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generous concessions and the aid granted to me as a scientific 

 traveller. My thanks are due also to all the civil officials — 

 too numerous to name here — "vvhose districts I resided in or 

 passed through. They upheld the well-deserved fame that the 

 Dutch-Indian Amltenars have earned for their hos2:)itality. 

 The mention of each of their districts is indelibly associated 

 in my remembrance with their names and their numerous acts 

 of kindness. I may be permitted to record the names of those 

 to whom I am under special obligation: Governor Laging 

 Tobias, then Kesident of Palembang ; Assistant-Eesident 

 Schuylinburch, of Muara-dua ; Controllers De Heer and Bey- 

 rinck, of the Lampong Eesidency ; and Controllers Van der 

 Volk, Hisgen, and Kamp, of the Palembang Eesidency. 



To Dr. Treub and Dr. Burck, of the Botanical Gardens in 

 Buitenzorg, I am peculiarly indebted for more than ordinary 



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acts of courtesy and friendship; as well as to Dr. Bernelot 

 Moens, Director of the Cinchona Plantations. To His Ex- 

 cellency Senhor Bento da Fran^-a Pinto d' Oliveira, the 

 Governor of Portuguese Timor,. to his whole family, and to his 

 son Senhor Bento da Franca Salema, Government Secretary, 

 my wife and myself lie under the deepest indebtedness, not 

 alone for the aid and protection I was so generously provided 

 with to enable me to visit the interior of that interesting island, 

 but for the most affectionate kindness manifested to us both 

 throughout our stay in Timor. 



To Mr. H. D. Jamieson, 5Ir. J. Craig and Mr. C. Haliburton, 

 who did for us many acts of personal kindness and friendship 

 while in Java, I tender my sincerest thanks. 



I have to express my very hearty obligations to the British 

 Association's Committee for the exploration of Timor-laut, 

 especially to Dr. P. L. Sclater; to Mv. Carruthers and the 

 Botanists of the British Museum for their aid in arran<Tin<^ 

 Timor Herbarium, and for their describing it in time to 

 appear as one of tlie appendices of this volume ; to Messrs. 

 S. 0. Hidley and J. Quelch, of the Zoological Department ; 



