Chapter XVII: The Climate of the Solomon Islands (2)

Cabbage, mountain, 88, 90.
Cabo de Cruz, 237.
Cabo de Fortunas, 239, 241.
Cacones, Isles of, 243.
Cæsalpinia nuga, 289.
California, Old, 243.
Calophyllum, 66, 189, 287, 295, 305.
Calophyllum inophyllum, 290, 291, 292, 305.
Calvert, Rev. J., 63.
Canarium, 85, 87, 189, 285, 287, 291, 293, 295.
Canarium commune, 85, 189.
Candelaria Shoals, 199, 262, 273, 275.
Canna indica, 305.
Cannibalism, 35, 260.
Canoes, 67, 71, 146; canoe-deities, 149.
Cap Oriental, 262.
Cape Prieto, 206.
Cape Satisfaction, 278.
Capron, Mr. Rand, on the visual powers of savages, 123.
Careri, Gemelli, 257.
Carter, Mr. Brudenell, on the visual powers of savages, 122.
Carteret, Captain, 80, 258.
Cartographers, the early, 255.
Caryota, palm, 284, 285, 287, 305; edible top or cabbage, 88;
sago-yielding, 91.
Casuarina trees, 290, 292.
Catarrhal diseases, 176.
Caulerpa, 89.
Cerbera, 25, 288.
Cerbera odollam, 289, 290, 292.
Ceratobatrachidæ, 315.
Cetacean, a rare, 335.
Chalcedony, 78.
Chalk, 79.
Chalmers, Rev. J., 325.
Chamisso, 90; on the Radack Islanders, 128.
Chest-girth, 105.
Chevron-line pattern, 139.
Cheyne, Capt., 16, 39, 185, 269.
Choiseul Island, viii, discovery of, 212, 275; native shields, 75.
Choiseul Bay, visit of Bougainville to, 260; physical characters of
natives, 103; chiefs, 26; cannibalism, 38.
Cicatrices, 136.
Circumcision, 137.
Clerodendron inerme, 289.
Climate, xi, 352; rainfall, 355; temperature, 361; winds, 362;
humidity, 361; influence on body-weight, 369.
Clothing, 130.
Clubs, 73.
Cocoa-nut palms, 84, 305, 321; mode of climbing, 82; dwarf trees, 52.
Cocoa-nut Crab, 92, 319.
Codiæum variegatum, 305.
Codrington, Rev. Dr., 53, 71, 137, 335; on the Solomon Island
languages, 185; on head-hunting raids, 16.
Cœnobita, 330, 333.
Coix lachryma, 131, 305.
Collocalia, 325.
Colours, names of, 124.
Colour-sense, 123.
Combs, 137.
Comrie, Dr., R.N., on Tokelau ringworm, 173.
Conches, 143.
Constellations, names of, 56.
Contrarieté Island, 221, 261, 275.
Cook, Capt., on the supposed position of the Solomon Islands, 264.
Cooking, modes of, 86, 92; cooking-stones, 56, 86; cooking vessels,
62, 86.
Coral islet, vegetation of, 289.
Coral reefs, viii.
Cord, knotted for recording time, 56.
Cornelian, 78.
Corucia zebrata, 312.
Couches, 61.
Crawfurd, Mr., 88, 189; on the introduction of tobacco, 95.
Crinum, 290.
Crocodiles, 6, 9; habits of, 309; captures of, 91, 311; impressions on
sand, 309.
Cucumis melo, 84.
Cultivation, 81.
Cumming, Miss Gordon, on Fijian pottery, 63.
Curacoa, H.M.S, 16.
Cuscus, 91, 92, 311; habits, 161; hunting, 160.
Cycas circinalis, station of, 287, 290, 292; sago yielding, 90; edible
top or cabbage, 90; fruits edible, 90; medicinal use, 169; dispersal
of fruits, 292, 305.
Cyrenæ, 76, 91.
Cyrtostachys, 88, 283.

D.

D’Albertis, Signor, 76, 141.
Dalrymple, 192, 234, 263, 274.
Dampier, 264.
Dances, 48, 143.
Danville, 256.
Darwin, 179, 319, 331, 339.
Davies, Mr. T., on the rocks of St. Christoval, vi.
Davis, Dr. Barnard, on the hair of Papuans, 117.
De Brosses, 257.
Decaying flesh, taste for, 92.
Deformities, spinal, 175; of feet, 177; hare-lip, 177.
Delight, gesture of, 125.
Delisle, 256.
Délivrance, Iles de la, 262.
Denham, Capt., R. N., 271.
Dentrecasteaux, 149, 174, 260, 266, 269, 278.
Deposits, deep-sea, upraised, viii., ix.
Dillon, Capt. P., 266.
Dioscorea sativa, 84.
Diseases, 163; epidemics, 176.
Dispersal of plants, 291, 305; of batrachians, 317; of Iuli, 329; of
Neritinæ, 339.
Disposition, 127.
Dogs, 159, 191.
Dolichocephaly, 111, 114.
Dolicholobium, 283, 288.
Domestic utensils, 62.
Drake, Sir Francis, 244, 247.
Dress, 130.
Drinking-vessels, 62.
Drums, 143.
Dudley, 256.
Duff Group, 251.
Dugongs, 6.
Dug-out canoes, 146, 150.
D’Urville, 16, 103, 265, 268, 269; his opinion of the Solomon
Islanders, 129.
Dutaillis, M., 270.
Dyed Grass, 74, 132, 138.
Dynamite, use of, in fishing, 158.

