

CONTENTS. 



PAET I. 



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IN THE COCOS-KEELING ISLANDS. 



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CHAPTER L 



IN BATAVIA AND BUITEXZORG. 



Arrival in Batavia — First impressions— Buitenzorg and its Botanical 

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CHAPTER II. 



SOJOURN IN THE COCOS-KEELING ISLANDS, 



Start for the Cocos-Keeling Islands — In the Straits of Sunda— An unex- 

 pected pilot — Arrival — History of the colony there — ^Terrible cyclones 

 — Home life of the colonists now — The reef and its builders — Fishes 

 in the lagoon — Crabs and their operations — Plant lif e — Insect life 

 Mammals — Birds 



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CHAPTER HI. 



SOJOURN IN THE COCOS-KEELING ISLANDS (co^ltiuued). 



Coral reef formation — Observations on the elevation or subsidence of the 



Keehns Atoll. 



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Appendix to Part I. 



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PAET n, 



IN J A VA. 



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CHAPTER I 



SOJOUUN AT GENTENG IN BANTAM. 



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On the road — The Sundanese language — Everyman a naturalist — Bird- 

 life at Genteng — Weaver-birds' nests^ — A native rural bazaar — Forest 

 devastation — Geological structure of the district — A wonderful case 



of mimicry in a spider. .• 



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