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places they are believed to inhabit, 572 ; the 

 countries they chit-fly inhabit, 572 ; an ar- 

 ticle of commerce, 57ii ; Mr. Alley's voyage 

 to Sorong, in New Guinea, in quest ot, 573 

 et 8fq. ; termination of the search for these 

 beautiful birds, 575 ; difficulties of the un- 

 dertaking, 575. 



Bu"d-winged buttei-flies, 342, 434; their beau- 

 ty and brilliancy, 342 ; of the Moluccas, 4(i5. 



Boat-building under difficulties, 377 ; of the 

 Ke Islands, 4-'5, 426. 



Boats, difficulty in obtaining, 36(5, 367; de- 

 scription of, 367. 



Borneo, large enough for the whole of Great 

 Britain to be set down in the centre of, and 

 hidden, 15 ; the centre of the great curve of 

 volcanues, 19 ; a forest Country, I'J, 27 ; ar- 

 rival at, 40 (see Sarawak) ; the orang-utan 

 an inhabitant of, and of Sumatra, 68 ; 

 journey in the interior, 15 (see Dyak); 

 pheasants in, 117. 



Borotoi, a Malay village, 78; assembling to 

 look at the author, 711 ; appearance of the 

 people, 79; assembling to see the author 

 eat, 79 ; amusing the children, 79 ; depar- 

 ture from to Hudw (which see). 



Botanical locality, 349. 



Bouru Island, map of, 356 ; visit to, 387 ; dif- 

 ficulties of the journey, 3S9 ; beetle found 

 at, 392 ; ignorant simplicity of the natives, 

 393; of two distinct races, 394; collections 

 in, 395 ; mountains of, 417 ; two distinct 

 races there, 590. 



Bouton vocabularjT 605. 



Boutong, island of, 414. 



Boutyne mountain, 413. 



Brambanam, an ancient village of Java, 115. 



Bow and Bede, Chinese gold-fields in Borneo, 

 46. 



Bread-fruit, the.tree, 809, 310 ; excellency of, 

 310. 



Brenthida;, 343 ; abundant in Am, 482; their 

 pugnacity, 4S2. 



Brick-work, excellent, in an ancient city in 

 Java, 111. 



Brissi vocabulary, 607. 



Britain, New, 16. 



IJrooke, Sir James, at Sarawak, 46 ; butterfly 

 named after, 48 ; his account of a mias, 73; 

 the author a guest of, 94; character of his 

 government, 102-104; his suppression of 

 piracy, 347. 



Bnish-turkeys, 25. 



Budw, Malay village, 80 ; reception by the 

 natives, native dances, SO; proceed to Se- 

 nAnkan (which see). 



Bugis sailors, their peaceful character, 444; 

 traders in the far Kast, 380, 381. 



Bugis vocabulary, 605. 



Buitenzorg, near Batavia, botanical gardens 

 of, 121 ; climate, etc., 121 ; village culture 

 near, 122. 



Bukit-tima, residence at, 34; character of the 

 Jesuit host there, 35 ; mission-house, 35. 



Buprestid», of diflFerent species, 329, 330, 343. 



Buprestis family, 429. 



Buttercups, violets, whortleberries, etc., in 

 .Java, 128. 



Butterflies, collected in Singapore, 36, a new 

 species, 40; handsome specimens of, 48; the 

 Omithoptera brookeana, 4S (•'ee Moths) ; 

 Calliper butterfly, 124; in Sumatra, 137- 



143 ; a strange family of, 140-143 ; .species 

 of, in Borneo, Sumatra, and Java, 157; in 

 Timor, 198 ; in Celebes, 223 ; a fine butter- 

 fly, 226, 243 ; comparison of the productiuns 

 ot Celebes with those of other districts, 2S5- 

 291 ; in Amboyna, 3oO ; of Bat«hian, 336 ; 

 diflFerent species of, 337 ; bird-winged, 341, 

 342 ; scarcity of, 349 ; capture of, 362 ; dif- 

 ficulties of capturing, 427 ; of the Ke Isl- 

 lands, 428 ; capture of, at the Aru Islands, 

 434; locations where the author's most beau- 

 tiful specimens were obtained, 539. 

 Butterfly of the genus Pieris, 362. 



Cajeli, harbor of, 387 ; the town of, 387 ; the 

 Kajah of, 388 ; excursion from, 389 ; return 

 to, 394. 



Cajeli vocabulary, 606. 



Calliper butterfly, 124. 



Camarian vocabulary, 606. 



Carabidie, 343. 



Carnivorous animals of the Moluccas, 397. 



Carpophaga perspicillata. 348; C. concinna, 

 376, 423 ; C. neglecta, 376. 



Cassowary of the Moluccas, 403. 



Cats, wild, 26. 



Celebes, island of, 16; north, 16; a forest 

 country, 19; resemblance to Australia, 25 

 (see Macassar) ; natural history of, 277-291 ; 

 birds in, 277-282 ; mammalia, 282-285; na- 

 tives of the, .894 



Census, taking a, in T.ombock, 186; difficul- 

 ties in the way of, 187 ; the Rajah's strata- 

 gem, 187, 188 ; his pilgrimage to the Gu- 

 nong-Agong (the great fire-mountain), 188- 

 190 ; complete success ofthe stratagem, 191, 

 192. 



Centipedes, 470. 



Cepa, village of, 363. 



Ctrani, visit to, 355 et seq. ; maps of, 356, 369, 

 517; schools and schoolmasters of, 357; 

 Christianity established in, 357 ; inhabit- 

 ants of, 357, 358 ; trip to the interior, 360 ; 

 forests of, 361; a forest desert, 362; jour- 

 ney along the coast, 363-365 ; a perfect 

 desert in zoology, 367 ; the Alfuros of Pa- 

 puan race the predominant type, 370; trade 

 and natural productions of, 381 ; great sago 

 district of, 382 ; voyage from, to Waigiou, 

 516 et seq. ; difficulties of the voyage, 518 

 et seq. ; an indigenous race there, 590. 



Ceranibyx found at Bouru, 392. 



Ceyx Cajeli, 395. 



Chafer, long-armed, 309. 



Charmosyna placentis, a bird of Djilolo, 322, 

 336. 



Chinese, in Singapore, 32 ; their bazar, 33 ; 

 trades and occupations of, 33 ; Jesuits among, 

 34, 3.5. 



Christians of Ceram, 3.58. 



Civets, 26; civet-cats of the Moluccas, 397. 



Cockatoos, 25; in Lnmbock, 465; of the Aru 

 I.^lands, 450, 451 ; their habits, 451, 452. 



Cock-fighting at Dobbo, 477. 



Cockroaches, fed on by the Birds of Paradise, 

 557. 



Cocoa-nut trees and cocoa-nuts of Batchian, 

 .341; of Matabello, .372; luxury of, 373 ; of 

 the Ke Islands, 424. 



