CONTENTS. XXI. 



Shells, and their inhabitants Apo Island Malay fishing village 

 Questionable character of its occupants Shooting excursion in 

 Basilan Hostilities in the Island Habits of Spiders Curious 

 Shell-fish Unsang Wild Animals Apes Gigantic Crane 

 Lace-Lizard Crocodile Insects Celebes Cape Rivers Marine 

 Animals Manado Forest Scenery Adaptations Anecdote of 

 a Bee Curious Insects Land-Crabs Habits of Crustaceans 

 Island of Meyo Whale Turtles Fish Lizard Shells 

 Ternate The Malukus Habits of Spiders . .347 



CHAPTER VI. 



SINGAPORE AND BORNEO. 



Singapore The Sensitive Plant The Nutmeg Tree Gutta Percha 

 Trees yielding Caoutchouc Jatropha Manihot Gambier Useful 

 Plants Lizards and other Animals An Opium-smoker Effects 

 of Opium on the brain Royal Children Curious mode of catching 

 Snakes The Sun-birds A Tree Slug Cerithia Dragon-flies 

 Nondescript Spider Remarkable Caterpillar The Horse-shoe 

 Crab A Land Lobster Borneo Excursion up the Linga 

 Scenery Insects The Long-nosed Monkey Village of Bunting 

 The Balows Dried Human Heads Diseases Excursion to 

 Tungong Native Boar-hunt Singular Fish Crabs and Shells 

 Laud-Crabs Habits of Crustaceans . . 380 



CHAPTER VII. 



BORNEO. 



Ambong The Badjows The Illanons Appearance of the Country 

 Wild Men in the Mountains Tampassook Scenery The haunts 

 of Pirates New species of Lantern-Fly Lantern-Flies not lumi- 

 nous A Beautiful Flata Gigantic Tent-Caterpillar Habits of 

 certain Ants The dwellings of the White Ants Habits of 

 Scarabi and other Mollusks Brunai The Upas-Tree The 

 Pantai Scenery of the River A deserted Village The Rajah's 

 grave Bats and other Animals Bulungan The Orang Sagai 

 Wild and cultivated Plants Terrestrial Leeches The Nibong 

 Palm Vegetable Tallow Aromatic Barks Plants used for be- 

 numbing Fish Singular mode of fishing Insects Leegeetan 

 Scenery Poisonous Plants Insects Birds Habits of Crusta- 

 ceans 406 



