INDEX 



351 



Rain, 79 



Rattiin, -43 



Rawling, C. G., 2, 82, 156, 174-5, I95, 



219,248 

 Relationship, 105 

 Reptiles, 168 



Retcs,Ynigo Ortiz de, 27 

 Rice, 65 ; cultivation in Java, 5 

 Rifle bird, 159 

 Rijst-lafel, 7 

 Rivers, branching, 83 ; crossing, 236 ; 



in New Guinea, 24 

 Robinson, H. C., 194 

 Roebink, voyage of, 3 1 

 Ruwenzori, 2, 238 



Sago, 65, 89-92 



St. Nicholas, feast of, 6, 228 



Sandpiper, 86 



Sara\vak, H. H. the Raja of, 253 



Sarong-, 10 



Schouten Islands, 27 



Schoiifen, Willem, 28 



Scre\\»-piaes, 10, 243 



Sea, depth of, 19 



Sea-siakes, 215 



Seasois, 79 ; wet, 192 



ShacWeton Expedition, 67 



Sharks, fishing for, 46 



Shortiidge, G. C., 2, 172, 194, 210 



Sickness, 171-192 



Sindaiglaya, 11 



Skulls, preservation of, 139 



Smith, Staniforth, 90 



Snaket, 167 



Snow Mountains, 1,23,33; discovery 

 of, :9 ; first sight of, 35 ; distant 

 view of, 43 ; attempt to reach, 229 



Social system, 128 



Soldiei!> native, 92 



Songs, J 42 



Spaniii navigators, 27 



Spear^ 151 



Spices Dutch monopoly of, 31 



SpidcB, tameness of, 58 



Stalker, W., 2, 14, 5r ; death of, 47 



funeral of, 49 

 Steam-launch, 52, 170 

 Stone Age, 151 

 Stone implements, 150 

 Stones, gifts of, 87 

 Sugar-palm, 99 

 Sumbawa, 258 

 Superstitions, 131 

 Swift, Moustachcd, 241 

 Swimming, 117 



Tapiro {se^ Pygmies) 



Tasman, 30 



Tattooing, 112 



Tears, a welcome of, 41 



Temples at Boro-Boder, 1 1 



Ternate, Sultan of, 22 ; traders of, 89 



Thunderstorms, 79, 132 



Tides of the river, 57 



Timura River, 251 



Tobacco, 38, 202 ; cultivation of, 88 



Torres, Luis Vaz de, 27 



Torres Strait, 32 



Tosari, 12 



Track, used by natives, 176; cutting 



a, 183 

 Trade goods, 63 

 Transport, difficulty of, 52 

 Travelling, difficult, 230 

 Trees, 216, 243 ; falling at night, 77 ; 



cutting down, 187 ; houses in, 217 

 Tuaba River, 175 

 Tugeri, 23 

 Tugeri tribe, 222 



Utakwa, Dutch expedition to, 210 

 Utakwa River, 4, 33, 210 



Van der Bie, 212 

 Vanilla, 159 



