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 5;J8 INDEX. nese digits, how formed, 263 — specimen of Polynesian numerals, 264. Arrack — inanufacture of, i. 47S. — its value as an article of com- merce, iii. 380 Arrow-root — its culture, i. 371. Artichokes — introduced into the Archipelago by Europeans, i. 376 Arts of the Indian islanders — description of those of architecture, i. 156 — weaving, 176 — painting and dyeing cloth, 178 — working metals, 18^2 — carpentry, 192 — fishing, 195 — preparing fish, 197 — manufacturing salt, 199 — saltpetre, 200 — and gunpowder. 201 — general remarks on thesi useful arts, 202 — description of their dress, 206 — art of war, 220 — arithmetic, 2.JSS — measures, 273 — money, 280 — calendar, 285 — navigation, 307 — ^geography, 317 — medicine, 327 — music, 332 — husbandry, 341 Bagu — its culture, i. 443 Bamboo — applied in the construction of houses, i. 159— its culture, 446 Banana — the principal fruit consumed by the Indian islanders, i. 4.10 — its varieties — culture and products, 412 Bees'-wax — a considerable article of commerce, iii. 438 — quantity and price exported, ib. Benzoin — description of the tree yielding, i. 517 — price and quality as an article of commerce, iii. 418 Betel-box — a uuiverstil ornaincnt of theliulian islanders, i. 214 Betel-pepper — its extensive culture, i. 402. — See also Areca and Betel Birds' nests, edible, — description of them, iii. 430 — an article of commerce, 432 — quantity and price, 433 — quantity exported and value, 435 Births — ceremony at, i. 93 — practice of bestowing names at, ib. Bitangor — its culture, i. 453 Bliang — a species of wood exported, iii. 422 Boats — ^description of those of the Indian islanders, i. 193 Bodily endowments, respecting — the Indian islanders athletic but not active, i. 38 — defective in personal cleanliness, 39 — temperate in diet, 40 — not constitutionally indolent, 42 — gifted with forti- tude, 43 Bow and arrow — exercised in a sitting posture by the chiefs, i. 117 — universally used by savage tribes, 222 — poisoned arrov/s ustd by some tribes, ib. — natives not dexterous in the management of the, 223 Bread-fruit — common in the Indian islands, i. 413 — its culture, 414 Brown tribes of the Archipelago — their superiority to the negro, i. 18 — geographical distribution, ib. — stature, 19 — shape, ib. — fea- tures, ib. — complexion, 20 — hair, ib. — comparison of, with otlicr races of men, 22 — standardof beauty among, 23 — conjectures re- specting their origin, 27