550 



INDEX. 



445 ; origin of their cannibal customs, 

 446. 

 Barbosa, OJardo, cited, 63 ; history of, 

 100, note; describes the natives of 

 Celebes, 100. 



Bears, of Sumatra, 510, 511. 



Bencoolen, bay of, 486 ; history of, 487, 

 489. 



Benzoin, a resin, 63. 



Betel-nut ; tree described, 180 ; mode 

 of chewing the, 181. 



Birds. — Bird that guarded the double 

 cocoa-nut tree, 15; of Java, 80, 81 ; 

 trade in, on the coast of New Guinea, 

 242 ; luris, ib. ; crown pigeons [Me- 

 ffapodiidea), 242 ; doves ( Columba 

 cenea and Columba perspiciUaia), fruit 

 planted by, 243 ; of paradise found 

 at Aru Islands, 244 ; Pigafetta's ac- 

 count of, ib. ; king-fishers at the 

 Bandas, 246 ; Pitta vifforsi, a rare 

 species, ib. ; Carpophaga luduosa, a 

 •white dove, 255, 268; the prince par- 

 rot (PloIycercHU hypophonius), de- 

 scription of, ^6./ luris, red [Eos rubra), 

 256, 259 ; king-fishers at Burn, 258 ; 

 hunting luris, 259 ; parrakeets, ib. ; 

 Trichoghssus cyanogr animus, ib. ; 

 luris, Moore's description of, 260; 

 Taiiygnathus macrorynchus, a large, 

 green parrot, 268 ; Carpophaga per- 

 spicillata, a long-tailed dove, ib.; Mus- 

 cicapidce, ib. ; Monarcha lorirata, ib. ; 

 Tropidorynchus houruensis, 269 ; 

 Anas rajah, or "prince duck," 283; 

 author incurs great danger in procur- 

 ing, ib. ; castori rajah, 289 ; Mcga- 

 podius Forsteni, ib. ; M. Wallacei, ib. ; 

 mode of shooting, skinning, and pre- 

 serving, 288, 289 ; Corvus enka, 335 ; 

 Dicrurus, ib. 



Birgos latro, the great hermit crab, 148. 



Bleeker, Dr., on the geology of Laitimur, 

 24*7 ; on the ichthyology of Lake Linu, 

 344. 



Bloodsuckers, author tortured by, 492, 

 493, 508. 



Boats, with outriggers, 67 ; see also 

 lepper-lepper. 



Bonang, the, described, 190. 



Bonoa, situation of, 253. 



Bosche, Governor Yan den ; entertains 

 the author at Padang, 387. 



Bos sondaicus ; the ox of Madura, 72. 



Bread-fruit, tree and fruit described, 

 92. 



Breech-loader, Sharpe's, 43. 



Bridge, suspension, made of rattan, 

 428, 430 ; of bamboo, 474 ; of rattan, 

 475. 



Bua, valley of, 462 ; cave of, 463, 464. 



Butfalo, the, described, 35 ; habits of, 

 35, 36 ; color of, 36 ; fights with 

 tigers, 36 ; wild ones in Sumatra, 

 413. 



Buru, described, 256 ; history of, 270, 

 271 ; Alfura oi^, and their customs and 

 belief, 271-273 ; alternation of sea- 

 sons in, 298. 



Buton, description and geology of, 380, 

 381. 



C. 



Camphor-trees, described, 433 ; kinds 

 of, ib. 



Campong, a, described, 132. 



Cannibals ; mode of eating men, 444 ; 

 see also Battas. 



Cassowarv, eggs of, 150 ; habitat of the, 

 ib. 



Cauto, Diogo de, history of, 98, note ; 

 his description of Celebes, 98, 99. 



Celebes ; description and history of, 97- 

 100 ; northern peninsula of, 322 ; 

 gold-mines in, 379 ; fauna of, 380. 



Cemetery, Chinese, at Batavia, 35. 



Ceram, "described, 201, 202 ; head- 

 hunters of, 203 ; Alfura, ib. ; landing 

 on the south coast of, 207 ; alterna- 

 tion of seasons in, 298. 



Ceram-laut, natives of, 242 ; elevation 

 of, 243. 



Cervus rufa, 80 ; manijac, ib. 



Chair, to travel in, described, 141, 142. 



Chilachap, port of, 57. 



Christmas Island, passed, 13. 



Cinnamon, kinds of, and their distribu- 

 tion, 425. 



Cleft, of Padang Panjang, 390-392 ; 

 459, 460. 



Clove, tree and fruit described, 153 ; 

 distribution of, 153, 154; quantities 

 obtained in previous years, 153 ; 

 mode of gathering the, 155; names 

 for, 156 ; history of, 157 ; yield of, 

 in Saparua, Haruku, and Nusalaut, 

 197. 



C/)//>ea.s<WrfflE, abundant at Saparua, 186. 



Coal, near Siboga, 436 ; near Bencoolen, 

 492-495 ; abundance of, 494 ; on the 

 Limatang, 521 ; on the Inem, 524. 



Cock-fighting, Malay passion for, 61. 



Cocoa-nut, the double, 14 ; palm, de- 



