Geelong, Mayor of,286German industry,345Gilchrist, Major,34,72Glenelg,263,265Gloucester Island,369Goa,81-97Gold-fields,188,246,277,282-285,352,392,393,436Golkonda,35Gomanton bird's-nest caves,177Goode Island,405,411Gordon, Captain,58Gordonia rubra,213Gray, quoted,258,259Great Barrier Reef,368,396Great Coco,116Griffin, Sir Lepel,71Griffith, Sir Samuel,344Guicowar of Baroda, the,69Guilfoyle, Mr.,305Gum,170Gum-trees,234Gundy sugar-plantation,382Gutta-percha,156Gwalior,30Halifaxsugar-plantation,376Hall, Mr.,407,424Hall, Mr. Wesley,352,353Hamilton, Captain,57,68,70,72Hamilton, Lieutenant,155Hammill, Captain,316,317Hannay, Major and Mrs.,53Hannibal Islands,399'Harrier' (gunboat),391,392Hassall, Mr.,246Hats, women's, at Brunei,160Hatton, Frank,182Hawkesbury river,475Hay, Mrs.,276Head-flatteners,148Head-hunters,160,192,193Healesville,301,304Hemileia vastatrix,101Herbert, Mr.,72Herbert river,374Herberton river,388'Hercules,' H.M.S.,2Hinchinbrook Island,378,380Hindoo ladies,68Hindoo wedding,43Hixson, Captain,322Hobson's Bay,286Hodgkinson, Mr.,129,130,132Hoffmeister, Dr.,51,182,322Hofmeyr, Mr.,436Holdfast Bay Yacht Club,263Holothuria,397Home Islands,399Honey, Commodore,267Horse-dealers, Arabian,70Horse-fair at Shikarpur,5,13Horses,334Horses in coal-mines,330Horta,443,444,446Hot springs at Kanniya,109,111Houses in Borneo,170Hübner, Baron, quoted,432,436Hunt, a, in Australia,275Hunt, Mr. and Mrs.,412,414,415,419,420Hunting with cheetahs,39-41Hyderabad,43-50Ice-making,210Iguanas,242Illuminations at Bombay,63Immigrants in New South Wales,338Imperial Federation League,285,299,471Inglis, Mr.,314Inquisition stake, Goa,89Ipomœa,377Irrawaddy river,119Jaintemples, at Agra and Gwalior,29,30Jamestown, St. Helena,437Jamrud Fort,17,18Jardine, Mr.,400,401,408Javanese workpeople in Queensland,385'Jenny Jenkins' (monkey),259Jessop, Mr.,269Jewels,64Jeypore,27,28Jinjeera,73,74'Jinkas,' 238,239Jinrikishas,104,105Johnstone river,382,387Johore, Sultan of,141,143,165Jubbulpore,33Jubilee celebrations in India,50,54,58,70;at Melbourne,294Jumping fish,110'Jumna,' H.M.S.,118Jungle in Queensland,383Jungle-cock,110Kaffirs,437Kanakas,376,416,419Kandy,99,104Kangaroo Island,262Kangaroos,245,248,253,255,361Kanniya, hot springs at,109,111Kapuan timber-station,178Keating, Mrs.,70Keith, Captain,30Kendenup,240,245,247Keppel Bay,347Keppel, Sir Harry,159,167Kernford, Mr. Justice,293Kettles, whistling,167Khassia,73Khurseed Jah,47Khyber Pass,17'Kilwa,' the,132,133Kimberley,431Kina Balu,168,172King, Mr.,332King George Sound,230King Jack,415,417Koordal, a reserve for Australian aboriginals,300Koti river,208Kruger, President,435Kuching,145Kuching river, navigation in, by direction-posts,146Kudat,169Kurrachee,10Kusti (Parsee cord),59Kutab Minar, the,23,24,26Kylies, or boomerangs,248,252Labuan,155'Lady Brassey' nugget, the,285Lahore,15,16,20Laidby, Mr. and Mrs.,341,342Lamb, Dr.,170,172Lampton,328Largs Bay,266Laughing jackass,321Laurence, Maude,14,54,72Layard, Sir C.P., quoted,100Leaf-fungus, coffee,101Lee, the gatherer of bêche-de-mer,397,398Leeches,205Levinge, Mr.,381,386Leys, Dr. and Mrs.,156Life at sea,92'Liguria' (steamship),224Lilies,350,366,377,438Lindsay, Mr. David,270,276Liquid gold,355Little, Mr.,172Little Coco,116Liveries in Ceylon,102,103Lizard Island,394Loch, Sir Henry and