10 CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XI. 



THE MINAHASSA. 



The waterfall of Tinchep — A mud-well — A boiling pool — The ancient appear- 

 ance of our earth — Lake Tondano — One of the finest views in the world — 

 Palm-wine — Graves of the natives — Christianity and education — Tanjoug 

 Fiasco — Gold-mines in Celebes — The island of Buton — Macassar — A raving 

 maniac 356-383 



CHAPTER XII. 



SUMATRA. 



Padang — Beautiful drives — Crossing the streams — The cleft — Crescent-shaped 

 roofs — Distending the lobe of the ear — Caiions — The great crater of Manin- 

 dyu — Immense amphitheatres — Ophir — Gold-mines . . 384-406 



CHAPTER Xm. 



TO THE LAND OF THE CANNIBALS. 



Valley of Bondyol — Monkeys — The orang-utan — Lubu Sikeping — Tigers and 

 buffaloes — The Valley of Ran — A Batta grave — Riding along the edge of a 

 precipice — Twilight and evening — Padang Sidempuan — Among the canni- 

 bals — Descent from the Barizan — The suspension bridge of rattan — Orna- 

 ments of gold — The camphor-tree 407-434 



CHAPTER XIV. 



RETURN TO PADANG. 



Bay of Tapanuli — The Devil's Dwelling — Dangerous fording — Among the Bat- 

 tas — Missionaries and their brides — The feasts of the cannibals — Tlie pep- 

 per trade — The English appear in the East — Struck by a heavy squall — Ayar 

 Bangis and Natal — The king's birthday — Malay ideas of greatness 435-457 



CHAPTER XV. 



THE PADANG PLATEAU. 



Thunder and lightning in the tropics — Paya Kombo and the Bua Valley — The 

 Bua cave — Up the valley to Suka Rajah — Ancient capitals of Menangkabau — 

 The reformers of Korinchi — Malay mode of making matchlocks — A simple 

 meal — Geological history of the plateau — The Thirteen Confederate Towns — 

 The flanks of the Merapi — Natives of the Pagi Islands — Where the basin of 

 the Indian Ocean begins ........ 458-48? 



