Patiala,21,22,24,25Pearl-divers,424Pearl Mosque, Delhi,26Pearl-oyster window-panes,86Pearl-shell dishes,166Pearl-shells,157,204,404,422Pearls,207Pedley, Dr. and Mrs.,132Pemberton, Mr. and Mrs.,170,214,221,240Penal laws in Darnley Island,417P. and O. steamers,4,5Pennefather, Mr.,378,379Pension list in Labuan,158Pepper terraces, Brunei,167Percy Isles,368Peshawur,16Peter Botte Mountain,390,428Phlox Drummondii,365Phoongyees, funeral rites of,124Photography at sea,259Picture-cleaning at Goa,86Pigs, wild,206,334,403Pike, Captain,392Pineapples,201Pine Island,368Piper Islands,396,399Pitcher plants,169,176Pit-ponies,330Pitt (steward), accident to,117Plaids, origin of,121Plant, Colonel and Mrs.,134Planters in Ceylon,100Playford, Mr.,278Plumieria,102Plurality of office in Labuan,157Point Amherst,133Poison-plant in pastureland,247Pomegranates,248Poonah,51Pope-Hennessy, Sir John,430Port Albany,400Port Adelaide,266Port Darwin,427Port Douglas,389Port Elizabeth,431Port Kennedy,405Port Louis, Mauritius,428Porto Praya,442Portsmouth,2Pouce mountain,428,430Poultry,52,350Prahus,147,169,201Preparis group, the,116Primitive settlement, a,236Prince of Wales' Island,409Pritchett, Mr.,92,213Processions in India,3'Protector' (gunboat),266Providential Channel,395Public works contractors of New South Wales,475Pumice-stone,218Purdah, the,66,71,76Putso, the,121QuarantineIsland,255Queen's, the, birthday in the colonies,264Queensland, as a pastoral country,345;gold-mines,352;up-country hotels,354Quoit-throwing,19Quop,152Race-meetingsin the colonies,297,361Rail-splitters,303Railways, colonial,233,266,332,436Rain-hats,122Rainsworth,360Rajah of Travancore,94Rajang river,154Rajpoori river,73Rajpura,22Ralli, Mr.,12Ramleh Military Hospital,3Ranagar Palace,33Rangoon,120'Rangoon' (steamship),136Rangoon river,119Rao of Cutch,61Ratnagiri,76Rats,153Rattans,205Ravee river,20Rawul Pindi,16,18Read, Mr. Sheriff,293Reay, Lord and Lady,4,5,12,13,57-59,61,62,65-67,69,140Reporters' difficulties,265Rest-houses, Burmah,129Restoration Island,395Rice,120,131Richards, Sir Frederick,109Riches, Mr.,277Robinson, Mr. and Mrs.,307Robinson, Sir William,264Rockhampton,349,364Rockhampton lily, the,350,366Rockingham Channel,379Rohri,13Romilly, Miss,288Roses,270Rotan saga, the,205Royal Geographical Society of Australasia,466Royal Sydney Yacht Club,322Runjeet Singh's tomb, Lahore,15,16Russell, Dr., quoted,87'Ryujo' (Japanese corvette),266Sadincident, a,79Saddle Island,413Sago,162Sahyádri Ghâts, the,81Sailors, heedless and imitative,95,96Salomons, Mr.,317Salter, Dr.,424Salvation Army in the colonies,336Salwen river,133,134Sami Rock, the,114Sandakan,185Sandakan Bay,175,178Sandflies,401Sandford, Sir Herbert,269S. Cajetan, Goa,86S. Caterina, Goa,87,88Sapa Gaya river,178Sar-Bahr, Gwalior,28Saribowa (volcano),219Sarongs,182,213Savage, Mr.,418-420Saw-mills,237Schinnahal Tank, Ulwar,27Schonburg, Dr.,276Schramud, Mr.,401,404Sea-horses,111Sea-slugs,394,396,397Secunderabad,36Secundra Bagh, Lucknow,31Segama river,188,194Shaftesbury, Lord,325Shah Dura, the,19,20'Shannon,' P. and O.,231Sharks,412Shearston, Mr.,316Sheep-rearing,247,360,361Shelbourne Bay,399Shells,392,397Sherwin, Miss Amy (the Australian Nightingale),295Shikarpur,11-13Shway Dagohu pagoda, Burmah,124Shepparton,306,307Sierra Leone,440-442Silam,186,203Silver-mines,273Silverton,273Simon, Dr.,141Singapore,141Sir Deva Sing,24Sir