INDEX
- Aborigines, two types of, 129;
- characteristic feature, 130;
- sight of, 143;
- appearance, 181;
- aquiline noses, 130;
- results of civilisation, 182, 348;
- class divisions, 199;
- description, 260, 270;
- estimate of white man, 292;
- doomed, 348.
- Acacia, fragrans, 2;
- bidwillii 25;
- salicina, 25;
- harpophylla, 33;
- excelsa, 49;
- pendula (myall), 49, 76.
- Acrobates pygmæa, 380.
- Acrocephalus australis, 21.
- Adelaide, city of, 5.
- Ælurædus maculosus, 96.
- Æpyornis maximus, fossil egg of, 6.
- Alcyone azurea, 150.
- Alpinia cærulea, 296.
- Amphibia, 384.
- Andropogon contortus (spear-grass), 23.
- Anseranas melanoleuca, 383.
- Ants, white, 19;
- Araucaria, bidwillii (bunya-bunya), 21, 372;
- Arrowroot, 74.
- Artamus sordidus (wood-swallow), 28.
- Artesian wells, 40.
- Asters, Queensland, 51.
- A strange household, 81.
- Astrebla elymoides, 37.
- Astur radiatus, 329.
- Australian whites, 29, 315 passim;
- Bailey, F. M. (on mosses), 374.
- Ballarat, 8.
- “Balnglan,” a dingo, 180, 223, 226, 241;
- Bandicoot (Paramelidæ), 27, 73, 92.
- Baobab, 374.
- Barcoo, river, 39;
- Basaltic table-land, Leichhardt’s, 104.
- Basket, 193–195 passim.
- Batatas edulis, 78.
- Bats, 19.
- Bauhinia hookerii, 25.
- Bear, native (Phascolarctus cinereus), 9.
- Bee, European, 29;
- Beef, 36.
- Beliander, 58.
- Bellenden Kerr Hills, 102.
- Bendi, weapon, 332–334.
- Bird of paradise, 302.
- Blacks of Herbert river, 72;
- civilised, 76;
- appearance of, 77;
- festival, 84;
- agility, 89, 96;
- keen sight, 95;
- money valueless, 106;
- only cult, 136;
- absence of clothing, 169;
- of medicines, 183;
- depredations, 221;
- cruelty (women), 222;
- greatest delicacy, 271;
- myths unknown, 282;
- cannibalism, 287;
- lazy, 290.
- Blankets, 264.
- Bledensbourne, 53.
- Bolboceras rhinoceros, 329.
- Boomerang, 49;
- origin of, 52;
- Indian, S.E., 52;
- Assyrian and Egyptian use of, 51.
- Boongary, 102;
- Bora ceremonies, 136.
- Borboby, a meeting for duels, 119, 127.
- Borrogo, a small marsupial, 207.
- Bottle-tree, 33, 35.
- Boundary-rider, 57.
- Bower-birds, 28, 139.
- Box-tree (Eucalyptus), 25.
- Boyma (Bhaiamé), a supreme Being, 283.
- Bread-fruit tree, 79.
- Brigalow-scrub, 33, 37, 52.
- Brisbane, 16.
- Brow-band, 121, 331.
- Brown, Robert, botanist, 369.
- Bunjup, an evil spirit, 202.
- Buprestidæ (beetles), 329, 385.
- Burial customs, 275.
- Burnett salmon (barramunda), 385.
- Bush costume, 19;
- Butcher-bird, 94.
- Butterflies, 151, 385.
- Cabbage, 79.
- Cacatua roseicapilla, 35.
- Cajeput oil, 24.
- Calamus australis, 89, 103.
- Calladium, 21.
- Callistemon lanceolatum, 26.
- Calliungal, town, 30.
- Callornis metallica, 96.
- Camping out, 32.
- Camps, Herbert river hills, 148;
- cave, 153;
- hills in rain, 168 seq.;
- with unpleasant bedfellow, 185 seq.;
- no supper, 209–211.
- Cannibalism, 101, 134, 176, 254, 273;
- Canning meat, Rockhampton, 16.
- Canoona Diggings, oldest gold mine, 323.
- Capparis nobilis, 25.
- Cardamom-tree, 96.
- Cardwell, town, 66, 250, 263.
- Carpentaria, Gulf of, natives of, 273.
- Carrots, 79.
- Casuarina, 33 passim.
- Casuarius australis (cassowary), 99.