E.

Ear ornaments, 133.
Earl, G. W., 189; on the hair of Papuans, 117; on the prevailing skin
eruption, 172.
Echoes, superstition concerning, 54.
Eddystone Island, _see_ Simbo Island.
Elæocarpus, 287, 293.
Elephantiasis, 176.
Elevation, see Upheaval.
Ellis, 153, 175; on the deification of sharks, 71.
Emerald, H.M.S., 26.
Emotions, expressions of, 125.
Epalle, Monsignor, murder of, 270.
Epidemic diseases, 176.
Epiphytes, 282, 285, 289.
Epilation, 118.
Eranthemum variabile, 305.
Erosion of freshwater shells, 340.
Erythrina, 289.
Escondido Harbour, 219.
Espiritu Santo, 252.
Estrella Harbour, 202.
Eugenia, 291, 293.
Eugenio, Point, 243.
Evered, Mr., 106.
Evodia hortensis, 135, 305.

F.

Facial angle, 115.
Fagræa Berteriana, 188, 288.
Fanarite, district of St. Christoval, 19.
Fan-palms, _see_ Licuala.
Fans, 66.
Faro Island, _see_ Fauro Island.
Farquhar, Dr., on Tokelau ringworm, 171.
Fat, fondness of, 92.
Fauro Island, chiefs of, 25, 46; villages, 60, 82; tambu-houses, 71;
canoes, 149; physical characters of natives, 103, 113; vegetation,
287, 289; geology, vii, 280.
Feasts, 50, 68, 93.
Features, 115.
Female sex, their drudgery, 41; their chastity, 43; polygamy, 44.
Ferguson, Captain, murder of, 21, 54.
Ferns, 283, 294; edible, 89.
Ficus, 190, 301.
Figueroa, Dr., 192, 234, 254, 272, 274.
Figure-heads of ships, probable origin of, 150.
Filet, G. J., on the Malay names of plants, 186.
Fire, mode of producing, 65.
Fishing, 151; nets and lines, 154; hooks, 156; snares, 157;
fish-spear, 153.
Flagellaria indica, 290.
Fleurieu, M., 192, 234, 262, 265, 273, 274, 278.
Flints, worked, 77.
Florida Islands, discovery of, 208, 274; natives, 114, 119, 130;
head-hunting, 17; dances, 143; pile-dwellings, 60; weapons, 73, 75;
geological structure of, vii.
Flotation of fruits and seeds, 292, 305.
Flower, Prof., on the varieties of the human species, 98.
Flowers, used in decorating the person, 134; rare in the forests, 284;
conspicuous at the coast, 289.
Flying-fish, superstitions concerning, 153; wounds caused by, 153.
Fonfono Island, 277.
Food, vegetable, 84; animal, 91.
Forbes, H. O., on ringworm in the Malay Archipelago, 172; on
Myrmecodia, 282; on the Birgus, 322.
Forrest, Captain, on Port Dory pottery, 64; on pig-hunting in New
Guinea, 159.
Forster, J. R., 87.
Forster, G., 135.
Fox, Dr. Tilbury, on Tokelau ringworm, 171.
Freycinetia, 289.
Fries, Mr., on Pachyma, 306.
Frogs, 8, 190, 308; new family of, 315; development of, 316.
Frontlets, 131.
Fruits, 84, 87, 89.
Fumaroles, vii., 66, 86.
Fungi, 89, 285, 304.

G.

Galera Island, 207, 274.
Gallego, suggested compliment to, 234; supposed discoverer of the
Southern Continent, 248; error in latitudes, 274.
Gallego’s journal, 192; unpublished, 247; compared with Figueroa’s
account, 272.
Galvano, 275.
Games, boyish, 76, 145.
Gar-fish, superstition concerning, 153; wounds caused by, 153.
Gâtah, 189.
Geological structure of the Solomon Islands, general remarks upon, vi.
Gestures, 125.
Gill, Rev. Wyatt, 187, 319, 325.
Ginsima Island, 257.
Glæocapsa, 327.
Gleichenia, 5, 95, 132, 281, 288.
Gnetum, 88, 288.
Gnetum gnemon, 89, 288.
Gomphandra, 295, 305.
Gorai, the Shortland chief, 6, 27, 28, 47; his power, 14, 21; his
wives, 44; his residence, 59.
Goura pigeon, pebbles in gizzard, 325.
Gourds for betel-lime, 95.
Government, system of, 13.
Gower Island, 80, 259, 261.
Graves, 51.
Green, Mr. J. R., on edible birds’ nests, 327.
Grinding-stones, 6, 77.
Groningen Island, 257.
Guadalcanar, discovery of, 210, 214, 220; reported mineral wealth,
247; excessive Spanish estimate of its size, 275; characters of
natives, 104, 120; weapons, 74, 75; head-hunting and cannibalism,
18, 35; murder of Mr. Boyd, 270; legends of apes, 335; fine coast
scenery, 359; heavy rainfall, 359; probable geological structure,
vi.
Guadalupe Island, 209.
Guali, 210; _see_ Sesarga.
Guantopo (Guaytopo) Island, 276.
Guettarda speciosa, 289, 290.
Gulf Island, 262, 267; _see_ Ugi Island.
Gums, _see_ Resins.
Günther, Dr., 314.

