INDEX. 553 Upas, or poison- tree — description of it, i. 467 — history of its perni- cious effects, ib. Venereal disease — frequent in every part of the Indian Islands, i. 33 — Javanese account of its origin, ib. — its name in Java, 34 — its introduction ought to be ascribed to the Europeans, ib. Vices of the Indian islanders — the most prominent are, revenge, i. 65 — mucks, 66 — assassinations, 70 — ^piracy and treachery, 71 — thefts and robberies, 72 Village — description of a Javanese, i. 167 — of an alpine village, 171 — Indian islanders, for mutual protection, associate in villages, 222 Virtues — the Indian 'islanders are distinguished by a regard for truth, i. 50 — ^have no capacity for intrigue, ib. — are capable of attachment and gratitude, ib. — arc reserved but courteous, 51 — are neither litigious nor rapacious, ib. — nor naturally cruel, ib. — are good humoured and cheerful, 52 — seldom use abusive language, ib. — are naturally hospitable, 53 — and poUte, 54 — are free from bigotry, 55 Vocabulary, Polynesian — difficulty of forming such a vocabulary, ii. 120 — errors in former ones, 121 — sources whence those in this work were derived, 123 — vocabulary of the Polynesian languages, 125 — specimen of the great Polynesian, 192 — of nu- merals, i. 264 War — mode of conducting it among all savages nearly the same, i. 220 — civilized tribes of the Archipelago an armed population, 221 — their military weapons, 222 — mode of levying troops, 229 — discipline, 235 — subsistence, 237 — carrying on war, 239 — treat- ment of the dead, wounded, and prisoners, 242 — use of the right of conquest, 247 Warn — its culture, i. 443 Water-cresses — introduced by the English, i. 376 Weaknesses of the Indian islanders — summary of, i. 55 — examples of, 56 — in the laws against sorcery, ib. — in the circulation of the skull of a buffalo, 58 — in their insurrections, 60 — in their attach- ment to relics, 62 — and in their fondness for external shew and pomp, 64 Weaving — See Cloths Weights — See ]Icasures Whale-fishery — its commercial importance, iii. 447 Wheat — cultivated sparingly, i. 375 Widows — sacrifice of, on the funeral piles of their husbands, ii. 241 Wood, working of — rude skill of the Indian islanders in this art, i. 192 — their boats and shipping the most considerable exhibition of it, 193 VOL. III. N n
