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Index. 



Arcliipel.igo, the Malaya and Papuans, 30, 

 5Si et siq. (see Malays and Papuans) ; opin- 

 ions of Humboldt and Pritchurd, 30; in- 

 digenous race in the island of Geram, 590; 

 the Timorese, 5^0 : the black woolly-haired 

 races of the Philippines, and the Malay pen- 

 insula, 591 ; general view as to their origin 

 and affinities, 592 et seq. ; tlie black Poly- 

 nesian races, 593 et seq. ; general reflections 

 on, t>06 et seq. ; on the crania and the lan- 

 guages of the, 601 et seq. 



Eaffles, Sir Stamford, liis account of the ruins 

 of Java, 115. 



Ratahan, vocabulary, 605. 



Regent bird of Australia, 571. 



Rhinociros, in Malacca, 45. 



Rifle birds of Australia, 5G9, 570. 



Robberies at Batchian, 838. 



Rosenberg, Herr, 386 ; a German naturalist, 

 508. 



Ross, Mr., an Englishman resident at Lom- 

 bock, 175. 



Rotti vocabulary, 607. 



Rowan mountains, 83. 



Ruatan, a river of Ceram, 360 ; difficulty of 

 crossing, 361. 



Ruriikan, village of, the highest in Minahasa, 

 253 ; coffee plantations, 255 ; hill vegeta- 

 tion, 255-257 (see Tondano); missionaries 

 in, 260. 



Eusa hippelaphus of Java, 397. 



Sago district of East Ceram, 382. 



Sago bread, mode of preparing the, 3S3 ; oven 

 for baking, 384. 



Sago palm of Ceram, 382 ; washing of, 383 ; 

 conversion into food with little labor, 3S5. 



Sago-trees, 365; of the Ke Islands, 4:i4. 



Sahoe, village of, 322; the inhabitants dis- 

 tinct from the Malay races, 323. 



Sahoe vocabulary, 606. 



Salayer Straits, 413. 



Salayer vocabulary, 605. 



Salibabo Islands, vocabulaiy of the, 605. 



Salwatty, map of, 517 ; island of, 568. 



Samabang, a trip to, 63 ; description of, 64; 

 a Dyak house, 64. 



Sandal wood, in Timor, 20, 207. 



Sanguir Island, 16. 



Sanguir Islands vocabulaiy, 605. 



Sapania vocabulary, (;06. 



Sapi-utan, the, 270, 271 ; description of, 282. 



Sarawak, 46 ; the author entertained at, by 

 Sir James l?rooke, 46; gold-fields and coal- 

 works, 46 ; the Sadong river and its tribu- 

 taries, 46 ; head of the river of, 83 ; arrival 

 at, from the interior, 84; government of, 

 by Sir James Brooke, 102-104. 



Sardinia and Corsica, natural productions 

 peculiar to, 22. 



Sassak vocaljulary, 605. 



Sassaks, the aborigines of Lombock, 182. 



Savu vocabulary, 607. 



Scorpions, 470. 



Screw pines on the Batchian coast, 347. 



Sea, contrasts in depth of, 21, 26. 



Sea Gipsies, vocabulary of the, 607. 



Seboran mountain, lower slopes of the, 82, 



Semioptera of the Moluccas, 401. 

 Senankan, Malay village, 81. 



Senna, Malay village, character of the people, 



etc., 81, 83, 84. 

 Serpents, of immense size, 392. 

 Servants, the author deserted by his, 381. 

 Serwatty Islands, 16. 

 Sharks cau;j;ht and cooked, 414. 

 Shells and fish, an unrivalled collection of, 



307, 308. 

 Siau vocabulary, 605. 

 Sickness of the author and his men, 507, 510, 



511. 

 Silinta, in Mysol, 517, 518. 

 Simla satyrus, 51. 

 Sirai'injon river, 46; coal-works, 47 ; anvan- 



tages of, good locality for insect collecting, 



48 ; a trip up the river, 63 ; narrowness of 



the stream, 6o ; monkeys on the banks, 63 ; 



arrival at Samabang, 64. 

 Singapore, sketch of the to^v^l and island, 32 ; 



inhabitants a mixed race, 32 ; commerce of, 



33 ; Chinese in, 33 ; Jesuit missionaries. 



34 ; character of the island, etc., 35; tigers 



and tiger-pits, 35 ; vegetation and insects, 



36. 

 Skulls {see Crania). 



Slavery at Ternate, 318 ; abolition of, 319. 

 Sleeping-shed, 362. 

 Snake on board, 354. 

 Snakes, after rain, in Maros, 247 ; in Amboy- 



na, 303, 304. 

 Soap-springs in Oeassa, 195. 

 Social position of England, 599 ; its evils, 



599 ; in a state of comparative barbarism, 



51)9. 

 Sodos, Malay village, 83. 

 Solomon Islands, 16. 

 Solor vocabulary, 607. 

 Sorong, in New Guinea, Mr. Allen's voyage 



to, 572; difficulties encountered at, 573; 



rnggedness of the country, 574. 

 Sourabaya, tlie chief town of East Java, 110. 

 Spaniards, truly wonderful conoiuerors and 



colonizers, 430. 

 Species, geographical distribution of, 491, 492. 

 Spice, monopoly of the Dutch {see Nutmeg). 

 Spice trade of the Moluccas, 315; enormous 



profits of the, 315. 

 Spice-trees, district of the, 315. 

 Spiders, 470; immense variety of, in the Aru 



Islands, 437. 

 Springs, hot, of Celebes, 266. 

 Sijuirrels, 20 ; in Borneo, 50 ; tame ones in 



the village of Palembang, 133. 

 St. John's, Mr., account of a mias, 73. 

 Sugar-palm (with plate), 238 ; drink made 



from, 239. 

 Sula fiber., 418. 



Sula Islands, 394 ; vocabulary of the, 605. 

 Sumatra, in the line of the volcanic belt, 16 ; 



volcanoes in, 18 ; a forest country, 19 ; the 



orangconfined to, and to Borneo, 68; pheas- 

 ants in, 117 ; villages of, 1.35, 136. 

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



T. 



Tab(5kan, a Malay village, 76 ; assembling of 

 men and boys to look at the author, 76 ; 

 dress, etc., of, 76 ; portrait of a Dyak youth, 

 77 ; a visit from the '' Orang-kaya," or 

 rich man of the tribe, 77; sports of, 77, 78 

 (see Bor6toi). 