H.

Hair, characters of and mode of wearing, 116, 137; cut in mourning,
49; staining, 118.
Hakluyt, Richard, 254.
Hale, Mr., on the Pouro of Quiros, 100, 277.
Hare-lip, 177.
Harpullia cupanioides, 289, 305.
Hats, 138.
Head-hunting, 16, 27.
Head-money, 17, 20.
Height, _see_ Stature.
Heliconias, 283, 294.
Heming, Lieut., R.N., 25, 28, 114, 294, 332.
Hemsley, Mr. Botting, on the dispersal of plants, 291, 293.
Herbst, on the Birgus, 319.
Heritiera littoralis, 290, 292, 305.
Hermit-Crabs, 330.
Hernandia peltata, 289.
Herrera, 192, 235, 254, 273, 274.
Heughan, Mr. W., 306, 352.
Hibiscus tiliaceus, 134, 289, 290, 292.
Hombron, Dr., vi.
Home, Sir E., on the edible birds’ nests, 326.
Home-sickness, 167.
Honey, wild, 93.
Hood, Mr. T. H., 319.
Hoplocephalus par, 314.
Hornbills, 191, 284.
Horne, Mr., 83, 87; on South Sea arrowroot, 89.
Hot-stone treatment for injuries, 166.
Houses, dwelling, 57; on piles, 60.
Howard, Mr. F., 77, 352, 360; meteorological register, 364, 367.
Howe, Hon. J. Curzon, 113, 158.
Hoya, 289, 290; H. guppyi, 298.
Human sacrifices, 33, 35, 67.
Humidity of climate, 361, 367.
Hunger, gesture indicating, 125.
Hydnophytum guppyanum, 282; H. inerme, 282.
Hydrographical features, ix.
Hygrometrical observations, 367.

I.

Ill-wishing, 54.
Impressions on sand; of crocodiles, 309; of hermit-crabs, 333.
Inattendue Island, 261: _see_ Gower Island.
Infanticide, 35, 42.
Injuries, treatment of, 165; wonderful recoveries from, 165.
Insanity, 179.
Ipomœa, 289, 290.
Isabel Island, discovery of, 202, 211, 213, 275; visit of Surville,
261; visit of D’Urville, 269; murder of Monsignor Epalle, 270;
characters of natives, 103, 129; slavery, 33; tattooing, 136;
canoes, 149.
Isabell, Mr. W., 24, 141, 314, 321.
Iulus, 329; singular habit of, 330; means of dispersal of, 329.

J.

Jacobs, Mr., 267.
Jesus, Isle of, 199, 273.
Jews, island inhabited by, 261.
Jew’s harps, 142.
Judd, Prof., vii.

K.

Ka-i (Canarium), 85, 87, 189, 285, 291, 293.
Kaika, wife of Gorai, 23; her death, 47.
Kæmpfer, 326.
Kalikona, 17.
Kanary-nut, 85, 87, 189.
Katari (Calophyllum), 189, 295; resin of, 66.
Kauri pine, origin of name, 190.
Kava plant, 96.
Keane, Prof., on the Pacific races, 99; on a vocabulary of
Bougainville Straits, 186.
Kennedy Island, 273.
Kermadec, Capt. Huon, 269.
Kinsima Island, 257.
Kite-fishing, 151.
Kleinhovia hospita, 305.
Kopana, 28; fate of his wives, 30.
Kotzebue, 128.
Krepas, chief of Choiseul Bay, 26.
Krusenstern, 265, 273.
Kurra-kurra, Faro chief, 25.

L.

Labillardière, 86, 118, 125, 260, 278.
Labour-trade, 42.
Lammas, Mount, 263.
Lane Fox, _see_ Pitt-Rivers.
Languages of Solomon Islands, 185.
Latitudes of Gallego, 274.
Lawa, St. Christoval, 14, 39, 68.
Lawes, Rev. Mr., 139.
Layard, Mr. 326.
Leeper, Lieut., R.N., 48, 114, 125, 180, 294, 335; meteorological
observations, 360, 361.
Leprosy, 176.
Licuala, 283, 287, 288, 303, 305.
Limbs, measurements of, 106.
Lime, for betel-chewing, 95; for the hair, 118; for sickness, 163; as
a token of mourning, 48.
Lime-tree, 81, 85.
Litsea, 293.
Littoral trees, 289; native names widely spread, 101, 186.
Littorina scabra, experiment on, 351.
Liversidge, Prof., on the worked flints, 78, 79.
Lizards, 8, 191, 312; monitors, 91, 313.
Lomlom Island, 277.
Longmore, Prof., on testing vision, 122.
Lopez Vaz, 246, 247.
Lumnitzera coccinea, 292.
Luther, Dr., R.N., 158.
Lycopods, 285.
Lygonia, 148, 285.
Lyonsia, _see_ Awi-sulu.

