CONTENTS. 



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CIIAl'TKi; XVI. 



cnossiNn st hatha. 



Day of Bencooleu — Kat Tslaml — Loss of Govei-uor Raffles's collectinu — A trap 

 for tigers — Blood-suckers — Pits for the rhinoceros — vii'giii children — Pla- 

 teau of the Musi — From Kopaiyong to Kaban Agong — Natives destroyed 

 by tigers — Sumatra's wealth — The Anak gadis — ^Troops of monkej's — From 

 Tebing Tingi to Bunga Mas — We come upon an elephant— Among tigers — 

 The Pasiima people — Horseback travel over — The laud of game 48()-52() 



CHAPTER XVII. 



PALEMBANG, BANCA, AND SINGAPORE. 



Mount Dempo — Rafts of cocoa-nuts — Floating down the Limatang — Cotton 

 — From Purgatory to Paradise — Palembang — The Knbiis — Banca — Pre- 

 sented with a python— The python escapes — A struggle for life — Sail for 

 Cluna .•)21-r)4-_' 



Appendix A. Area of the principal islands, according to Baron van 



Carnbe'e ......... 54^) 



" B. Population of the Netherlands India, 18G5 . . . 543 

 " C. A table of heights of the princijial mountains in the archi- 

 pelago 544 



" ]). Colfee sold by the government at Padang . . . , '545 



" E. Trade of Java and Madura during 18G4 .... 546 



" F. A list of the birds collected by the author on the island 



of Burn .......... 547 



Inde.k 549 



I '.yk !■ I n>fflfeiSJJg^M|tL^55_^ i 



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"SAPip," OXEN riioir :MAi)rifA. 



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