INDEX. 



A. 



Abel, Dr. Clarke, his account of a mias, 74. 



Acacia, in the Archipelago, 20. 



Acarua, bites of the, 363. 



vEschynanthus, climber plants in Borneo, 92. 



African negroes, on the crania and languages 

 of the, 601. 



Ahtiago, village of, 8G5. 



Ahtiago and Tobo vocabularies, 606. 



Alcedo, Don, 461. 



Alfuros, the true indigenes of Gilolo, 321, 323; 

 of Papuan race, the predominant type in 

 Ceram, 370. 



All, the author's attendant boy, 320, 321, 323, 

 335 ; the author's head man, 41'2. 



Allen, Charles, the author's assistant, 57 ; sent 

 with the collections to Sarawak, 75 ; finds 

 employment, and leaves the author for four 

 years, 211 ; rejoins the author, 309 ; news 

 of, 320, 324, 381, 386, 519 ; letters received 

 from, MS ; his collections, 541* ; his difficul- 

 ties, 549 ; his wanderings, 551 ; finally ob- 

 tains employment in Singapore, 551 ; his 

 voyage to Sorong, and his difficulties, 572. 



AUor vocabulary, 607. 



Amahay, bay of, 358 ; visit to, 363. 



Amberbaki, visit to, 507. 



Amblau vocabulary, 606. 



Amboyna, island of, 16 ; voyage to, from Ban- 

 da, 298; map of, 299; the town of, 296; 

 volcanoes in remote times, 299, 300 (see 

 Water, limpid); the author's cottage in, 

 302 (see Interior) ; general character of the 

 people, 306 ; habits and customs, 306 (.see 

 Shells) ; clove cultivation established at, 

 316 ; departure from, 355 ; map of, 356. 



Amboyna lory, 362. 



Ampanam, 162, 164; birds of, 164; cause of 

 the tremendous surf at, 172. 



.\nch0r3 of the Malays, 545, 546. 



Andaman Islands, in the Bay of Bengal, 593. 



Animal life, luxuriance and beauty of, in the 

 Moluccas, 406, 407. 



Animals, distribution of, the key to facts in 

 the past history of the earth, 154-159, 210- 

 218 ; geographical distribution of, 491, 492. 



.\nonaceous trees in Borneo, 92. 



Anthribidai, species of, 330. 



.\nts, noxious, 478 ; at Dorey, tormented by, 

 5li 



Ape, the Siamang, 143. 



Arabs in Singapore, 82. 



Archipelago, Malay, physical geography of, 

 13 ; productions of, in some cases unl^nown 



elsewhere, 13 (see Islands) ; extent of, 15, 

 16 ; natural division of, into two parts, 21 

 (see Austro-Malayan, and Natural Produc- 

 tions) ; shallow waters of, 23-28 (sec Races). 



Architectural remains in Java, 111 ; ruined 

 temples, 115. 



Arfaks, of New Guinea, 502, 504, 508. 



Arjuna, Mount, 110. 



Arndt, M., a German resident in Coupang, 

 194. 



Arrack, demand for, 462. 



Art, rudimental love of, among barbarians, 

 512. 



Aru Islands, 18; voyage to, from Macassar ia 

 a native prau, 408 et seq. ; diaiy of the voy- 

 age, 413 et seq. ; arrival at the, 481 ; ex- 

 ploration of the forests of, 433 ; entomo- 

 logical captures, 433 ; traders of the, 434 ; 

 articles for disposal or exchange, 435 ; im- 

 mense variety of animal life, 437 et seq. ; 

 pirates on the coast of, 440, 441 ; trade and 

 commerce of, 444 ; nominally under the 

 government of the Moluccas, 444; journey 

 and residence in the interior, 445 et seq. ; 

 map of the, 446 ; birds of the, 446-452 ; 

 habits of the natives, 452, 453 ; their food, 

 452; arrack their chief luxury, 453; their 

 wretched habitations, 453; their monoto- 

 nous existence, 45:i ; mixture of races, 454 ; 

 their language, 454 ; men and boys expert 

 archers, 460 ; inquisitiveness of the inhab- 

 itants, 463 et seq. ; dry and wet seasons, 

 464, 465 ; beauty of the human form, 467 ; 

 females of, 467; personal ornaments, 468: 

 movable utensils, 469 ; household ornaments 

 of the, 469 ; mats and boxes of, 469 ; do- 

 mestic animals, 469 ; noxious animals, cen- 

 tipedes, scorpions, etc., 470; legend respect- 

 ing the, 471 ; mysterious character of the 

 author, 473 ; second residence at Dobbo, 

 476 ; cheapness of European articles of 

 commerce, 478 ; intemperance of the na- 

 tives, 479 ; considerable trade of the, 485 ; 

 departure from, 4S5; the return voyage, 

 486 ; the dry and rainy seasons, 486 ; ex- 

 pedition to, eminently successful, 486 ; the 

 specimens of natural objects brought from, 

 486 ; sketch of its physical geography, 487 

 et seq. ; the great island called Tanabusar, 

 487 ; number of small islands surrounding 

 the central mass, 487 ; evidence that they 

 once formed a part of New Guinea, 492 ; 

 its natural aspects and vegetable produc- 

 tions, 492 et seq. 



Aru Islands vocabulary, 607. 