- Cat, native, 27;
- Cattle, alarmed, 84;
- Cedar, red (Cedrela), 67.
- Centropus, 94.
- Ceratodus forsteri, 385.
- Ceyx pusilla, 97.
- Charters Towers, gold beds, 65.
- Child-birth, 134.
- Children, black, 192.
- Chinaman, a native, 147;
- wife, 163;
- treachery, 167;
- greediness, 173;
- rascality, 185;
- reappearance, 231.
- Chinese hated, 36.
- Chivalry, 170.
- Chlamydodera maculata, 28.
- Chlamydosaurus kingii, 376, 384.
- Christmas in the bush, 207.
- Cicada aurora, 222.
- Cicada, evil spirit, 202;
- Cinchona, 74.
- Clay pipes, 107.
- Cleveland Bay, 65.
- Climate, tropical, 19;
- cold nights, 56;
- Christmas hot, 57.
- Cloncurry, copper, 44.
- Club (nolla-nolla), 72 seq.
- Coal, 74, 366.
- Cockatoo, 27;
- red-breasted, 35;
- numerous, 57.
- Cocoa-nut, 21;
- Cod, black-fish, 27.
- Coffee, 73.
- Coleoptera, 153;
- Colocasia macrorhiza, 153.
- Comet river, 33.
- Conquat, loquat, guava, 79.
- Coomooboolaroo, 204, 325.
- Cordilleras, Australian, 102.
- Cormorants, 22.
- Costume, 106, 120, 129, 215.
- Cracticus nigrogularis, 94.
- Cranes, gray and blue, 22.
- Crawfish, 151.
- Crime, only, 126.
- Curr, E. M., “The Australian Race,” 307 passim.
- Customs, aboriginal, ornamental scars, 135;
- making fire, 141;
- breaking sticks, 141;
- pomade and glue, 142;
- honey water, 144;
- rights of property, 147;
- eating eggs, 149;
- marriage, 164;
- burial, 277;
- cremation, 279.
- Cycas media, 164.
- Cyclestheria hislopi, 387.
- Cygnus atratus, 1, 22.
- Dacelo gigas, 26.
- Dactylopsila trivirgata, 220.
- Dalrymple Creek, 248;
- Damper, 32.
- Dancing, 236 seq.
- Daphnia lumholtzii, 386.
- Darling Downs, 21;
- Dasyurus, 27;
- maculatus, 174;
- Dasyuridæ, 80.
- Date-palms, Queensland, 21.
- Dawson river, 45.
- Dee river, 30.
- Dendrolagus lumholtzii, 102;
- Devil, 114;
- Dialects. Vide Language.
- Diamantina river, native work, heat on, 44–55.
- Dicæum hirundinaceum, 253.
- Diemenia, 299.
- Digitalis purpurea, 14.
- Dingo, 38;
- Dinornis, 377.
- Dipnoi, 385.
- Diprotodon, 368.
- Dipsas fusca, 62.
- Dirge, 204.
- Discoverers and Explorers, 355–359.
- Diseases and epidemics, 181.
- Doctor, native, 183.
- Dog and snake, 64.
- Doves, 96.
- Dress, mourning, 204.
- Drought, 37.
- Drugs, 108.
- Duboisia hopwoodii, 49.
- Dugong, 315 seq.;
- Dungeness, 66.
- Education of children, 193.
- Eels, Queensland, 23.
- Elanus axillaris (kite), 220.
- Elderslie, 44, 53.
- Elephant sugar-cane, 63.
- Elm-tree, 14.
- Emus, inquisitive, 30.
- Erysipelas, 181.
- Erythrina vespertilio (cork), 141.
- Eucalyptus, amygdalina, 9;
- tereticornis, brachypoda, 24;
- terminalis, polyanthemos, robusta. Vide Flora.
- Eudynamis flindersii (cuckoo), 28.
- Eurynassa australis, 93, 154.
- Evaporation in bush, 42.
- Expedition Range, 33.
- Falco subniger, 57.
- Familiarity breeds contempt, 111.
- Fauna—fossil;
- Wallace’s line;
- marsupials; monotremata—why most noteworthy, 376–388 passim;
- birds, 382–384;
- reptiles, 384;
- amphibia, 384;
- fish, barramunda, 385;
- butterflies, 385;
- beetles, 385.
- Entomostraca, Professor Sars on, 385–388.
- Feast, 85.
- Ferns, tree-, 103.
- Fever, 57.
- Ficus, elastica, 14;
- platypoda, cunninghamii, 25.
