528 



INDEX. 



380 



Denudation, cftects of, 171 

 Detritus of rivers, 185 

 I>eica^ curious petition to the, 230 

 Dialects of Ear t Timor, 400 

 Difticulties with ratives of Paso, 207 

 Digits, reduplication of, among Ivubus, 



'241 



Dilly, call at, 286; arrival at, 41G; 

 effects of fever there, 415 ; look lor a 

 ^ite for a house near, 41(j; different 

 races in, 418; birds near, 421, 422; 

 the aspect of Iho town, 41; leave, 

 485; new Vaccininm near, 422 



JDlphyllodes respnhlica^ 286 



Dipteraivoia Timor-laut, 



Vipteru l\or^fieldi\ 78, 158, 397 ; in cra- 

 ters, 114; ditstiibution in Java, 114 



DipterocarpesB, 247, 252 



Dirge, death-, 223 



Diopxn, Kteling Islands, 31; Denipo, 

 2i2 



Disquieting insignia at Thnordant, 303 



Distant, Mr. W. L., descriptions of 

 Siiniutran Bhynchota, 211 



Ditmar, Prof., on composition of sea 

 Avater, 36 



DiuYu Fnjana, 430 



Djambi, -wish t© enter, 243; refused 

 entrance into, 250 



Dog4 kept by the Karangs, 100 ; by th 

 Kubuir*, 236 



Doliclios hthlah, used ns food, 438 



Dolls used by childicu iu Tinjor-laut, 

 321 



Doves, pink-headed, 72 



r. agou-tly miuiiekud by a butterfly, 130 

 Dress, royal, in Timor, 447 ; of Soloreto, 



285; of Timoroe, 4G2 ; of nativts 

 , of Timor-laut. 312, 313; of rassu- 



mahers, 105 



Drosera Inuafa, 422 

 Drought hi Java iu 1878, loss from, 75 

 Drysdule, Mr., in Timor Cupang, 281 

 Duperry's plants from Timor, 41>7 

 Duriau trees, 240 ; fruit eaten by tigers 



and elephants, 240 

 D'Urville's plants from Timor, 498 

 Dwellings of Timor-luut islandci s, in- 

 terior of, 318 



Dyes among Timcrcsc, 463 



i 



Earth'-iuakc, in Java, €3; in Keeling 



Islandsiu 1834,23; inlveelinglslauds 



in 1876, 22; wave, Ivding Inlands, 



19 ; at the Kaba, 225 



Eartlienware objects from Kosila, 98, 93 



Eartluvorms, great siza of turrets o:. 



G 



22 i 



JLclectiis tntermedi 



EgeroH, visit of SS.,'tj Timordaut, 301 

 Egeron Strait, 301 



e 



Elephants in Sumatra, 165 ; fond of 



Duriau, 240 

 Eleitsine coracana, 392 

 Englishmen, their repute in Sumatra, 



204 



Eos reiic^data, 304 

 Epacridiuem, new species of, 438 

 Eriajavensis, fertilisation of, 95; albt- 



do-tomeiitosa, fertilisation of, 94 

 Erlura, camp at, 428 

 Estrelda fla vidiven iris, 422 

 Eucliirus longhnanus^ 291 

 EudijnamU ranmmiy 393 

 Enmenes visiting Sambucus, 227 

 Eiiplma oclisenheimeyi, curious habits of, 



138 

 Fn rli i n la fulva, 172 

 Eiischemida'., species of, mimicking Opii- 



tludtnis sp., 173 

 Easemia 6^Za«^er«, odour emitted by, 173 



Fah-hian, Chinese pilgrim, 97 

 Fairy blue-bird, 67 

 Falls of river Semungka, 167 

 Famine in Ulak-Tandjong region, 233 

 Fatidioi, visit to, 469; description of, 



469 

 Fatunaba hills selected for a house, 417, 



420 ; beauty of the view from, 421 



Fawcett, Mr. W., on Timor plants, 506, 



515; descriptLon of new Vaccinium^ 

 278 



Febrifuges used in Timordaut, 330 



Fertilisation oi Melastoma by Bombus, 

 228 



Fertilisation oi Myrmerodia and Hydno- 

 plujtim,^ 80; of orchids, 82-97 



Fertilisation oi SamhucuSyiioioQUy 226, 

 227 



Fever, dangeroua malarial iu Timor- 

 laut, 330 



Flciis aspera^ 11; cordifollaj 11; mi- 



crocat'pa, 11 ; umplas^ 11 ; radicau&^ 



77 ; politoriay 11 

 Fields of Buruose tab<^oed, 403 

 Fig-trees, beauty of, 77 

 Fight, cook-, 188 

 File-fislics in Keeling lagoon, 24 

 Fire in herbarium drying-houso in 



Timordaut, 336 

 Fishes most eaten in Java, 60 

 Fisli-preserves in rice-fields, 170 

 Flies on Keeling Islands, 31 ; on Tcn- 



gamus, 159; on Denipo, 210; at 



species of Rnfflet^inreed, 206 

 Flouting block of land, 486 

 Floods, effect of, on Rupit valley, 233 ; 



in river Ogan, 185 

 Flora at Futuboi, 470 ; of the Kaba, 



232 ; along Eawas river, 251 ; along 



Eupit riverj 237, 238 ; on volcanio 



