On the mollusca collected by
Mr. Macgillivray during the voyage
of the
Rattlesnake, by professor Edward
Forbes, F.R.S.
Descriptions of some new species
of ANNULOSA collected by Mr.
Macgillivray during the voyage
of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, by Adam
white,
esquire, F.L.S.
LIST OF PLATES. VOLUME 2.
Natives of Redscar bay, new Guinea.
Funeral screen, Mount Ernest.
Interior of Darnley island hut.
New shells.
Tab. 2.
Fig. 1. Helix brumeriensis.
Fig. 2. Helix franklandiensis.
Fig. 3. Helix inconspicua.
Fig. 4. Helix iuloides.
Fig. 5. Helix divisa.
Fig. 6. Helix yulei.
Fig. 7. Helix dunkiensis.
Fig. 8. Helix louisiadensis.
Fig. 9. Balea australis.
Fig. 10. Pupina grandis.
New shells.
Tab. 3.
Fig. 1. Helix macgillivrayi.
Fig. 2. Pupina Thomsoni.
Fig. 3. Helicina gouldiana.
Fig. 4. Helicina stanleyi.
Fig. 5. Helicina louisiadensis.
Fig. 6. Ranella pulchra.
Fig. 7. Scalaria jukesiana.
Fig. 8. Macgillivrayia pelagica.
Fig. 9. Cheletropis huxleyi.
New insects.
Tab. 4.
Fig. 1, 2. Pachyrhynchus stanleyanus, White.
Fig. 3, 4. Drusilla myloecha, Westwood.
Fig. 5. Eusemia mariana, White.
New crabs.
Fig. 1. Ommatocarcinus macgillivrayi, White.
Fig. 2. Porcellanella triloba, White.
Chart of Torres strait, new Guinea, and Louisiade archipelago.
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VOYAGE OF H.M.S. RATTLESNAKE.
CHAPTER 2.1.
Distribution of Aboriginal tribes of Cape York and
Torres Strait.
Mode of warfare illustrated.
Their social condition.
Treatment of the women.
Prevalence of infanticide.
Education of a child.
Mode of scarifying the body.
Initiation to manhood.
Their canoes, weapons, and huts.
Dress of the women.
Food of the natives.
Mode of fishing.
Capture of the turtle and dugong described.
Yams and mode of culture.
Edible roots, fruits, etc.
No recognised chieftainship.
Laws regarding property in land.
Belief in transmigration of souls.
Their traditions.
Diseases and modes of treatment.
Burial Ceremonies.
Distribution of tribes of Cape York and Torres strait.