- Fig, European, 21;
- Finch-Hatton, Mr., “Advance Australia,” 278.
- Fire, producing, 141.
- Fitzroy river, 16;
- Fleas at Elderslie, 45.
- Flora—peculiar, evergreen, flowering;
- census of Eucalyptus, Proteaceæ, Acaciæ, Banksia, cone-bearers, and allies; grass-trees, baobab, ferns, mosses, 369–375 passim.
- Food, 21;
- eating children, 134;
- beetles and larvæ, 154 passim;
- pediculi, 117, 223;
- fleas, 179;
- grasshoppers, 187;
- eel (high), 203;
- mode of cooking, 296;
- care of, 297.
- Frogs, 19.
- Gar-fish, 23.
- Geese, Queensland, 22.
- Gentleman, black, 84.
- Geology—mountain and river systems, primitive rock, coal-bearing strata, fossils, “desert sandstone,” volcanoes, gold, 366–368.
- Georgina river, 128;
- Gidya-scrub, 37.
- Gold, passim;
- annual production, 9;
- region, 253;
- mount, 324.
- Gould, 23, 171.
- Gracemere, residence in, 17, 20, 21;
- flora and fauna, 24;
- landscape, 26;
- return to, 61;
- snake story, 61.
- Grallina picata, 94.
- Granadilla, and fruit, 79.
- Grauan, jungle-hen, 149.
- Great Dividing Range, 34, 102 passim.
- Greenshank, 56.
- Grogoragally, son of the Supreme, 283.
- Guana, 79.
- Gum-tree. Vide Eucalyptus.
- Hair, cutter, 108;
- quality, quantity of, 131.
- Handicraft, 331.
- Harpoon, 317.
- Hawks in Queensland, 62.
- Heaven and hell, 283.
- Helix cunninghamii, 27.
- Hemibelideus, a new sub-genus, 196.
- Herbert river, passim;
- Herbert Vale, 65–74;
- quarters, 76;
- abandoned for cattle station, 78;
- keeper and Kanaka at, 80;
- bill of fare, 81;
- cook, 80 seq.;
- farewell, 302.
- Hinchinbrook Island, 67.
- Historical Outline—before discovery, Discoverers and Explorers, colonisation, 353–365.
- Holloway’s pills, 280.
- Home life among natives, 191.
- Honey, 194, 195 passim.
- Hoplocephalus, 62.
- Hornets, 38.
- Horse-racing, 7.
- Houses, North Queensland, 79.
- Humour, native, 239, 291.
- Husband, duties of, 161.
- Hyla cærulea, 18.
- Hypsiprymnodon moschatus, rare, 114.
- Idolatry non-existent, 129.
- Iguana, 53.
- Imitative faculty, 291.
- Infant colour, 132.
- Inoceramus maximus, 367.
- Irichosurus vulpecula, 11, 19, 221, 232.
- Irish shepherd, a type, 40.
- Isis Downs station, 57;
- Itaka, ornamental tufts, 238.
- Jabiru (yabiru), 96.
- Jacaranda, Brazil, 21.
- Jackass, laughing, a kingfisher, 26, 382.
- Jacky, native attendant, 77, 92;
- his full dress, 120;
- at contest, 125;
- story-teller, 256;
- inciting to murder, 290.
- Jimmy, a native, a murderer, 245–251, 254;
- portrait of, 255;
- scene of crime, 261.
- Jungle-hens, 96;
- Kadjera, poisonous palm, 164.
- Kāmin, climbing instrument, 89.
- Kanaka, 64;
- Kangaroo Island, 2.
- Kangaroo, larger, 29;
- hunt, 33;
- hard to kill, 180;
- tree-kangaroo, see Dendrolagus lumholtzii;
- rat, 11, 27, 29;
- size, 327;
- nature and nutrition of young, 379;
- strength and boldness, 327, 328.
- Kassik, a pack-horse, 74, 138, 289;
- Kélanmi, native girl, story of, 233 seq.
- Kidneys, eating the human, 272.
- Kingfisher, 97;
- racket-tail, 97;
- blue and red, 150;
- all over the world, 382.
- Kings appointed by squatters, 336 seq.
- Kissing unknown, 213.
- Kite, 43;
- Koraddan, a fruit, 165
- Korroboree, 41, 237.
- Kusso and kamala, Abyssinian cure for tape-worm, 153.
- Kvingan, evil spirit, 201, 205.
