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White Ants. Combination of Indian and Australian Features in the Vege- 

 tation. Various Birds. Habits of the Rifle Bird. Birds Fertilizing 

 Plants. Camp of the Blacks. Habits of these Natives. Curious Mode of 

 Smoking. Food of the Blacks. They cannot Count higher than Three. 

 Absolute Nudity of the Men. Coral Flats. Collection of Savage Weapons 

 at Cape York. Wednesday Island, Torres Straits. Structure of Coral 

 Flats. Giant Clam. Native Graves. Booby Island. A Halting Place for 

 Birds during Migration. Many Land Birds on an Almost Bare Rock . 295 



CHAPTER XV. 



ARU. KE. BANDA. AMBOINA. TERNATE. 



Appearance of the Aru Islands. Trees Transplanted by the Waves. Masses 

 of Drift Wood. Malay Language. Ballasting a Guide. Management of 

 Clothes during Rain. Black Country Natives. Great Height of the Trees. 

 Nests of the Metallic Starling. Parrots and Cockatoos. Bird Winged 

 Butterflies. Shooting Birds of Paradise at Wanumbai. Deposit of Lime 

 in Streams. Boat Crews from the Ke Islands. Fungus Skin Disease. 

 Ke Island Dancing. Houses at Ke Dulan. Leaf Arrows. Bird caught in 

 a Spider's Web. Ascent of the Volcano of Banda. Algas Growing in the 

 Hot Steam Jets. Numerous Insects at the Summit. Alteration in Sea 

 Level, Marked on Living Corals. Nutmeg Plantations. Transportation 

 of Seeds by Fruit-Pigeons. Saluting at Amboina. Danger to the Eyes in 

 Diving for Corals. Raised Reefs. Myrmecodia and Hydnophytum. Mo- 

 luccan Deer. Ternate Island. Chinese and their Graves. Sale of Birds 

 of Paradise. Ascent of the Volcano. The Mountain Vegetation. The 

 Terminal Cone. View from the Summit 31 



CHAPTER XVI. 



THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 



Zamboanga, Mindanao Island. Paddy Fields and Buffaloes. The Lutaos and 

 their Pile-Dwellings. Pile-Dwellings on Dry Land. The Ground Floor, 

 a Late Addition to the First Story. Wide Distribution of Pile-Dwellings. 

 Their Possible Origin. Dances Performed by the Lutaos. Bamboo Jew's 

 Harp. Lutao Canoe and Weapons. Search for Birgus Latro. Birds' 

 Eggs hatched in the Sea Sand. Alcyonarian Corals. Basilan Island. 

 Cart-wheels cut from Living Planks. Galeopithecus and Flying Lizard. 

 Cebu Island. Mode of Dredging up Euplectella. Mactan Island, Raised 

 Reef. Large Cerianthus. Trachytic Volcano at Camiguin Island. Tem- 

 perature at which Plants can Grow in Hot Mineral Water. Manila-Hemp 

 Plantations. Manila. Shirt Worn over Trousers. Clothes Originally 

 Ornamental only. Half-hatched Ducks' Eggs Eaten. Cock Fighting. Sale 

 of Indulgences 341 



CHAPTER XVII. 



CHINA. NEW GUINEA. 



Hong Kong. Pigeon English. Chinese Method of Writing compared with 

 European Methods. Developmerrt of Chinsse and Japanese Books from 