Lady,289,292-294,298Loftie, Mr. and Mrs.,231,232Log of 'Sunbeam,' abstract of—Portsmouth to Bombay,448,449;Bombay to Kurrachee, Rangoon, Borneo, and Macassar,450-452;Macassar to Adelaide, South Australia,453;Adelaide to Melbourne, Sydney, and Port Darwin,454-456;Port Darwin to Mauritius and Cape of Good Hope,457,458;Cape of Good Hope to Portsmouth,458-460;summary,461Logodium scandens,373Lombok,217Longwood, St. Helena,438Lotus tank, Colombo,98Low Islands,390Loyal cockatoos,254Lucknow,31Lycopodium,373Lyre-bird,321Lyttelton, Colonel,12MacalisterRange,389Macassar,210,211Macdonald, Dr. and Mrs.,350,364Maclean, Mr.,106McLean, Mr.,50,66MacNabb, Mr.,300Madai bird's-nest caves, Darvel Bay,183,189-197Magnetic Island,370Maharajah of Patiala,22Mahommedan ladies,68Malabar Point,57,61,68,71Malades imaginaires,96Malaria,428Malin, Mr. S.,267Manchester regiment at Agra,29Mandovi river,82Mangalore,92Maradu Bay,170Marble Rocks, Nerbudda river,31,33Marburg,344Marine phenomenon, a,218Marshall, Colonel,49,50Mason-bees,150Mauritius,428Maxwell, Mr.,147,150Mayhew, Colonel,12Meat Canning Factory, a,366Medusæ,118,258Meerut,26Mehdi Ali's wife,67Melbourne,287Meldrum, Dr.,430Memorial Gardens, Cawnpore,30Message-sticks,253Midas Mine, Ballarat,283Middleton, Captain,106Milanos, the,148Milking cows, method of,334Millar, Mr.,271Millett, Mr.,113Milman, Mr. and Mrs.,407,411-413,417,422,424Mines, curious names of,351Mir Alam tank,46Mirs falconer, the,5Mitchell, Mr.,21Mohamed Hyat Khan,14Monkeys,52Montefiore, Mr.,314Mooltan,14Moore, Captain,70Moran, Cardinal,312Moreton Island,343Morley, Mr. Arnold,2Moscos Group, the,138Mosque of Ibrahim Rozah,51Mosquitoes,393Moulmein,133Mount Cook,392Mount Gambier,289,290Mount Morgan,350-358Mount Morgan Gold-Mining Company,356Mount Warning,342Mountain of gold, a,353Mourillyan sugar-plantation,380-383'Mr. Short' (terrier),259'Mrs. Sharp' (terrier),259Muara coal-mines, Brunei,167Mulgrave river,387Muriel as 'Little Buttercup,' 137Murray, Captain,231Murray Island,414,419Murray river,278Museum at Kuching,148Musgrave, Lady,346'Myrmidon,' H.M.S.,370Myrtle Gully,303Nash, Major,113,115Nash, Mr.,386National Aid Society,3Native States and army of India,24,25Nats,125Nautical entertainments,137,221,261Nautilidæ,118Naval Brigade,322Naval Volunteers,314,350,359Nawab of Jinjeera and his wife,74-76'Nelson,' H.M.S.,323Nepean river,318Nepenthes,176New Caledonia convicts,407Newcastle,325Newcastle Colliery Company,329New Guinea,418-420New South Wales Light Horse,336Nicholson, General,14Night Island,395Ninepin Rock,413,421Nizam of Hyderabad,46Nobby Head,328Normanby Sound,405Northumberland Islands,368Observatory, the, Mauritius,429Occupation at sea,92Octopus,255Oliver, Mr. Norman,81,91Ootacamund,94'Opal,' H.M.S.,323Opal-mines,360,411Ophthalmia in Australia,365Opossums,245Orang-outangs,170Orchids,136Orford Ness,399Ostrich-feather trade,431Owen, Brigadier-General,271Paddy-fields,100Pagodas,122,123Palace of the Viceroys, Goa,85Palmer, General,31Palmer river gold-diggings,392Palmerston,427Palm Island,372Palm oil,441Palms,208,365,383'Paluma,' H.M.S.,369,370Pancratiums,373,377Pangaum,90Pangeran Bandahara,165Pangeran di Gadong,165Pangin, or New Goa,83,90Panthers,113Papuans,420Paramatta,317Parel,62Parker, Captain,11Parkes, Sir Henry,315,317Parrots,369Parsee ladies,58,68