- Ladies, white, 8;
- Lagoons, Valley of, 243;
- Lagorchestes conspicillatus (rat), 29.
- Landscape, Australian, breathes melancholy, 209.
- Languages, all closely allied, 304;
- comparative words for eye, 305;
- numerals, 306, 309;
- personal pronouns, 306;
- common peculiarities, 306;
- grammar, 307;
- origin, 307;
- comparative syntax, 307;
- brevity of expression, 308;
- suffix go, 308;
- proper names, 309;
- named from negatives, one from affirmative, Langue d’oc et oyl, 310;
- comparative table, 311;
- words from Herbert river, 312, 313.
- Larvæ, edible, in acacia, 153, 154 passim.
- Lathrodectus scelio (spider), 39.
- Lava, 253.
- Leaves as toy-boomerangs, 52.
- Lemons, antidote to tick-bites, 266.
- Leucopathia acquisita, 99.
- Liberality of Gongola, 180;
- Livistonia, 103, 150.
- Lizard, 27, 384.
- Loquat, 79.
- Lotus-bird, 22.
- Love among natives, 213.
- Lung-fish (Ceratodus forsteri), 385.
- Mackay river, 63.
- M‘Leay’s Museum, Sydney, 14.
- Macropus, dorsalis, 29;
- Magpie, Australian, 33.
- Mango, 21.
- Mangola-Maggi, a native, 258, 287.
- Mangoran, a study, 112;
- Marriage ceremonies, 212, 213.
- Marsilea (nardu), 41.
- Marsupials, destructive to grass, 29;
- Mat as clothing, 169.
- Matrimony in Queensland, 60.
- Megaloprepia magnifica, 214.
- Megapodius tumulus, 149. Vide Fauna.
- Melaleuca leucadendron, 24.
- Melbourne, 5;
- climate, 8;
- Queen of the South, 12.
- Melodies, native, 41, 156–158.
- Message sticks, 303, 304.
- Miasma, 261.
- Migration of souls, 279, 282.
- Mika-operation, 47.
- Miklucho-Maclay, Baron, 47.
- Milk, rarely used in bush, 36, 57;
- Minnie Downs, 31, 35;
- Mitchell-grass, 37.
- Mólle-Mólle, a native tragedy, 246.
- Mongan, a mammal, 172, 215.
- Monsoons, 102.
- Moogeegally, half human, half divine, 283.
- Morbora, a native, 286.
- “More pork,” 32.
- Morelia variegata, 294.
- Moreton Bay, 16.
- Mosquito-nets, 56.
- Mosses, note on, 374, 375.
- Mound-builder, 97.
- Mount Morgan, gold, 324.
- Mountains, Blue, 15;
- Coast; 101, 102, 116, 140;
- Great Dividing Range, 34, 102;
- Cordilleras, 102;
- Sea-View Range, 121, 180;
- annoyance from leeches, 265.
- Mourning, signs of, 203.
- Mueller, Baron F. von, 9. Vide Flora.
- Mullagan, black giant, 129.
- Mullet, fresh-water, 23.
- Mummy, 278.
- Murder, punishment of, 45.
- Murrumbidgee, 129.
- Mūrŭp (revenant), 279.
- Music, vocal and instrumental, 156, 236.
- Musical instruments, 157.
- Myall, savage blacks, or Acacia pendula, 49, 76.
- Mycteria australis, 96.
- Mygnimia australasiæ (hornet), 38.
- Myths, South Australia, 282.
- Nardu, 41.
- Natives (Diamantina river), 44;
- slaughter of, 53;
- study of, 80;
- mark of distinction, 84;
- traits, 100;
- cannibals, 101;
- instinct for locality, 108;
- terror of firearms, 108;
- insensibility to cold, 111, 114;
- contest, 119;
- idea of number, 129;
- two types of, 129;
- voices of, 135;
- comprehension of pictures, 154;
- disposition of, 158;
- occupations of, 177;
- burial customs, 277;
- keenness of sight, 295;
- snake cooking, 296.
- Natives, in original condition, 104;
- food, 106;
- terror of darkness and devil, 114;
- acute sense of smell, 114;
- agility, 115;
- morning toilet, 116;
- height, 129;
- dread of rain, 140;
- as woodcutters, 148;
- friendliness, 180.
- Nelly, the cook, 80, 178;
- hunting, 222;
- change in, 269;
- bloodthirsty, 290.
- Nelumbium speciosum, 25.
