Index. 



631 



of, 125 ; elegant one discovered at Ceram, 

 363. 



Fire produced by friction, 3.S'2. 



Fishes, tame, at Giinong :?ari, 181, 182 (see 

 Shells). 



Flies, at Dorey, tormented by, 514. 



Flores, island of, 16 ; no forest in, 20. 



Flowers (see Vegetation and Plants), In Bor- 

 neo, 91, <I2. 



Flying-tish, 418. 



Foot-ball at Dobbo, 47T. 



Forest desert at Oerara, 362. 



Forest-trees (with plate), 91-94 ; forest "in- 

 stinct," 2T5 ; of immense size, 347, 348. 



Forests unexplored, 321 ; of Cerara, 361. 



Frog, tree, or Flying, in Borneo (with plate), 

 49. 



Fruits of the Malay Archipelago tasteless and 

 uneatable, 374. 



Fruit-trees at Ternate, 314. 



Funnell, Sir William, his account of Amboy- 

 na in the year 1705, 2!i9, 300. 



Gah vocabulary, 606. 



Galapagos Islands, peculiar productions of, 

 22. 



Galela men, 331 ; from Gilolo, 337. 



Galela vocabulary, 600. 



Gamelaug, a native band, 113. 



Gani-diluar, village of, 545; repairs and pro- 

 visions obtained there, 545, 546. 



Gani men, their knowledge of the coast, 547. 



Gani vocabulary, 606. 



Gaper, blue-billed, 39 ; green, 40. 



Garo, an attendant boy, 325. 



Geach, Mr., an English mining-engineer at 

 Delhi, 197; his disheartening report re- 

 specting the supposed copper-mines, 201- 

 203. 



Geoflfroyus cyanicoUis, 336. 



Geological contrasts, 10 ; discoveries and 

 teachings with respect to changes ia the 

 distribution of land and water, and forms 

 of life, 21-23. 



Geology, lessons taught by, 579. 



Gilolo, island of, 16 ; mountainous coast of, 

 312 ; physical aspect of, 312 ; visit to the 

 island of, 318, 320; characteristics of the 

 slaves, 318 ; volcanic appearances at, 324 ; 

 map of, 541 ; island of, 542 ; earthquake on 

 the coast of, 543. 



Glacialperiod, 129, 130. 



Goa, visit to the Rajah of, 221 ; the Rajah, 

 221 ; a feast with bad coffee, 222 ; fever in 

 the Rajah's temtory, 222 ; collections in, 

 223, 224 ; an intrusion, 225; the Rajah at a 

 cock-fight, 226 ; his daughters, 226, 227 ; 

 house-hunting, 227 ; sickness at, 229 ; the 

 village, 229; and people, 230; the author 

 a ten-or to men and beasts, 230; hou.'^e- 

 building, 231 ; preference for crooked tim- 

 ber, 232. 



Goldmann, Mr., eon of the Governor of the 

 Moluccas, 271. 



Goram, islands of, 368 ; map of the, .369; re- 

 turn to, 375 ; coral rocks surrounding, 375; 

 geological speculations on, 376 ; the inhab- 

 itants a race of traders, 376 ; their chief 

 trade, 3T6 ; poverty of the Rajahs, 37T ; dif- 



ficulties with the workmen of, 378 ; depart- 

 ure from, 380 ; trade of, 381. 



Goram vocabulary, 60li. 



Goram prau, its mode of sailing, 414. 



Gramn>atophylluni, a gigantic orchid, 149. 



Grasshopper, great- shielded, of New Guinea, 

 580. 



" Gubbong," the palm, 168. 



Gi'idong, a Malay village, 75 ; conduct of the 

 women on seeing a European, 75 (.see Jahi). 



Guebe, island of, 542. 



Guinea, New, volcanic action, etc., in, 19 : a 

 forest country, 19 ; resemblance to Austra- 

 lia, etc., 25 ; to Borneo, 27. 



Gun-making, in Lombock, 178-180. 



Gunong Prau, extensive ruins of, in Java, 

 116. 



Gunong Sari, excursion to, 181, 182. 



Gusti Gadioca, a chief of Lombock, 178; his 

 feast, 180 ; and reception, 180, 181. 



H. 



Haan, De, Dutch entomologist, 140. 



Halcyon saurophaga, 524. 



Har, village of, 522. 



Hart, Captain, an English resident at Delli, 



197. 

 Hawk-tribe, the, in Celebes, 2T9. 

 Helix pyrostoma, 323. 

 Henicophaps albifrons, 539. 

 Hestia durvillei, 433. 



Himalayas, the, in miniature, in Borneo, 82. 

 Houeysuckers, 25, 40. 

 Hooker, Dr., his "Flora Indica," 1-18. 

 llornbills, in Sumatra, 146, 147 ; in Celebes, 



280. 

 Hoya, village of, 363. 



Humboldt Bay, 511 ; its inhabitants, 511. 

 Huxley, Professor, on the crania of different 



races, 601. 



Indo-Malayan division of the Archipelago, 21 ; 

 evidences of having once formed part of 

 the Asiatic continent, 23-25 (.see the Aus- 

 tro- Malayan, the other division of the 

 Archipelago) ; natural history of the Indo- 

 Malay islands, 148-150; mammalia in, 150; 

 monkey tribes, 150 ; camivora, 151 ; hoof- 

 ed animals, 151 ; birds, etc., 152-154 {see 

 Animals, distribution of). 



Insect pests, 470. 



Insects at the Simrmjon coal- works, 47, 48 ; 

 in Timor, 198, 190 ; .ints, 225 ; successful 

 collection of, 239-241, 247, 268 ; in Celebes, 

 285; comparison of, with other districts, 

 286-291 ; in Amboyna, 302 ; collecting of, 

 329, 330 ; astonishment of the natives on 

 observing, 330 ; scarcity of, 345 ; great va- 

 riety of, :-!53 ; of the Moluccas, 405, 406 ; 

 l)eauty and numbers of, 406; bargaining for, 

 with tobacco, 426 ; irritation caused by. 

 465 ; the pests of the tropical forests, 46.5 ; 

 curious one.s at Dorey, 504, 505 ; of New 

 Guinea, 512, 513, 579, 581, 582. 



Instinct, failure of, 481. 



Interior of the island of Amboyna, beauty of 

 scenery, etc., 302 ; evening occupation, 303 ; 

 specimens in, 304. 



Ireland, New, 16. 



Irrigation in Lombock, 174, 175. 



