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,