- Nephrurus asper, 329.
- Ngalloa, rare animal, 220.
- Nilgora, typical savage, 223, 241, 242.
- Nocuous grasses, 23, 43.
- Nogoa river, 34.
- Nolla-nolla, club, 72, 122.
- Norseman cold in Australia, 30.
- Norwegian scheme, 8.
- Nuphar luteum, 14.
- Opals, 44.
- Opium, abuse of, 338.
- Opossum, 11, 91;
- Orange-groves, Parramatta river, 15;
- trees, Queensland, 21;
- moth, 28;
- orchards, 79.
- Ornaments, personal, of natives, 135–137, 238.
- Ornithorhynchus, killed, 214;
- Orthonyx spaldingii, 155.
- Orthoptera, 73, 151.
- Otĕro, and other relationships, 199;
- ingratitude of Yanki’s, 209.
- Palm, lawyer, home of, 152, 172;
- Pandanus, 95.
- Pantomime, primitive, 239.
- Papillæ mammæ cut off, 135.
- Papyrus, Egyptian, 21.
- Parasites and epiphytes, 25.
- Parra gallinacea, 22.
- Parramatta river, 15.
- Parrot, affection of, 34;
- Pasturage, 37.
- Peak Downs, 29, 45.
- Peculiar smell of natives, 135.
- Pediculi, 117.
- Pelargonium, Queensland, 21.
- Pelicans, Queensland, 22.
- Perch, Queensland, 23.
- Petauroides, volans, 91, 181;
- Phalanger, flying, 90.
- Phascolarctus cinereus, 9.
- Phascologale minutissima, 43, 44, 294.
- Phragmites communis, 23.
- Phrictis crassipes, 38.
- Pickle-bottle, a native, 112;
- Pigeon, Diamantina river, 43;
- Torres Strait, 96;
- rare, North Queensland, 208;
- king, 214.
- Pike, gar-fish, 23.
- Pimelea hæmatostachya, 29.
- Pine-apple, Queensland, 21.
- Pipes, 113;
- Pitta strepitans, 27.
- Pituri, 49.
- Platycercus pulcherrimus, 34;
- Platypus, 30.
- Pleuro-pneumonia, 88.
- Plotus, 22.
- Podargus cuvierii, 32.
- Poisons unknown, 174.
- Police, native mounted, 46, 49;
- cruelty of, 54;
- native sergeant of, 251.
- Pork, aversion to, 225.
- Precarious position of author, 289 seq.
- Preparation of food, 296.
- Primitive tribe, a, 191.
- Protector of the blacks, 73;
- Pseudechis, black snake, 64.
- Pseudochirus, archeri, 152, 173, 266;
- Ptiloris victoriæ, 171.
- Ptychosperma cunninghamii, 171.
- Punishment, 126.
- Python, Australian, 294.
- Quandang-tree, 70.
- Queensland, proportion of men to women, 59;
- dialect of white children, 8;
- East, 16;
- precious metals, 44;
- native mounted police, 46;
- climate, 19, 57;
- Central, 21;
- sugar, 64;
- natives, 68, 69;
- Northern, blacks of, 11;
- Western (dew), 33, 35;
- farewell to, 61;
- Queen’s Hotel, Townsville, 65.
- Quinine, 74.
- Rain in bush, 169, 312.
- Rats, plague of, 43;
- Rape of the Sabines, 184.
- Religion, 339.
- Respect for old women, 200.
- Rice, 74.
- Rifle-bird, 171.
- Ring-barking, 9.
- Rivers, Yarra, 9;
- Parramatta, 15;
- Fitzroy, 16;
- Brisbane, 16;
- Burnett, 21;
- Dee, 30;
- Nogoa, 34;
- Thompson, 40;
- Dawson, 45;
- Diamantina, 55;
- Mackay, 63;
- Boulya, 128;
- Murrumbidgee, 129;
- Murray, tribes on the, 284;
- Herbert River and Vale, 66 seq.
- Rockhampton, 16;
- botanical gardens, 17;
- flora and fauna, 24;
- drunkards in, 57;
- return to, 61.
- Rock-wallabies, 253.
- Sacrifices unknown, 284.
- Sandy blight, 57.
- Scenery, passim; Herbert river, 74, 315.
- Scenopæus dentirostris (bower-bird), 139.
- Screw-palm, 95.
- Scrub, 37, 96, 102, 289;
- stillness, 294;
- clad mountain-tops, 302.