M.

Macaulay’s Archipelago, 266.
Macdonald, Capt. J., vii., 15, 17, 36, 79, 131, 163, 335.
Macdonald, Mr. W., 42, 70, 306.
Macgillivray, Mr., 135, 344.
Maclay, Miklouho, 86, 97; anthropological observations and
measurements, 105, 111, 116, 118; on the introduction of tobacco,
94.
Maclay Coast, 86, 94, 105, 111, 189.
Mai, Santa Anna chief, 17-20, 36, 39.
Maize, 84.
Makira, 36, 147, 277; cannibalism, 36; murder of missionaries, 270.
Malaita, head-hunting, 18; characters of natives of north coast, 103,
113, 114, 120, 136; legends of apes, 335; first discovery of the
island, 205, 219, 220, 274, 275.
Malan, Lieut., R.N., 24, 52, 53, 180.
Mallicolo Island, 277.
Man, Mr., on the Andaman pottery, 64.
Mana, supernatural power, 16.
Mango, 85.
Mangrove swamps, 282.
Manicolo Island, 277.
Manning, Capt., 266.
Maramasiki Passage, discovery of, 220.
Marau Sound, discovery of, 219.
Markham, Commander, R.N., 235.
Marquesas Group, discovery of, 249.
Marsden, Mr., 88, 90, 172.
Marshall Group, discovery of, 238, 275.
Matches, wax, 65.
Mate, 210.
Matema Islands, 277.
Mats, 58; making mats, 61.
Matthews, Mr., 281.
Maurelle, 262.
Mayer, on the height of Papuans, 105.
Meals, 93.
Mécaraylay Island, 277.
Medicine-men, 55, 163.
Medusæ in mangrove-swamps, 333.
Megapodiidæ, 191, 216, 325.
Melanesian Mission, 15, 140, 271.
Melanesians, _see_ Papuans.
Melaniæ, 338, 345; Melania guppyi, 337, 350.
Mendana, his first expedition, 195, 235, 275; his second expedition,
246, 248.
Mesocephaly, 111, 114.
Meta Island, 204, 205.
Meteorology, chapter on, 352.
Migration of Pacific races, lines of, 99, 101, 186.
Millipedes, 329.
Missionaries, murder of, 270; _see_ Melanesian Mission.
Mollusca, land and fresh water, 336; list of, 344.
Monitor lizards, 91, 313.
Moon, eclipse of, in 1568, 244.
Moore, Mr. C., 293, 306.
Morinda citrifolia, 89, 124, 188, 290.
Morrell, Capt., 267.
Morse, Prof., on arrow-release, 73.
Mosely, Mr. H. N., 73, 137, 334.
Motuiti Island, 273.
Mourning customs, 48, 69, 133, 137.
Mueller, Baron F. von, 289, 294.
Mule, the Treasury chief, 27, 28, 55, 76; his power, 23; his wives,
45; his residence, 59.
Mullen, Dr., R.N., on Tokelau ringworm, 171.
Mumps, 176.
Murders: of Mr. Boyd, 270; of Monsignor Epalle, 270; of Lieut.
Bower, R.N., 11, 17; of Captain Ferguson, 21, 54; of Roman Catholic
missionaries, 270; of the crew of the Superior, 23, and the Zephyr,
26.
Murray Island, vii., 16.
Murray, Mr. G., on Tuber regium, 306; on Glæocapsa, 326.
Murray, Dr. John, on the Solomon Island deposits, ix.
Muskets, introduction of, 75.
Musquillo Islands, discovery of, 238, 275.
Myristica, _see_ Nutmeg-tree.
Myrmecodia salomonensis, 282.

N.

Names of men, 184; of women, 184; curious custom concerning the names
of the dead and of women, 47, 49.
Narovo Island, _see_ Simbo.
Natica mamilla, 132, 147.
Nautical surveying, nature of the work, 11.
Navicellæ, 338, 341.
Necklaces, 131.
Negrito race, 79, 99.
Neritinæ, 338, 346; dispersal of, 339; origin of tree-nerites, 341.
Nets, fishing, 154; netting-stitch, 154.
New Georgia, vi., 120; head-hunters of, 16; cannibals, 39; discovery
by the Spaniards, 211, 275; Shortland’s visit, 262.
New Guinea, flints in, 80; reference by Gallego to its first
discoverer, 237, 275; _see_ Maclay Coast.
Nicobar pigeon, 293, 323.
Nipa fruticans, 87, 282, 291, 305.
Nisbet, Mr., 168.
Nito paitena (evil spirit), 50, 53.
Nixon, Mr. L., 35.
Nombre de Dios Island, 273.
Nose ornaments, 133.
Nostalgia, 167.
Nouma-nouma, 21, 54.
Numerals, 183.
Nupani Island, 277.
Nutmeg-tree, 288, 289, 293, 305.
Nuts, edible, 85, 87.

O.

