrimony, 22, 45, 51.
• Medicine, Native, 166.
• Mediterranean, 16, 18, 20.
• Mendoon, 174.
• Mergui, 241.
• Missionaries, 78, 83.
• Mohammed, 75.
• Monkeys, 93.
• Monsoon, 67.
• Morality, Native, 51.
• Morton, 250.
• Mosquitoes, 89, 100.
• Moulmein, 201.
• Mucuna pruens, 166.
• Mud fish, 68.
• Mudar, 107.
• Music, 22, 62.
• Mutiny, 29, 82, 96, 110, 117, 130.
• N.
• Nautili, 18.
• Navigation, Art of, 24.
• Nepaulese, 82.
• Nirvana, 69, 76, 83.
• O.
• Octopus, 151.
• Opium v. Alcohol, 186, 208.
• Orchids, 151, 246.
• P.
• Pagodas, 55, 96.
• Panglang Creek, 89.
• Pariah dogs, 99, 105.
• Peacocks, 64.
• Pegu, 95.
• Petrified trees, 168.
• Phayre, Sir A., 61, 160.
• Plantain, 48, 170.
• Poinsiana regia, 205.
• Pongyees, 57.
• Pongyee houses, 97, 116, 123.
• Ponies, Pegu, 53, 261.
• Pooay, A, 54.
• Porpoises, 15.
• Post-mortem examinations, 81.
• Prichard, 250.
• Prome, 123.
• Pythagoras, 72.
• R.
• Rangoon, 46, 66.
• Rats, 42.
• Religion, 58, 69 et seq.
• Rice, 170.
• Riding, 53.
• Robinson Crusoe, A modern, 234.
• S.
• St. Helena, 10, 16.
• Salween river, 196.
• “Scandal Point,” 193.
• Sea-sickness, 5.
• Sea Voyages, Benefit of, 181.
• Shark, 13, 219.
• “Shingles,” 201.
• Shipbuilding, 207.
• Smells, 41, 60.
• Snakes, 130, 135, 223.
• Steamer, The first Cape, 30.
• Stockades, 46, 59, 163, 248.
• Stormy Petrel, 27.
• Suttee, 82.
• T.
• Tamarind, 231.
• Tavoy, 224.
• Teak, 197.
• ——, Ruthless exhaustion of, 146, 206.
• Temples, 57.
• Theyetmyo, 116.
• Three, Significance of the numeral, 76.
• Thuggee, 82.
• Tigers, 64, 104, 153.
• Tobacco, 169.
• Trade winds, 24.
• Transmigration, 72.
• Travel, Modern, 2, 12, 15.
• Tunbridge Wells, 212.
• Turtle, 239, 241.
• V.
• Vitality, Instances of dormant, 67.
• Vocabulary, Anglo-India, 39.
• Vultures, 56.
• W.
• Waterspout, 21.
• Whale, 20.
• Whirlwind, 21.