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Rh Chinaman, death of a, on board the Stettin, 211.

Chinese, their treatment by Australians, 49.

Christmas, mode of spending, 240-242.

Chu-Kiang or Pearl River, 290.

Cinnyris frenata, the sunbird, 50.

City of Melbourne, 7, 20, 48.

Clam, the Giant, 12; Frilled, 12.

Clarke, Captain, 289, 291.

Clement Isle Lightship, 16.

Clepsydra or Water Clock of Canton, 306.

Cleveland Bay, 4; Cape, 10.

Coal Harbour, 331.

Coast fever or malaria, experiments on, 157; causes of, 158; tobacco a preventive, 158.

Cockatoo, a white, on board the Stettin, 92: tyrannical character, 92; opinions, 93; powerful beak, 93, 270; tricks, 214.

Coe, Miss, attacked by natives, 148; her escape, 149.

Collbrand, Mr., 330.

Confucius, temple of, at Canton, 304.

Cook, Captain, his discovery of the Endeavour River, 10; York Island, 12; explorations, 203.

Cook, Mount, 10, 55; expedition to, 55-63.

Cede, 10, 13, 54; the Chinese Joss House, 55.

Copra, sale of, 91, 94.

Coral gardens of the Barrier Reef, 51.

Cornwall and York, Duke and Duchess of, their visit to Sydney, 70.

Coupé, or Coppée Monsignor, French Catholic Bishop of German New Guinea, 71; head of the Sacred Heart Mission, 77; wreck of his steamboat, 102; his church, 136; palace, 137.

Cudthértaga, Mount (Castle Hill), 7

Curtis Island, 4, 123.

Dallas Company, at Singapore, 276; on board the Sachsen, 310.

Dalrymple, his Historical Collection of Voyages, 126.

Dampier, Captain, the explorer, 197, 203.

Dampier Straits, 151, 211.

David, Professor, of the Sydney University, 112.

Davis, Sir John, 296.

Dead Man’s Land, 21.

Deli, 244.

Delli or Dilli, 219; soap springs, 220.

Derby, Lord, Colonial Secretary, refuses to sanction annexation of New Guinea, 43; result of his policy, 67.

Derzton, Admiral Rezersy van, his attack on Macao, 290.

Deslacs Island, 90, 150; massacre at, 178.

Dewarra, meaning of the word, 151.

Deym, Count, 281.

Djokjacarta, 260.

Dobbo trading station, 217.

Dolphin, steam tender, 4.

Dolphin, the, 125.

Douglas, the Hon. John, President of Thursday Island, 24.

Douglas, Sir John, Commissioner of New Guinea, 43.

Dow, Donald, 132.

Drake, Sir Francis, his description of the Sultan of Ternate, 225.

Dugong, the, 52.

Duk-Duks, custom of, 110.

Duke of York Islands, 95.

Dunbar, Captain, Commander of the Moewe, 71, 77, 132, 273, on the fight with natives at Ali Island, 191, 196.

Duncan, Mr., 330.

Dunckler, Dr., 132, 212.

Dundas, Fort, 22.

Dunlop, Mr., Mrs. and Miss, 255.

Durian fruit, smell of, 254, 256.

Dutch East Indies, 216; system of governing, 236; character of their policy, 262.

Duyphen Point, 197.

Duyphen, the Dutch yacht, voyages of exploration, 196.