Ochre, red, for staining hair, 118.
Ochrosia parviflora, 87, 292, 305.
Ocymum sanctum, 135, 305.
Oima Island, 52.
Oldham, Lieut., ix., 24, 29, 36, 55, 279, 291.
Oliver, Prof., 289, 294.
Onomatopœia, 190.
Ontong-Java, 92, 200, 262, 273, 275.
Opossums, _see_ Cuscus.
Orchids, 285, 289.
Orika Island, _see_ Santa Catalina.
Orion’s Belt, 56.
Ornaments, personal, 131.
Ortega, 195, 203.
Outrigger-canoes, 146, 147, 149.
Ovulum ovum, 131, 147.

P.

Pachyma, 306.
Pacific races, _see_ Polynesians.
Paddles, 150; modes of paddling, 150.
Pagurus, 332.
Palms, 285, 303; palm-tops as food, 88.
Pandanus trees, 290, 291, 292, 305; different species, 302; native
names widely spread, 101, 186; new genus, 289, 302; fruits eaten by
natives, 87, and by the Birgus, 323; leaves made into mats, 61.
Pandean-pipes, 141.
Papal Bull, 255.
Papaw-tree, 84.
Papuans, 98, 105, 117.
Parinarium laurinum, 62, 146, 148, 296, 305.
Parrot, M, on syphilis in prehistoric times, 178.
Path-finding, 162.
Patterns, decorative, 139.
Patterson, Bishop, 15, 148.
Paubro, St. Christoval, 100, 229, 252, 277.
Pérouse, 128, 155, 178, 264, 266, 269.
Phalangers, _see_ Cuscus.
Phosphorescence, as a guide to coral reefs, 205.
Physical characters of Solomon Islanders, chapter on, 98.
Pigeons, Fruit, 85, 292, 293, 325; Nicobar pigeon, 293, 323.
Pigments, 124.
Pigs, 7; hunting wild pigs, 159; jaws hung inside dwellings and
tambu-houses, 58, 68; pork eaten, 91, 92, 93.
Pile-dwellings, 60.
Pileni Island, 277.
Pingré, M., 234, 257, 274.
Piper Betel, 95.
Pipes, tobacco, 94.
Pitt-Rivers, Major-Gen., 73, 74.
Plantains, 82; mountain, 89.
Plants, dispersal of, 291; list of, 294; rubbish-plants, 305.
Pleiades, 56.
Plerandra, 283.
Poisoned arrows, 73.
Poisonous snake, 314.
Polyclonia, 334.
Polygamy, 44.
Polynesians, source of, 99; line of migration, 101.
Pongamia glabra, 289, 290, 305.
Port La Palma, 232.
Port Praslin, 33, 56, 66, 75, 80, 149, 261.
Potato, sweet, 82, 84.
Pottery-making, 62.
Pouro, St. Christoval, 100, 229, 252, 277.
Powell, Mr. Wilfred, 173, 191.
Prichard, Mr., on the hair of Papuans, 117.
Pritchard, Mr., 90.
Protective resemblances, 317, 338.
Pruner-Bey, Dr., on the hair of Papuans, 117.
Pryer, Mr. H., on edible birds’ nests, 325.
Puerto de la Cruz, discovery of, 214; massacre at, 224, 235.
Puerto de Nuestra Senora, 232.
Pumpkins, 84.
Pustular disease of children, 175.
Pyrazus palustris, 91, 343.
Pythia scarabæus, 343.

Q.

Quipu, elementary, 56.
Quiros, 100, 248, 251, 253, 276.
Quoy, M., 319.

R.

Races, Pacific, 98.
Rainbow, superstition concerning, 124.
Rainfall, 355; registers of, 363.
Ramos, Isle of, 205, 219, 274, 275.
Rana guppyi, 315.
Ratonia, 285.
Rayleigh, Lord, on the visual powers of savages, 122.
Redcoat, labour-vessel, 39.
Redlich, Capt., 36.
Religion, 53.
Reptiles, 308.
Resins, 66, 78; native names of resin-yielding trees widely spread,
189.
Retes, Inigo Ortez de, 237, 275.
Riedelia curviflora, 305.
Ringworm, _see_ Tokelau ringworm.
Rio Gallego, 214.
Rio Ortega, 210, 214, 216.
Rio San Bernardino, 216.
Rio Santa Elena, 217.
Rob Roy canoe, 9.
Roberts, Mr. C., on the visual powers of savages, 121.
Rochon, Abbé, 261.
Rocks, volcanic, vi.; calcareous, vii.; of deep-sea formation, viii.,
ix.
Roggewein, Admiral, 256.
Rollin, M., 178.
Romilly, Mr. H., 167, 168.
Roncador Reef, 199, 262, 273.
Ronongo Island, viii., 278.
Rora, chief of Ugi, 20.
Rubbish-plants, 305.
Rubiana, _see_ New Georgia.
Rumphius, on Tuber regium, 306; on edible birds’ nests, 326.
Russell Islands, 266.

S.

