INDEX 



571 



Siak river, 175 



tribes of, 189 

 Sialang tree, 179 

 Siamang, 181 

 Siamanga syndactyla , 181 

 Siau Island, 303, 338 

 Sibiru Island, 199 

 Sibutu passage, 92 

 Sidangoli, 319 

 Silam, 252 

 Silver in Philipi^ines, 81 



in Borneo, 246 



in New Caledonia, 457, 458 

 Simalu Island, 197 

 Simpson, Mount, 423 

 Sindang Laja, 151 

 Singkara lake, 173 

 Singkel river, 176 

 Singkep Island, 200 

 Sipora Island, 199 

 Siquihor Island, 84 

 "Sirani, Orang," 315, 329. 332 

 S'lamat, 106 

 Slavery in Sulu, 92 



in Moluccas, 315, 322, 338 

 Socialism among the Papuans, 407 

 Societe Caledonienne des Nouvelles 



Hebrides, 455 

 Society Islands, 510 

 Solomon Islands, 442 

 Solo river, 113, 114 

 Solor, 363 



Soro Mandi mountain, 354 

 Sorsogon, 72, 73 

 Soundings in the Pacific, 6 



in Torres Straits, 12 



off North Borneo, 94 



on Celebes bank, 302 



in Ombay passage, 369 



near Ladrone Islands, 556 

 Spanish possessions, 15, 547, 553 



their conquest, 31, 32, 547 



settlements in Sulu group, 89 

 Spermonde Archipelago, 293 

 Spice Islands [see Moluccas) 

 Starbuck Island, 525, 527 

 Stirling range, 380 

 Straits of Sunda, 101, 154 



of Bali, 105 



of Surabaya, 114 



of Rhio, 201 



of Bauka (Bangka), 202 



of the Timor group, 363 



Strickland river, 385, 421 



Styrax benzoin, 180, 206 



Sual, 76 



Submarine bank of S.E. Asia, 7 



Suckling, Mount, 423 



Sudara, Gunong, 278 



Sudest Island, 436 



goldfields of, 387 

 Suk Island, 429 

 Sulla Islands, 304 

 Sulu, Simnish expeditions against, 32 



natives of, 52, 233, 238 



language of, 52 



population of, 63, 64, 92 



general description of, 89, 90 

 Sumatra, 154 



history of, 155 



geology, etc., of, 157 



lakes of, 159, 173 



volcanoes of, 159 



plains of, 160 



climate of, 171, 176 



rivers of, 174 



fauna and flora of, 177 



inhabitants of, 182 



languages of, 183 



islands of. 197 



religion and antiquities of, 204 



agriculture and trade of, 205 



population of, 209 



provinces of, 209 



chief towns of, 210 

 " Sumatras," 177 

 Sumba, 374 

 Sumbawa, 353 

 Sumbing, 106 

 Sunda straits, 101 

 Sundanese nation, 121 

 Sundara, 106, 108 

 Supiori Island, 429 

 Surabaya, 137, 143 

 Surakarta, 145 

 Surigao, 88 

 Suttee {see Sati) 

 Suva, 468, 470, 486 

 Suwarrow Island, 526 

 Swallow Islands, 448 



Taal lake and volcano, 74 

 Tahu among the Papuans, 406 

 Tacloban, 83 

 Tafua peak, 503 

 Tafuti lake, 281 



