8 CONTENTS. 



Bali — Javanese traditions — Limit between the fauna of Asia and that 

 of Australia — A plateau beneath the sea — Caste and suttee practices on 

 Bali 71-96 



CHAPTER IV. 



CELEBES AND TIMTJR. 



History of Celebes — De Barros — Diogo de Cauto — Head-hunters of Celebes — 

 The harbor of Macassar — Voyages of the Bugis — Skilful diving — Fort Rot- 

 terdam — The Societeit, or Club — A drive into the country — The tomb of a 

 native merchant — Tombs of ancient princes — Sail for Kupang, in Timur — 

 Flying-fish — The Gunong Api in Sapi Strait — Gillibanta — Sumbawa — Erup- 

 tion of Mount Tomboro — The Eye of the Devil — Floris and Sandal-wood 

 Island — Kupang — Fruits on Timur — Its barrenness and the cause of it — 

 Dififerent kinds of people seen at Kupang — Human sacrifice — Purchas- 

 ing shells — Geology of the vicinity of Kupang — Sail for Dilli — Village 

 of Dilli — Islands north of Timur — The Bandas — Monsoons in the Java 

 and China Seas 97-129 



CHAPTER V. 



Description of the island and city of Amboina — Dutch mode of governing the 

 natives — A pleasant home — A living nautilus is secured — Excursion to 

 Hitu — Hassar steering — History of the cocoa-tree — Indian corn — Hunting 

 in the tropics — Butterflies — Excursion along the shores of Hitu for shells — 

 Mode of travelling in the Spice Islands — The pine-apple — Covered bridges — 

 Hitulama — Purchasing specimens — History of the Spice Islands — Enormous 

 hermit-crabs — An exodus — Assilulu — Babirusa shells from Buru — Great 

 curiosities — Jewels in the brains of snakes and wild boars — Description of 

 the clove-tree— History of the clove-trade — Watched by the rajah's wives— 

 Lariki and Wakasihu — A storm in the height of the southeast monsoon — 

 Variety of native dialects — Dangerous voyage by night — An earthquake — 

 Excursion to Tulahu UO-llQ 



CHAPTER VI. 



THE tJLIASSERS AND CERAM. 



The arrival of the mail at Amboina — The Uliassers — Chewing the betel-nut and 

 siri — Haruku — ^We strike on a reef— Saparua Island, village, and bay — 

 Nusalaut — Strange reception — An Eastern banquet — ^Examining the native 

 schools — Dififerent classes of natives — Yield of cloves in the Uliassers — Nul- 

 lahia, Amet, nud Abobo — Breaking of the surf on the coral reefs — Tanjong 

 — Travel l.y night— Ceram—Elpaputi Bay and Amahai — Alfura, or head- 



