INDEX. 



558 



34 ; passion for o:anil)ling, ib. ; are 

 mostly Moharainedans, ih. ; language 

 affected by the rortuguese, 122 ; 

 speak many dialects, 162, 163 ; mi- 

 grations of, from Gilolo, 313. 



Mango, tree and fruit described, 89, 

 90, 148. 



Mangostin, described, 88, 89. 



Manindyu, lake of, 397; crater of, 399, 

 401 ; village of, ib. 



Marco Polo, his account of Java, 21. 



Maniage, feast at Kayeli, 274 ; Mo- 

 hammedan laws in regard to, 275 ; at 

 Amboiua, 275-278; Malay ideas of, 

 279. 



Matabella, situation of group, 243 ; 

 Wallace's description of, ib. 



Menado, village of, 342 ; bay of, 346, 

 351 ; Tua, an island, 346. 



Menaugkabau, kingdom of, 394 ; former 

 capitals of, 468 ; history of, 469-474 ; 

 arts in, 472, 473. 



Minahassa ; the most beautiful spot on 

 the globe, 316 ; mode of travelling 

 in, 335 ; population of, and area, 339 ; 

 cataract in, 356 ; mud -wells and 

 hot springs in, 358-364 ; Alfura of, 

 365 ; most charming view in, 369 ; 

 products of, 370, 375 ; graves of the 

 aborigines of, 373 ; Christianity and 

 education in, 375 ; geology of, 376. 



Mittara ; small island near Ternate, 317. 



Mohamnjcdan religion, first converts 

 to, 51 ; at Gresik, 56 ; jealousy, 159 ; 

 rei(uircs the shaving of the head, 

 273; filing the teeth,' 274. 



Moluccas, history of the, 146 ; population 

 and how divided, 195 ; Catholicism 

 in, 307, 308 ; Christianity introduced, 

 308 ; of what islands composed, 309. 



Monkeys, of Sumatra and Java, 408, 

 409; large troops of, 410; sagacity 

 of, 478 ; a flock of, 509. 



Monsoons, calms during the changing 

 of, 16 ; name whence derived, 44 ; 

 east and west, ib. ; rainy, 45 ; sky 

 thick in the eastern, 120 ; eastern at 

 Anil)oina, Cerain, Burn, and New 

 Guinea, 128, 129; western boundary 

 of, 486. 



Mosque, Mohammedan, in Samarang, 

 50. 



Mount, Ungarung, 45 ; Slamat, ib. ; 

 Suniliing, 46 ; Prau, residence of the 

 gods, 46-48 ; Jajiara, 48 ; Tenger, 73 ; 

 Bromo, 74 ; Tomboro, eruption of, 

 108-1 10 ; Tompasso, 357 ; Singalang, 



393 ; Merapi, ib. ; Ophir, 404 ; Seret 



Merapi, 420, 422 ; Lubu Rajah, 423 ; 



Sago, 461-468 ; Talang, 480 ; Ulu 



Musi, 499 ; Dempo, 516. 

 Mud-wells, in the Minahassa, 359-364. 

 Miiller, Dr. S., ascended Gunong Api of 



Bauda in 1828, 236. 

 Miisa paradisiaca, the banana-tree, 85 ; 



ieztilis, 340. 



N. 



Natal, port of, 453. 



Nautilus, shells of, purchased at Ku- 

 pang, 119; said to be common on 

 Rotti, ib. ; those secured at Amboiua, 

 134, 135. 



Navigating mud-flats, 57. 



Nusalaut, name Avhencc derived, 178 ; 

 author visits, 187 ; surrounded by a 

 platform of coral, 187 ; natives of, ii: 

 ancient costume, ib. ; description and 

 population of, 188. 



Nutmeg-tree, \yhen found, 215 ; gath- 

 ered by the natives, 216; description 

 of tree and fruit, 222 ; mode of cur- 

 ing the fruit, 222, 223. 



0. 



Orangbai, an, described, 136. 

 Orang-utan, habits of, 408, 409. 

 Ophir, whence the gold of, 405. 

 Opium, mode of selling and smoking, 

 279-282; history of,' 280. 



P. 



Padang, city of, 385 ; Panjang, 392 ; 



Sidempuan, 423. 

 Padangsche Bovenlanden, or Padang 



plateau, 890; native houses in, 393; 



dress of the natives of, 394 ; author 



travels in. Chap. XV. ; geology of, 



477. 

 Pdfhli^ described, 66. 

 Pagi Islands ; natives of, and their 



hal)its, 482, 483. 

 Palembang, author arrives at, 529 ; ()e- 



scription and history of, 530, 531 ; 



raosijue of, 531 ; Lama, 532. 

 Pandunus, a screw-])iiie, 84. 

 Papandayan'_', Mount, eru[)tion of, 74, 



75. 

 Papaw, tree and fruit described, 85. 

 Papua, natives of, 311, 312; taxes 



levied on, 314; autiior thinks of go- 

 ing to, 315. 



