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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891. Excerpt: ... INDEX. Aborigines in Gipps Land, 33; in Tasmania, 88 Adelaide, 15--17; history of, 18, 19 Aden, 5, 6 Adventure Bay, 86 Agricultural convicts at New Caledonia, 201--208 Akaroa, 125 Albany, Port of, 15; Melbourne, 53 Albatrosses, 96, 255, 256, 260 Alcoholic liquors, sale of, in Fiji, 174; in New Caledonia, 222 Alexander the Great and India, 21 Alexandra, 109, 110 Algiers, 80 Ambrym Island, 241, 242 Amelot, M. le Conite, 317 Anstead, Mount, 98 Antill Ponds, 90 Api, 241; copper in, 250 Apteryx, the, 124 Aravja, s.s., 92 Argentine Republic, 293--296; sheep and cattle in, 304, 305; railways in, 305, 307 Ariki, 152 Arrows, poisonous, in the New Hebrides, 244 Aspiring, Mount, 105, 106 / Astrolabe, French vessel, 63--66, 185 Atmospheric phenomenon at Cape Guardafui, 9 Auckland, Island, 96, 97; college of, 137; population of, 156 Australia, the Chinese in, 60; population of, 77; schools in, 76, 77 Avon River, N.Z., 123 Aweto, the (vegetable caterpillar), 138 Bainbridge, Mr., 152, 153 Bairnsdale, 33, 44 Bakehouse on steamers of the Messageries Maritimes, 12 Baker, Mr., the missionary, 170 Ballarat, 24, 50; gold-mines at, 51, 52; gardens at, 59 Bananas in Fiji, 173 Barnslow, Captain, 257, 259 Bass Straits, 85, 87, 88 Bats in Fiji, 173 Bau, Judge, 221, 223 Bealey, 128 Bears in Australia, 49, 50, 72 Beer in Tasmania, 95 Belem, part of Lisbon, 318, 319 Bend and Albion Mine, Ballarat, 51, 52 Bernier, Mons., 243--246 Billy, King, Tasmanian aborigine, 88, 93 Birds in New Caledonia, 219, 220 Bitter Lakes, the, 5 Blacks in Victoria and New South Wales, 33, 34 Blackspur, 46 Blue Mountains, the, 67--75 Y Bluff, New Zealand, 97 Bonitos, shoals of, 12 Bordeaux, 319 Bosanquet, Captain, 236 Botafogo, 270, 271 Botanical Gardens, Sydney, 56, 59; at Hobart, 93; at Welling-ton, 139; a...
