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,