- Scythrops novæ-hollandiæ, 97.
- Sequoia wellingtonia, 9.
- Serpent adventure, 299.
- Sheep farmers, 35.
- Silver, 44.
- Skulls, 259;
- Slaughter day, 85.
- Smell of land, 2.
- Sminthopsis virginiæ, 252, 294.
- Snakes, 61, 62, 64;
- hunting, as food, cooking, sharing, flesh-flavour, 294 seq.
- Snake-birds, 22.
- Snake bites, treatment of, 183, 298.
- Soap, natives fond of, 291.
- Spear-grass, 23.
- Spearmen, 92.
- Specimens, packing and conveying of, 300.
- Spider paralysed by hornet, 38.
- Springsure, Kangaroo hunt near, 33.
- Spruce, Australian, 21.
- Squatter’s homestead, 59.
- Squirrel, flying, 90.
- Starling, glossy, 96.
- Station, description of a, 36;
- korroboree at Westlands, 41.
- Stigmodera (beetle), 220.
- Stinging-tree, 152.
- Stock, Queensland, 21;
- Sugar, 64;
- a necessary, 264;
- cane, 75;
- plantation, 301.
- Suttungo, tobacco, 113.
- Swamp-pheasant, 94.
- Sweet-potato, 78.
- Talegalla, 73, 97;
- Talgoro, 188, 271.
- Tallow, 37.
- Tamarind, 21.
- Tambo, town, 61.
- Tanysiptera, 97.
- Tattooing unknown, 137.
- Thompson, river, 40;
- Thor’s hammer and the boomerang, 52.
- Throwing-stick, 93.
- Ticks, 266.
- Tiger, marsupial, 101.
- Tin, 44.
- Torilla, its host and his family, 315, 322.
- Treachery of natives, 44, 167, 289.
- Tree-ferns, Victoria, 11;
- Trinity, idea and persons of a, 129, 283.
- Triodia irritans, 43.
- Tristiana suaveolens, 25.
- Tobacco, 73;
- Tobola, 99;
- unbeaten, 217;
- preparation of, 230.
- Toollah, opossum, 152.
- Topinard, Dr., on the blacks, 129.
- Torrens, Lake, 129.
- Totanus glottis, 56.
- Towdala, a bird, 155.
- Townsville, 65 passim.
- Turkey, brush, 73.
- Uromys, 294.
- Veera, a fig, 208.
- Venereal and other diseases, 182.
- Victoria, working-class influence, 8.
- Vine-scrub, 26.
- Vines, Queensland, 21.
- Vitiligo, white spots, 99.
- Vitis climatidea, 26.
- Vondo, a root, 207.
- Wader, 96.
- Wallaby, 29;
- hunting, 91–94;
- rock, 209;
- feeding, 209.
- Wardrobe, author’s, 108.
- Water-hen, 27;
- iguana, 155;
- lilies, blue, 22.
- Water, precious in bush, 39;
- Waverley station, Gracemere, 62.
- Weapons, 120, 127, 332 seq.
- Weaver-bird, 70, 96.
- Western river, 44.
- Westwood, 27;
- Windex station, hospitality at, 43.
- Winter, 293.
- Winton, 56, 59.
- Witchcraft of strangers, 298.
- Wives, native, 163.
- Wizards, 279;
- Women, seldom seen, 59;
- timidity of, 91;
- condition of, 100;
- old, at contests, 124;
- matrimonial changes, 127;
- beards, 131;
- personal appearance of, 132;
- child-birth, 134;
- ornamental scars improper, 137;
- occupation of, 160;
- greatest crime, 162;
- patience of, 192;
- destined from birth, 221;
- infanticide and cannibalism among, 254, 272;
- rough nurses, 257.
- Wood exported from Queensland, 67.
- Wood-swallow, 28.
- Xanthorrhæa, 373.
- Xylomelum pyriforme, 369.
- Yabby, a new phalanger, 196.
- Yamina, a monster, 201.
- Yanki, a rare fig, 208;
- Yarra river, 5.
- Yarri, tiger, 101, 117, 151, 266.
- Yokkai, a native attendant, 214;
- word-portrait of, 217, 219, 235, 242, 243, 289;
- the only faithful black, 290;
- ascends Kassik the pack-horse, 290, 291;
- washes for cooking, 291;
- rewarded, 300;
- farewell to, 302.
- Yopolo, 114.
- York, Cape, 102.
- Zoologists, a family of, 323 seq.