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CONTEXTS. 



Labourers, 345. Expression of the 

 Emotions, 346. Kaine Island, 347. 

 Its Geological Structure, 347. Its 

 Vegetation, 348. Nesting of Wide- 

 awakes, Gannets and Frigate Birds, 



349. Dead Turtles, 350. Somerset, 

 Cape York, 350. Nests of White Ants, 



350. Combination of Indian and Aus- 

 tralian Features in the Vegetation, 351. 

 Various Birds, 351. Habits of the 

 Kifle Bird, 352. Ends Fertilizing 

 Plants, 353. Camp of the Blacks, 354. 

 Habits of these Natives, 354. Curious 

 mode of Smoking, 356. Food of the 

 Blacks, 357. They cannot Count 

 Higher than Three, 358. Absolute 

 Nudity of the Men, 359. Coral Flats, 

 360. Collection of Savage Weapons at 

 Cape York, 361. Wednesday Island, 

 Torres Straits, 361. Structure of 

 Coral Flats, 362. Giant Clam, 362. 

 Native Graves, 363. Booby Island, 

 363. A Halting Place for Birds during 

 Migration, 364. Many Land Birds on 

 an Almost Bare Bock, 364. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 



AEU. 



CHAPTER XV. 



KE. BANDA. AMBOINA. 

 TEBNATE. 



Appearance of the Am Islands, 366. 

 Trees Transplanted by the Waves, 368. 

 Masses of Drift Wood, 368. Malay 

 Language, 369. Ballasting a Guide, 

 369. Management of Clothes during 

 Kain, 369. Back Country Natives, 370. 

 Great Height of the Trees, 371. Nests 

 of the Metallic Starling, 372. Parrots 

 and Cockatoos, 372. Bird- winged 

 Butterflies, 373. Shooting Birds of 

 Paradise at Wanumbai, 375. Deposit 

 of Lime in Streams, 378. Boat Crews 

 from the Ke Islands, 379. Fungus 

 Skin Disease, 379. Ke Island Danc- 

 ing, 380. Houses at Ke Dulan, 381. 

 Leaf Arrows, 381. Bird caught in a 

 Spider's Web, 382. Ascent of the 

 Volcano of Banda, 382. Algae growing 

 in the Hot Steam Jets, 383. Numer- 

 ous Insects at the Summit, 384. 

 Alteration in Sea Level, Marked on 

 Living Corals, 385. Nutmeg Planta- 

 tions, 386. Transportation of Seeds 

 by Fruit-Pigeons, 386. Saluting at 

 Amboina, 387. Danger to the Eyes in 

 Diving for Corals, 389. liaised Reefs, 

 389. Myrmecodia and Hydnophytum, 

 389. Moluccan Deer, 390. Ternate 

 Island, 390. Chinese and their Graves, 

 391. Sale of Birds of Paradise, 391. 

 Ascent of the Volcano, 392. The 

 Mountain Vegetation, 392. The Ter- 

 minal Cone, 393. View from the Sum- 

 mit, 394. 



Zamboanga, Mindonao Island, 



395. 

 Paddy "Fields and Buff alos, 395. The 

 Lutaos and then Pile-Dwellings, 396. 

 Pile-Dwellings on Dry Land, 398. 

 The Ground Floor a late addition to 

 the First Story, 399. Wide Dis- 

 tribution of Pile-DweUings, 399. 

 Their Possible Origin, 400. Dances 

 Performed by the Lutaos, 401. 

 Bamboo Jews Harp, 401. Lutao 

 Canoe and Weapons, 402. Search for 

 Birgus Latro, 403. Birds' Eggs 

 hatched in the Sea Sand, 403. Alcyo- 

 narian Corals. Basilan Island, 404. 

 Cart-wheels cut from Living Planks, 



405. Galeopithecus and Flying Lizard, 



406. Cebu Island, 407. Mode of 

 Dredging up Euplectella, 407. Mactan 

 Island, Eaised Eeef, 408. Large 

 Cerianthus, 408. Trachytie Volcano 

 at Camiguin Island, 409. Temperature 

 at which Plants can Grow in Hot 

 Mineral Water, 410. Manila-hemp 

 Plantations, 411. Manila, 411. Shirt 

 worn over Trousers, 411. Clothes 

 Originally Ornamental only, 412. Half- 

 hatched Ducks' Eggs Eaten, 412. Cock 

 Fighting, 412. Sale of Indulgences, 

 414. 



CHAPTER XVII. 



CHINA. NEW GUINEA. 



Hong 



Kong, 415. Pigeon English, 415. 

 Chinese Method of Writing compared 

 with European Methods, 417. De- 

 velopment of Chinese and Japanese 

 Books from Kolls, 417. Plants coloniz- 

 ing a Pagoda, 419. Sights of Canton, 



419. Chinese and English Examina- 

 tions, and their subjects compared, 



420. The Honam Monastery, 421. 

 Chinese Floral Decorations, 421. A 

 Chinese Dinner, 422. Dragons' Bones 

 and Teeth, 423. Origin of Mythical 

 Animals, 423. Chinese Account of 

 the Dragon, 425. The last Dragon 

 seen in England, 426. Use of Uni- 

 corn's Horn as Medicine in Europe, 

 426. Chinese and English Medicine 

 compared, 428. Chinese Accounts of 

 the Pigmies and of Monkeys, 428 

 English Mythical Animals, 430. 

 Sea Serpent, 430. Owls living 

 Ground Squirrel in China, 431. 

 the Talaur Islands, 432. Driftwood 

 off the Ambernoh Eiver, New Guinea, 

 432. Animals Inhabiting it, 434. 

 Humboldt Bay, 435. Signal Fires of 

 the Natives, 435. Bartering at Night, 

 436. Numbers of Canoes, 437. Rela- 

 tive Prices of Native Property, 439. 



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