CONTENTS. 



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CHAPTER XVII. 



TROPICAL SPICES. 



The Cinnamon Gardens of Ceylon— Immense profits of the Dutch — Decline of the 

 Trade — Neglected state of the Gardens —Nutmegs and Cloves — Cruel monopoly 

 of the Dutch— A Spice Fire in Amsterdam — The Clove Tree — Beauty of an 

 Avenue of Clove Trees — The Nutmeg Tree — Mace — The Pepper Vine — The 

 Pimento Tree Page 197 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



TROPICAL INSECTS, SPIDERS, AND SCORPIONS. 



Gradual increase of Insect life on advancing towards the Line — The Hercules 

 Beetle— The Goliath— The Inca Beetle— The Walking-leaf and Walking-stick 

 Insects — The Soothsayer — Luminous Beetles — Tropical Spiders — Their gaudy 

 colours — Trap-door Spiders — Enemies of the Spiders — Mortal Combat between 

 a Spider and a Cockroach — Tropical Scorpions — Dreadful Effects of their 

 sting 205 



CHAPTER XIX. 



INSECT PLAGUES AND INSECT SERVICES. 



The Universal Dominion of Insects — Mosquitoes — Stinging Flies — (Estrus 

 Hominis— The Chegoe or Jigger— The Filaria Medinensis — The Bete-Rouge — 

 Blood-sucking Ticks- Garapatas— The Land-leeches in Ceylon— The Tsetse 

 Fly —The Tsalt-Salya — The Locust— Its dreadful Devastations — Cockroaches — 

 The Drummer— The Cucarachas and Chilicabras — Tropical Ants — The Saiiba 

 — The Driver Ants — Termites — Their wonderful Buildings — The Silkworm — 

 The Cochineal — The Gumlack Insect — Insects used as Food and Ornaments 221 



CHAPTER XX. 



THE MALAYAN RACE. 



Physical Conformation of the Malays— Betel Chewing— Their Moral Character- 

 Limited Intelligence of the Malays— Their Maritime Tastes— Piracy— Gambling 

 —Cock-fighting— Running A-Muck !— Fishing— Malayan Superstitions— The 

 Battas— Their Cannibalism— Eating a Man alive— The Begus— Aerial Huts- 

 Funeral Ceremonies — The Dyaks — Head-Hunting— The Sumpitan— Large 

 Houses ............. 253 



CHAPTER XXI. 



THE TROPICAL OCEAN. 



Wanderings of an Iceberg— The Tropical Ocean—The Cachalot— The Frigate 

 Bird— The Tropic Bird— The Esculent Swallow— The Flying-fish— The Bonito 

 —The White Shark— Tropical Fishes— Crustaceans— Land Crabs— Mollusks- 

 JeUy Fish— Coral Islands 266 