Sabo, Guadalcanar, 215.
Sago palms, station of, 83; native names of, 189; leaves for
thatching, 58, 71; extraction and preparation of sago, 83, 87, 90;
sago also yielded by the Cycas, 90, and Caryota, 91.
St. Christoval, discovery of, 222, 227, 229, 248, 275; native names of
island, 100; physical character of natives, 103, 112, 114, 118, 119,
120; bush-tribes, 14; head-hunting, 15, 18; cannibalism 35-38;
female chastity, 43; dwellings, 57; tambu-houses, 67-69; weapons,
72-75; worked flints, 77; cooking, 86; vegetable food, 84; legends
of apes, 335; geological structure, vi.
St. George’s Island, 211, vi.
San Bartolomeo Islands, 238, 275.
Sandfly, H.M.S., 11, 17.
San Francisco, Isle of, 239, 276.
San German Island, 209.
San Juan Island, 222, 227, 275.
San Lucas, Cape, 243.
San Marcos Island, 212, 275.
San Nicolas Island, 211, 275.
Santa Anna Island, discovery of, 231, 262, 266; physical characters of
natives, 103, 112; chiefs, 19; villages at war, 18; trading in human
flesh, 36; mode of burial, 53; tambu-house, 70; grinding slabs, 77;
crocodiles, 91; land and freshwater shells, 337; geological
structure, viii.
Santa Catalina Island, discovery of, 230, 262, 266; physical
characters of natives, 103, 112, 120; chiefs, 42; tambu-house, 69.
Santa Cruz Islands, discovery of, 249; lost, 252; re-discovered, 259.
Santiago Island, 222, 227, 223.
San Urban Island, 222, 223.
Sapium indicum, 88.
Sapuna, village of, 18, 53, 67, 70, 93.
Savo Island, 73, 132; identical with Sesarga, 209, 215, 268, 274, 275;
language, 185; geological characters, vii.
Scævola Kœnigii, 290, 305.
Schizmatoglottis, 25, 88.
Scitamineæ, 283, 288, 294.
Scorpions, 328.
Seasons, temperature of, 361.
Sebastian Vizcaino, Bay of, 243.
Seemann, Dr., 90, 91, 319.
Selaginellæ, 285.
Selwyn, Bishop, 15, 141.
Semper, Prof., on erosion of fresh-water shells, 340; on Neritinæ,
341.
Serpentines, vi., vii.
Sesarga, 209, 210, 215, 268, 274, 275.
Sham fight, 75.
Sharks, 9; deification of, 70; carved figures of, 53, 68, 70.
Shell-fish as food, 91.
Shell-money, 38, 134.
Shells, land and fresh-water, _see_ Mollusca.
Shields, 75.
Shortland Islands (_see_ also under Gorai and Kaika), physical
characters of natives, 103, 113; dwellings, 58; tambu-houses, 71;
cultivation, 81; modes of burial, 51; pit containing flints, 80;
canoes formerly with sails, 149; excursion to the north-west coast,
6; geological structure, viii.
Shortland, Lieut., 262, 278.
Sick, treatment of, 164.
Sikyana Islands, 187, 276.
Simbo Island (Eddystone Island), 59, 66, 72, 86, 134; chief, 14;
vocabulary, 185; head-hunting, 16; fish-hooks, 156; measurements of
natives, 113; mode of burial, 52; misconception of the names
Eddystone and Simbo, 278; fumaroles, 86; geological character, vii.
Simpson, Capt, R.N., visit to Treasury Island, 23.
Sinasoro, 4, 25, 59, 71.
Sinimi, _see_ Gleichenia.
Skin, colour of, 120; prevailing disease of, 169.
Skull measurements, 111.
Slavery, 32.
Smith, Mr. E., on the land and fresh-water shells, 336, 344.
Snakes, 313.
Soil, characters of, x.
Solomon Islander, typical characters of a, 102, 110.
Songs, 140.
Sorcery, 54, 163.
Southern continent, supposed discovery by Gallego, 248; by Quiros,
252; by Roggewein, 257.
Span of arms, 109.
Spears, 72.
Spinal disease, 175.
Spirits, evil, 50, 53.
Sproul, Mr., 91, 310; his wind and rain records, 362, 363.
Spurges, 305.
Squall, black, 353.
Stature, 104, 115.
Stephens, Mr., 18, 37, 56, 92, 124, 157, 176, 306, 335.
Stewart Islands, _see_ Sikyana.
Stirling Island, viii.
Stone, Mr. O. C, 80, 135.
Stone-boiling, 86.
Stone implements, polished, 76, 120.
Stones, grinding, 6, 77; cooking-stones, 58, 77.
Strabismus, 177.
Submersion, experiments on, of Iuli, 329; of Neritinæ, 339; of
Littorina scabra, 351; of a monitor-lizard, 313.
Suenna, 57.
Sugar-cane, 84.
Sulagina Bay, 38.
Sun-burns, 362.
Sun-shades, 139.
Superior, barque, massacre of crew of, 23.
Superstitions, 53, 78, 124, 153, 165.
Surville, 33, 56, 80, 149, 261, 269.
Suspicion, an inherent quality, 31.
Swallow Islands, 277.
Symonds, Lieut., 314.
Syphilis, 177.

T.

