xii CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER VJI. 



SOJOURN IN THE PALEMBANG RESIDENCY (contintied). 



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Leave Tandjong-i^itjg — Padang Ulak-Tandjong — Kepala Tjuriip — Hot 

 - S{irings of the Kaba — Earthquake — Botanical features —Curious 

 plants — Fertilisation of Melastoma — A pilgrimage — The crater of 

 the Kaba — ^The nomadic Kubus — Itupit river scenery — Gold- 

 gatherers — Muara-rupit — ^The Durian — Surulangun — Thieves and 

 thieves' calendars — Malay dignity — f-eave for Muara Mengkulem ., 225 



CHAPTER VIII. 



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SOJOrRN IN THE PAI.E3IBANG RESIDENCY (continued). 



Muara Mengkulem — ^Refused entrance into tlie Djambi Sultanate — Napal 

 Litjin — Peak of Karang-nata — Geological formation — Botnnical 

 features — Birds — Hemipteron milked by ants — Ptakit life — ^Bigiu- 



' telok — Water roads — ^An escape from drowning — ^Pau — ^liiver squall 

 — Approach to Palembang — River life and its massive joy — The 

 town of Palembang — ^Eeturn to Batavia .. .. .. .. 250 



Appendix to Part III. 



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PAET IV. 



IN THE MOL UCCAS AND IN TIMOB-LA TIT. 



CHAPTER L 



FROil JAVA TO AMBOINA 



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CHAPTER IL 



AMBOINA. 



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-wife— Friends on board— Call at Samarang and Sourabaya in Java 

 Macassar in Celebes— Bima in Sumbawa — Larantuka in Flores 

 Cujoang and Dilly in Timor — :Bnnda^ the island of nutmeg gardens .. 283 



Amboina— Reception by Mr. Resident Eiedel — Delay — Visit interior of 

 Amboina— Paso — ^Move to Wai— The people there — The flora and 

 fauna — Return to Amboina .. .. .. „ „ 288 



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