Dinshaw Manockjee Petit,63'Sir Roger,' 15,66,187,332,353,411,412,418Sir Salar Jung,35,39,42,49'Sirocco' (steamship),99Slaves of the Pagoda,127Smallpox,172Smith, Colonel Euan,29,137Snakes,159,401,403Solitary Islands,342Somerset,400South Australia, area, climate, and capabilities of,428South Australian Geographical Society,270South Australian Yacht Club,267Spears,252Speculation in Australia,393Speeches of Lord Brassey:—to Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, Adelaide,466,467;Adelaide Chamber of Commerce,468;Imperial Federation League, Melbourne,471-475;Public Works contractors, Sydney,475-478Sponge,390Sprigg, Sir Gordon,433,434,436Springsure,360,362Springwood,319Squalls,225St. Antonio,443St. Francis Xavier's tomb, Goa,88St. Helena,437St. John Ambulance Association,71,143,183,276,312,315,322,342,346,359,364,424St. Quintin, Colonel,310St. Vincent,442Stafford, Lord and Lady,132Stake, Inquisition, at Goa,89Star of the East Mine, Ballarat,282Stations, cattle, in Queensland,360,362Steam-tram in the jungle,383Steering at sea, careless,388Stellenbosch,434Stevens, Captain and Mrs.,407,411Stevenson, Mr.,346Stewart, Mr. and Mrs.,233,237,239Stock, Mr.,265Stockmen,362Straits of Macassar,208Suanlamba river,178Subterranean banquet, a,331Sugar-cultivation,376,381,384,385,388,430Sukhur,12,13Sultan of Brunei,160,163,165Sultan of Johore,141,165Sultan of Sulu,165Sulus, the,166,198,204,206Sumbawa,217Sumpitans, or blowpipes,156'Sunbeam,' her capital sailing qualities,5;dimensions of,461;summary of her cruise,462-465Sundyaks, the,181Sunflowers,102Sunstroke,95,96Surgery, amateur,144,404Sydney,309Symes, Mr. and Mrs.,121,132,407,423TableBay,432,433Table Mountain,433'Tab's' shooting excursion,186,206Tainpasick river,168Taj, Agra,29Tamieri, the,121Tamworth,332Tank, of Mir Alam,38;in the Nizam's Palace, Hyderabad,46;at Khurseed Jah's,48'Tannadice' (steamship),399Tapang-tree, the,192Tawoomba,340Teak,132Temple of the Sun, Mooltan,14Tenasserim,138Tenterfield,332Tent-pegging,19Terceira,446Terowie,273'Thames,' P. & O.,4,5Theatricals at sea,137,221,261Theebaw, King,76,77Thermometers,270Thompson, Mr.,350Thukkar quoit-throwing,19Thunbergia venusta,350,365Thursday Island,400,405,412,423Thwaites, Dr.,102Timber stations,178Timber-waggons,354Timber-yards,130,131Timbu Mata Island,186'Times,' the, on the cruise of the 'Sunbeam,' 461-465Tin-mines,339'Tip-up,' a,279Titles, native, at Hyderabad,50Todd, Mr.,27Todhunter, Mr. and Mrs.,361Tomb of the Emperor Hamayun, Delhi,26Tombs of the Kings, Golkonda,35Tonic-water bottles used as temple ornaments,123Torres Straits,425Towers of Silence, Bombay,37Towns, etc., chief, visited by Lady Brassey:—Alexandria,3;Cairo,4;Kurrachee,10;Shikarpur,12;Mooltan,14;Lahore,14;Peshawur,16;Rawul Pindi,18;Amritsar,21;Rajpura,22;Patiala,21-25;Delhi,26;Jeypore,27;Agra,29;Gwalior,30;Cawnpore,30;Lucknow,31;Benares,32;Hyderabad,34;Secunderabad,36;Bijapur,51;Poonah,51;Bombay,56;Goa,82;Colombo,97;Trincomalee,107;Rangoon,119;Moulmein,133;Singapore,141;Borneo,143;Labuan,155;Brunei,160;Eleopura,175;Celebes,203;Albany,230;Adelaide,264;Ballarat,281;Geelong,286;Melbourne,287;Sydney,309;Newcastle,326;Brisbane,342Townsville,370,371Traill, Captain,301Trans-Australian railway, a,428Transvaal, the,436Traveller's palm,142Traveller's tree,429Travelling in Australia,274Treacher, Mr.,176,183,185,188,206Tree-ferns,302Trepang,397Trimulgherry,