Taboo or Tambu ban, 32; tambu marks, 32.
Tacca pinnatifida, 89, 290.
Tactics in war, 75.
Taki, the Wano chief, 15, 20.
Tambu-house, 35, 53, 67.
Taro, 82, 84.
Tattooing, 135.
Taucalo Island, 277.
Taumaco Island, islands in the vicinity of, 251, 276.
Temperature, 361, 366, 367; susceptibility of natives to slight
changes, 178.
Temples, _see_ Tambu-house.
Terminalia catappa, 85, 87, 290, 292.
Terre des Arsacides, 262, 265, 269.
Thermometrical observations, 361, 366, 367.
Thespesia populnea, 124, 289, 290, 292, 305.
Thigh-twisting, 154.
Three Sisters’ Islands, viii., 58; discovery of, 222, 261, 275.
Tienhoven Island, 257.
Tin, discovery of, vii.
Tinakula Island, 277.
Tita, _see_ Parinarium laurinum.
Tobacco-smoking, 94; introduction of tobacco, 94.
Tokelau Ringworm, 169; its distribution, 172.
Toma, village of, 25, 59, 71.
Tomahawks, 75.
Tomimas, Faro chief, 25, 46.
Tonali Harbour, 28.
Topinard, M., 102, 105, 109.
Torches, 66.
Torre, Bernardo de la, 237, 275.
Torres, 251, 252.
Tournefortia argentea, 290, 305.
Trading amongst natives, 27.
Tragedy, a domestic, 28.
Treasury Island, 53, 54, 56, 77, 78, 133, 144; _see_ also under Mule;
excursion to the summit, 7; physical characters of natives, 103,
113; change in their disposition, 23; dwellings, 58; tambu-houses,
71; mode of burial, 51; slaves, 34; cultivation, 81, 83; geological
structure of, viii.
Tree-ferns, 283, 294.
Treguada Island, 221, 261, 275.
Tres Marias Islands, _see_ Three Sisters.
Trichomanes, 283, 285.
Tridacna gigas, 76, 91, 132.
Trotter, Mr. Coutts, 275.
Tuber regium, 306.
Tucopia Island, 252, 277.
Tuluba Islet, fighting at, 30.
Turner, Rev. Dr. G., 76, 154, 171, 287.
Turner, Rev. Dr. W., 64.
Tyerman, Rev. D., 71, 319.
Tylor, Dr., 49, 77, 171.

U.

Ugi Island, 52, 54, 55, 56, 124, 137, 139; discovery of, 222, 262,
267, 275; physical characters of natives, 103, 112; cannibalism, 38;
infanticide, 35, 42; dwellings, 57; tambu-houses, 68, 70; flints,
77; geological structure, viii.
Ulaua or Ulawa Island, 71; discovery of, 221, 261, 266, 275; flints,
78, 79; probable geological structure of, viii.
Ulcers, 168.
Unio guppyi, 343.
Unios as food, 91.
Upheaval, evidence of great, ix., x.
Uraba Island, 221; _see_ Ulaua.
Uri, 190.

V.

Vanikoro Island, 277.
Varanus indicus, 91, 313.
Vegetable drift, 291.
Vegetables, cultivated, 82, 84.
Vegetation, of the stream-courses, 282; of the forest, 284; of the
slopes of Faro Island, 287; of the coast, 289; of a coral islet,
289; of waste ground and of old clearings, 305.
Vella-la-vella, vii.
Venereal diseases, 177.
Venus, transit of, in 1769, 257.
Veru Island, 210.
Vision, powers of, 121.
Vitex, 285, 287, 300.
Vocabulary of Bougainville Straits, 180.
Volcanoes, active, quiescent, and extinct, vii.

W.

Waitz, Prof., 165.
Wake’s Island, 239, 276.
Wallace, Mr. A., 172.
Wallis, Capt., 258.
Walsch, Capt., 24.
Wanderer, yacht, 270.
Wano, village of, 15, 36, 57, 68.
Waterton, 362.
Wax, 93.
Weapons, 71.
Wedelia biflora, 288, 290.
Weeds of plantations, 305.
Weight of body of Solomon Islanders, 106; influence of the climate on
the weight of Europeans, 369.
Wharton, Capt., R.N., 273.
Wilkes, Commodore, 63, 76, 170, 173, 276.
Williams, Mr., 63.
Winchelsea Island, 259.
Winds, 362; registers of, 367.
Wind-prophets, 55.
Withrington, Capt., 248.
Women, measurements of, 102, 115.
Wood, Mr. C. F., 69, 330.
Wounds, _see_ Injuries.

Y.

Yams, 82, 84, 88.

Z.

Zephyr, massacre of portion of crew of, 26.

_S. Cowan & Co., Strathmore Printing Works, Perth._

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Transcriber's note:

Remarks on the text:

Inconsistent spelling, lay-out, capitalisation, hyphenation, punctuation, use of accents etc. and duplications in the text have been left as in the original work, except as mentioned below.

Mendana (Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira) is consistently spelled without tilde in the original work, this has not been changed; Curacoa is mostly spelled without cedilla, this has not been changed.

In various places the author refers to snider; this is probably a reference to the Snider-Enfield rifle.

