iii. 122

Mandioca flour (Brazil), i. 175

Mangatawhiri, river in New Zealand, iii. 164, 165

Mangrove forest at Puynipet, ii. 563

Mangrove swamps in the Nicobars, ii. 72

Manila hemp. _See_ Abáca.

Manila, stay at and description of, ii. 290-310, 342-349

Manluéna, or exerciser of evil spirits among the Nicobarians, quackery of the, ii. 70

Manukau hills (New Zealand), excursion to the, iii. 150

Maoris, or Mauris, aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand, speculations on their past and future, iii. 97-110

Maori chiefs, reception of by the governor, iii. 136-138

---- king, iii. 135

---- meeting in Drury, iii. 136

---- poetry, specimens of, iii. 129-132; proverbs, 127-129

Marine currents, i. 55-57

Mass meeting of natives of New Zealand, iii. 99-106

Matavai, native village in Tahiti, iii. 222

Maury, Commander, U.S.N., his sea-charts, i. 54, 107, 114

Meadows, J.A.T., government interpreter at Shanghai, ii. 473

Meal, imports into Brazil from Austria, i. 175

Medanos, wandering sand-hills in Peru, iii. 350

Medical school in Lima, iii. 374, 375

Meester Cornelis Bazaar, near Batavia, ii. 274

Megabalu, Island of, Nicobar group, ii. 1

Megamendoeng, pass of, in Java, ii. 211

Melepilla, town in Chile, iii. 311

Melori (_Pandanus_), bread of the Nicobarians, ii. 65

Menu, the Hindoo lawgiver, i. 435

Meridian of 180°, crossing the, iii. 194

Meri-Meri, New Zealand war-club, iii. 104

Meroe, island of, Nicobar group, ii. 82

_Merrimac_, U.S.N., iii, 417

Messina, return to, iii. 451

Metelenian, harbour of, in Puynipet island, ii. 553; aboriginal race on Puynipet, 575

Miáu-Tze, a wild race in China, ii. 461

Miliani, Father, Catholic missionary in Ceylon, i. 370, 402

Military library in Manila, ii. 342; hospital in Batavia, 187

Milk, human, sold in China for vaccine, ii. 438 (note)

Missionaries, Protestant, in Puynipet Island, ii. 563; Catholic and Protestant, disputes of, in the Society group, iii. 200-205; Catholic, their first appearance in Oceania, 204-209

Mitchell's Pass, New South Wales. _See_ Broughton's Pass.

Moa (_Palapteryx ingens_), gigantic extinct bird of New Zealand, iii. 191, 192

Moehrenhout, American consul at Papeete, religious partisanship of, iii. 205-207, 219

Moesta, Dr., astronomer of Santiago de Chile, iii. 300

Moko, or face-tattooing among the Maories, iii. 110-114

Monasteries in Lima, iii. 370-372

Monghata, hill of, in the Nicobar group, ii. 51

Montial, island of, one of the Nicobar group, ii. 68

Montigny, M. de, French consul at Shanghai, ii. 467, 512

Montt, Manuel, President of Chile, iii. 303-305; interview with, 304; his position with respect to the ultramontane party, 305

Monuments of Chinese female philanthropists, ii. 446

Moore, Charles, Director of the Botanical Garden in Sydney, iii. 19

Mooyart, Government assistant in Colombo, i. 407

Moravian settlements (_see_ also Genaadendal) on Nicobars, ii. 94-96

Morea, Island of. _See_ Eimeo.

Moreton Bay, its capabilities for wool growing, iii. 47-49

Morok (_Casuarius Bennetti_), iii. 14 (note)

Morrok, bay of, Nicobar group, ii. 44

Mosse, village on Kar-Nicobar, i. 481

Motu-Uta, island in Papeete harbour (Tahiti), iii. 198

Mouat, Dr., of Calcutta, ii. 458

Mould, Col., chief of engineer corps, New Zealand, iii. 186

Mount Egmont, or Taranaki Mountain (New Zealand), iii. 189

Mozambique negroes in Brazil, i. 140, 235

Muirhead, W., English missionary in China, ii. 418, 452

Mulberry trees in China, ii. 499

_Musa textilis_ (wild banana), ii. 167, 324

Museum of natural history in Sydney, iii. 9; at Santiago de Chile, 301

Musical instruments of the Nicobarians, ii. 122

N

Nadaud, Dr., physician at Papeete (Tahiti), iii. 214

Nahlap Islands, near Puynipet Island, ii. 558-560

Nannekin, chief of Puynipet Island, visit to, ii. 570-573

National Library, Lima, iii. 375-377; Museum, Lima, 377, 378

Negro population of Brazil, i. 166

Negroes, the emancipation of, at St. Thomas successfully carried out,