PREFACE. 



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Mr. a, E, Wallace's ' Malay Archipelago ' is so accurate and 



exhaustive an account of the Eastern Isles, that there have 



been left but few gleanings for those w ho have followed him 



to gather. Most of the islands visited by me were also visited 



by him ; but my route has in each island been altogether 



different from his. In as far as it refers to islands visited by 



both of us, I should desire this volume, which is a mere 



transcript of what I have thought the more interesting of 

 the field notes made during my wanderings, to be considered 



in the light of an addendum to — unfortunately without any 

 of the literary elegance and finish of — that' model book of 

 travel. 



No detailed account of the Timor-laut Islands has appeared 

 before the present ; and very little has been published on the 

 inhabitants of the interior of Timor.* In the chapters devoted 



some etlmolog 



I trust may be found new and of interest- 



Befor 



I have the 



pleasant task of acknowledging my indebtedness to many 

 friends. Besides those whose kindness I have referred to in 



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Siacob 



General of Netherlands India during my stay in the Archi- 

 pelago, to accept my grateful acknowledgments for th^ir many 



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* * As Pos&essSes Portngezas na Oceania, pqr Affouso do Castro, niembro dn 

 Sociedade de Sciencias e Artes de Batavia ; Deputado da i3a95o, &c., ex- 



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