CONTENTS. 9 



hunters, come down from the mountains and dance before us — Land on tlie 

 south coast of Ceram — Fiendish revels of the natives — Return to Saparua 

 and Amboina 177-212 



CHAPTER Vn. 



Governor Arriens invites me to accompany him to Banda — The Gunong Api — 

 Road of the Bandas — Banda Neira and its forts — Geology of Lontar — The 

 Bandas and the crater in the Tenger Mountains compared — The groves of 

 nutmeg-trees — The canari-tree — Orang Datang — We ascend the volcano — 

 In imminent peril — The crater — Perilous descent — Eruptions of Gunong 

 Api — Earthquakes at Neira — Great extent of the Residency of Banda — The 

 Ki and Arru Islands — Return to Amboina — Geology of the island of Amboi- 

 na — Trade of Amboina — The grave of Rumphius — His history . 213-252 



CHAPTER Vm. 



Adieu to Amboina — North coast of Ceram — Wahai — Burn — Kayeli — Excur- 

 sions to various parts of the bay — A home in the forest — Malay cuisine — 

 Tobacco and maize — Flocks of parrots — Beautiful birds — History of Burn — 

 The religion and laws of the Alfura — Shaving the head of a young child — A 

 wedding-feast — Marriage laws in Mohammedan countries — A Malay mar- 

 riage — Opium, its effects and its history — Kayu-puti oil — Gardens beneath 

 the sea — Roban — Skinning birds — Tropical pests — A deer-hunt — Binding — 

 A threatening fleet — A page of romance — A last glance at Burn 253-297 



CHAPTER IX. 



TERNATE, TIDORE, AND GILOLO. 



Seasons in Ceram and Buru — Bachian and Makian — Eruptions of Ternate — Ma- 

 gellan — Former monopolies — The bloodhounds of Gilolo — Migrations — A 

 birth-mark — The Molucca Passage — Malay pirates — They challenge the 

 Dutch 298-322 



CHAPTER X. 



THE NORTHERN PENINSULA OF CELEBES. 



Mount Klabat — Kema — A hunt for babirusa — A camp by the sea — Enormous 

 snakes — From Kema to Menado — ^Eruption of Mount Kemaas — Population 

 of the Minahassa — Thrown from a horse — The Bantiks — A living death — 

 History of the coflFee-trec — In the jaws of a crocodile — The bay of Menado — 

 Like Linu — A grove by moonlight 323-3.").j 



