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INDEX 



Pasunia, plateau and people of, 516-519. 



Pedaiis, described, 68. 



Pepper, an article of trade, 446-448 ; 

 distiibution of and native names for, 

 44V, 448. 



Periplus of the Erythraeau Sea, 62. 



Pigafetta, his account of birds of para- 

 dise, 244 ; account of the Philippines, 

 808. 



Pina-cloth, how made, 143. 



Pine-apples, introduction and history 

 of, 142. 



Piper betel, leaves of, chewed by the Ma 

 lays, 181. 



Pirates, in the Moluccas, 318; from 

 China, ib. ; from Mindanao, 319 ; 

 Malays escape from, 320 ; a surprise 

 of, ib. ; praus of, 321 ; a challenge 

 from, ih. ; Dutch cruise for, 322. 



Plough, kind used by Malays, 36 ; 

 mode of using, 36, 3*7. 



Pompelmus, a gigantic orange, 19. 



Ponies, Javanese, 65. 



Post-coaches of Java, 64. 



Pumice-stone, great quantities of, 110. 



Python, one seen near Kema, 333 ; 

 stories concerning, 333-335 ; author 

 presented with one, 53'7 ; it escapes, 

 539 ; author has a deadly struggle 

 with, 541. 



R. 



Raffles, Sir Stamford, history of, 488. 



Railroads in Java, 49. 



Rambutan, described, 89. 



Ranjaus, 86. 



Rattan, kinds of, 511 ; how gathered, 

 511, 512. 



Reef, first coral, visited, 123; author's 

 boat strikes on one, 183 ; waves break- 

 ing on a, 199. 



Reinwardt, Professor, cited, 53 ; as- 

 cended GunoQg Api of Banda, in 

 1821, 236; predicts an eruption, 312. 



Rejangs, customs and laws, 496-498. 



Reynst, Gerard, arrival at Banda, 236. 



Rhinoceros, native pits for, 495 ; dis- 

 tribution of, 509. 



Rice, manner of gathering m Java, 66. 



Rivers ; Musi and its vallev, 499 ; Inem, 

 521, 522. 



Roads, post, in Java, 64. 



Roma, described, 126. 



Roses, abundance of, in the Minahassa, 

 352, 366. 



Rotti, island of, 116 ; people of, ib. 



Ruma negri, a public house, 355 ; beau- 

 tiful one, 366. 



Ruma, Satan, or Devil's Dwelling, author 

 visits, 437-442. 



Rumphius ; his "Raritelt Kamer" re- 

 ferred to by Linnanis, 13; grave of, 

 250 ; sketch of life of, 251. 



S. 



Sacckarum, sinensis, 69 ; officinarum, 

 ib. ; violaceum, ib. 



Sacrifice, human, 117. 



Saleh, Rahden, palace of, 37, 38 ; man 

 ners and acquirements of, 38 ; de- 

 scribed by Eugene Sue, ib. 



Salt, manufacture in Madura, 72 ; Java, 

 72, 73 ; Borneo and Philippines, 73 ; 

 quantity of, ib. ; prices of, 73, note. 



Samarang, arrive at, 45 ; described, 48. 



Sambal, described, 32. 



Sandal-wood Island, description of, 113 ; 

 horses of, ib. 



Sandy Sea, the, 74. 



Saparua, name whence derived, 178 ; 

 island described, 184 ; history, ib. ; 

 town of, 184, 185; bay of, 186'. 



Sajn, described, 60. 



Sarong, description of the, 18, 34. 



Sawai bay, people of, 205. 



Sawas, described, 66 ; fertility of, 67. 



Schneider, Dr., cited, 120, 247. 



Schools, in the Spice Islands, 193 ; how 

 supported, ib. ; welcome to the Resi- 

 dent, 194; classes of, 195. 



Sclater, Mr., cited, 94. 



Semao, island of, 113. 



Sequiera, first brings Portuguese into 

 Eastern Archipelago, 23. 



Shells, collecting, at Kupang, 117-119; 

 Trochus mamoratiis, 175; Stronibtis 

 latissimus, 176 ; Scalaria pretiosa, 

 185 ; Cyjyrcea mmicta, 186 ; best 

 place in the Spice Islands to gather, 

 198; harp, ib. ; Mitra episcopalis a.nd 

 papalis, 199 ; Tridacna gigas, found 

 on hills, 248 ; Auricula in Ceram, 

 255 ; Rostellaria rectirostris, ib. 



Siboga, author comes to the village of, 

 434 ; country about, 435, et seq.; coal 

 near, 436. 



Singapore, history and description of, 

 536. 



Sinkara, lake of, 476 ; kampong, ib. 



Siri, Malay name for the Piper betel, 181. 



Snakes, swimming, 14. 



Springs, Damraa, 126; in Java, 127; 

 hot, in the Minahassa, 360-36 1. 



