CONTENTS. xi 



-Tiiles and divinities — Oniamcnts — Festivities and amusemcuta 

 Marriage customs — Move to Penangguugau — 'Petroleum and paraffin 

 matches — Penanggungan — Great trees — Interesting plants nnd 

 animals — ^The Siamang — Move to Terratas — Ascent of the Ten- 

 gamus Mountain — Its tioraand fauna — Return to Penancraunsau and 

 to Batavia 



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CHAPTER III. 





CHAriER V. 



SOJOURN IN THE PALEMBANG REBIDEXCY (continued). 



From Ganung Megang — Luntar — A Bur|)rise — River Ogan— Curious 

 • hills — Ornamental carving — A village lair — A cock-fight — Into the 

 Inim Valley — Mnara Inim — Lahat — Passumah Lands — Ceremonial 

 formulas — The people — Marriage ceremonies — Illegitimate births — 

 Religion — Death superstitions and rites — Sculptured stones — Inter- 

 esting: visit from Bencoolen men ., .. 



J'AGE 



13U 



SOJOTinN IX THE PALEilBANG RESIDENCY. 



From Batavia to Anjer — Return to Telok-Betong — Proceed to Bencawang 



Leave this for the Blalau region — Camp at ?anghar — Camp in the 

 forest — Phosphorescent display — Camp again in forest — Reach Bumi- 

 padang — Pass on to Batu-brah — Description of the village — Move on 

 to Kenali — Description of the village — Proceed to Hoodjoong — De- 

 scription of the village — Its tobacco industry — Its rice-fields — Plant- 

 ing and reaping — Superstitions — Goitre — Fauna and flora of the 

 Besagi volcano— Birds and insects of the neighbourhood .. .. 161 



CHAPTER IV. ' 



I 



SOJOURN IN THE PALEMBANG RESIDENCY (continued), 



I^ave Hoodjong — Denudation — Great arums — Sukau — Chiefs of the 

 Ranau region — Tandjon-djati on the Ranau Lake — The high tempera- 

 ture of the water — Birds, fishes, interesting iusects^ — Banding Agong 

 — To Muara Dua — Through Kisam- — Geological notes — Kisam 

 villages — Coat of arms — Writing, dress, religion of Kisam people .. 174 



183 



CHAPTER VL 



SOJOURN IN THE PALEMBANG RESIDENCY (continued). 



Passumah Lands (coutd) — The Volcano of the Dempo — Its flom and 

 fauna — The crater — Spectre of the Brocken — The view from the 

 summit — Leave for the Kaba A^'olcano^ — Gunuiig Meraksa — River 

 journey on a raft— Lampar — Find again tlie spider Ornithoscatoi'dis 

 rfecijpieTiS— Batupautjeh — A marriage scene — Games of the boys — 

 Houses — Tt'bbing-Tinggi—'iandjoni^-ning— Great trees — Isly party . 

 attacked by a tiger — Its wiliness — Its capture — Graveyard.. .. 206 