Page 137, ... the engraving here given, ...: It is not clear which illustration this refers to; none of the illustrations appear to show the described cicatrices.

Page 138, ... as shown in one of the figures. It is not clear to which illustration this refers; none of the illustrations appear to show the described instrument.

Page 235: The full title of Pingré’s publication (abbreviated in the text) is Mémoire sur le choix et l’état des lieux où le passage de Vénus du 3. juin 1769 pourra être observé avec le plus d’avantage: et principalement sur la position géographique des îles de la mer du Sud.

Page 256, Admiral Roggewein: Jacob Roggeveen (1659-1729).

Page 262, footnote “Discoveries of the French ...”: the last digit of the last page number is missing from the original.

Page 268, footnote 386: fabricateur du contes, as printed in the original, not changed.

Page 275, Bernaldo de la Torre: Bernardo de la Torre (Galvano refers to him as Bernaldo de la Torre).

Page 276, footnote [416]: the last digit of the year is unclear in the original; most likely the year is 1791, but it might also be 1797.

Page 328, they are not usually more than 1½ in length: the unit (probably inches) is missing in the original work.

Page 367, Table: from the lay-out of the original page it is not immediately clear to which column the Mean for 1883 refers. Numerically it could be either the Mean Temperature or the Mean Dry Bulb Temperature. The former seems more logical.

Changes made to the text:

Multi-page tables have been combined to single tables; “Carry forward” and “Brought forward” have been deleted from these tables.

Some minor typographical and punctuation errors have been corrected silently.

Footnotes have been moved to under the paragraph where they are indicated.

Some illustrations have been moved.

Some tables have been re-arranged.

Throughout book the following words have been corrected or standardised: Ipomæa to Ipomœa; Kænigii to Kœnigii; Scœvola to Scævola; palœolithic to palæolithic; Elœocarpus to Elæocarpus; Gœrtn to Gærtn; Adenosma cœrulea to Adenosma cærulea; guage to gauge; Labillardiére to Labillardière; memoire(s) to mémoire(s); redigé to rédigé; Oceanie to Océanie.

The map (frontispiece) is not explicitly referred to in the text; where the author refers to contemporary (Admiralty or English) charts, a hyperlink to the frontispiece is provided, on the assumption that this map gives a realistic impression of the knowledge of the Solomon Islands at the time the work was published. Not all of the names the author mentions are to be found on this map.

Other changes:

Page vii: calcareons changed to calcareous; Geologie changed to Géologie

Page ix: Bougain- changed to Bougainville

Page 19: thus dampened changed to this dampened

Page 73: agenerally changed to generally

Page 101, footnote [85]: page 185 changed to page 186

Page 104: Curzon Howe changed to Curzon-Howe

Page 113: extremely changed to extremity

Page 115, first table: ditto marks added to last column

Page 136: Pteropidae changed to Pteropidæ as elsewhere

Page 138: an instrument three prongs changed to an instrument of three prongs

Page 141: ... sang with as true ... changed to ... sung with as true ...

Page 153: (p. 155) changed to (p. 74) (page 155 shows a fishing net)

Page 168: labour-scooner changed to labour-schooner

Page 187: Bataviasch changed to Bataviaasch; Hara-hagh changed to Haragh-hagh as elsewhere

Page 201: rodoleros changed to rodeleros

Page 202: 7° 50″ changed to 7° 50′

Page 216: Megapodidæ changed to Megapodiidæ

Page 224: nãmes changed to ñames as elsewhere

Page 234: Contrariété changed to Contrarieté as elsewhere

Page 235: òu changed to où; Découvertes des François ou 1768 and 1769 changed to Découvertes des François en 1768 et 1769

Page 247: goe changed to go

Page 261: augmentee changed to augmentée

Page 262: Isles de la Déliverance changed to Iles de la Délivrance

Page 265: Decouvertes changed to Découvertes

Page 273: p. 202 changed to p. 205; p. 205 changed to p. 202

Page 274, Note V.: V. missing from original, added; óu changed to où

Page 278: à peu prés changed to à peu près

Page 292: Gomphranda changed to Gomphandra

Page 298: tubo corollœ changed to tubo corollæ

Page 300: Euphorbia Atota changed to Euphorbia Atoto; Litsæa changed to Litsea

Page 303: Drymophlorus changed to Drymophloeus

Page 305: Cycas circinails changed to Cycas circinalis; Commelyne nudiflora changed to Commelyna nudiflora; Erianthemum variabile changed to Eranthemum variabile (Erianthemum is a mistletoe, which seems improbable given the description)

Page 319: Dr. Seeman changed to Dr. Seemann as elsewhere

Page 327: fur changed to für

Page 337: Helix (nanina) solidiuscida changed to Helix (nanina) solidiuscula

Page 347: collumellar changed to columellar

Page 349: Tapparone Canfri changed to Tapparone Canefri

Page 363: not less 2/100 changed to not less than 2/100.

Index entries changed to conform to the text:

Melaniaguppyi changed to Melania guppyi; Erianthemum variabile to Eranthemum variabile; Maté to Mate; Mulé to Mule; Pitt Rivers to Pitt-Rivers; Vella-la vella to Vella-la-Vella.