iii. 245-247
Kawa plant (_Piper methysticum_), its properties, ii. 568, iii. 147, 245
Kawaïn, extract of Kawa, iii. 246-248
Keasberry, B. P., Missionary at Singapore, ii. 162
Keira Hills, New South Wales, iii. 37; coal-fields in, 39
Kennedy, E. B., his fatal exploring expedition to Cape York, Northern Australia, iii. 12, 13
Kentsch, singular malady in Puynipet, ii. 574
Klings, natives of Coromandel coast, ii. 145, 149
Knight, Dr., Botanist, Auckland, iii. 141
Koek, M. de, Batavia, ii. 203
Koeping, one of the earliest visitors to the Nicobars, ii. 2
Kolowrat, mountain on the Island of Malaýta, ii. 596
Komios, village in Kar-Nicobar, ii. 38-41
Kondúl, Island of the Nicobars, ii. 69, 87
Krammat, mausoleum of a Malay prophet at the Cape, i. 244-248
Kratochwil, Joseph, physician in Panama, iii. 428
Krishna, the Hindoo Divinity, i. 436-460
Kulczycki, Adam, Director of native department at Papeete, iii. 214
Kumara (_Convolvulus Batata_), New Zealand, iii. 121
Kus-kus grass (_Andropogon muricatum_), i. 465
L
Labour, European and Chinese compared, ii. 148
Laguna de Bay, Manila, excursion to, ii. 325-341
Laguna Encantada, the enchanted Lake near Manila, ii. 335-338
Lalang grass (_Saccharum Koenigii_), ii. 51
Lambajeque, harbourage on coast of Peru, iii. 419
Lammat mountains, Solomon Islands, ii. 624
Lang, J. D., Sydney, his historical and political works and address to Frankfort Congress, iii. 15
Lao-tse, Chinese sage, ii. 435
La Pérouse, monument to, at Botany Bay, iii. 17, 18
Las Esmeraldas, Hacienda in Chile, iii. 311-313
Lascars, Indian porters, i. 426
Laval, Catholic Missionary to Tahiti, iii. 204
Layard, C. P., Government agent in Ceylon, i. 396
Lazar village. _See_ Leper village.
Le Breton, Physician in Panama, iii. 428
Lee Harbour. _See_ Roankiddi Harbour.
Leeches, land-, of Ceylon, i. 407
Legabalu, Island of, ii. 1
Legaspi, conqueror of the Philippines, ii. 286, 287
Leichhardt, his tragical fate in Australia, iii. 12
Lemmas Canal, Hong-kong, ii. 353
_Leonitis Leonurus_, masticatory used by the Hottentots, i. 241
Leper village near Canton, ii. 457
Leprosy in China, ii. 455-459
Lima, account of, iii. 364-383
"Line," ceremony in "crossing the," i. 115-117
Little Hong-kong, small fishing village of, ii. 379
Little Nicobar, Island of, ii. 63, 81
Liu-tschiu (or Loo-choo) Islands, ii. 538, 543, 547
Llama, introduction of, into Australia, iii. 64-66
Lobschied, Dr. W., school inspector, Hong-kong, ii. 369, 379
Logan, Dr. Abraham, editor of "Singapore Free Press," ii. 161
---- J. H., publisher of "Journal of Indian Archipelago," ii. 161
Lombok, embassy from the king of, ii. 199-202
London Missionary Society, ii. 451, iii. 200, 214-216
Long-Fah, Pagoda of, near Shanghai, ii. 484
Loo-Rock, lofty rock near Funchal, i. 57
Los Baños, village near Manila, ii. 332-335
Lossen, W., his experiments on the cocoa leaf, iii. 407
Lu Kao. _See_ Green Indigo.
Lunatic Asylum, Rio, i. 142; Manila, ii. 348; Lima, iii. 378
Lütke, Russian Admiral, ii. 552
Luzon, ii. 281-284
M
Macarthur, Sir William, New South Wales, iii. 20-25
Macartney, Lord, his embassy to China, 1792, i. 299
Macleay, botanist, New South Wales, his residence at Elizabeth Bay, iii. 16
Madras, i. 424-447
Mafoûmo river, on East coast of Africa, ii. 9
_Magdalena_, steamer, voyage home in, iii. 443-447
Magelhaen, discovers Manila, ii. 285; his fate, 310; Straits of, settlement in, iii. 317; projected steam-tug line through, 317-320
Magnetic declination, zero point of, iii. 257-260, 279
---- needle, variation of, iii. 257
Mahabharata, Indian poem of, i. 472-474
Mahamalaipur, City of the Holy Hill, monolith temples at, i. 464-474
Mahawanso, Cingalese epic poem, i. 395, 396
Mahishasura, the Indian giant, memorial of, i. 467
Maigrat, Catholic missionary to Tahiti, iii. 106
Maipú bridge, Chile, iii. 308
Makok, pagoda near Macao, ii. 395
Makun, St. Sebastian de, Catholic mission of, near Caltura, Ceylon, i. 369, 401
Malacca Straits, navigation in, ii. 132-135
Malaýta, Island of, Solomon group, ii. 596
Mamaku (_Cyathea Medullaris_), the tree-fern, specimens in New Zealand,