CONTENTS 

 VOLUME I 



CHAPTER I 



VAOC 



DEPARTURE FROM NEW YORK — A RACE WITH THE IMPERIAL 



LIMITED IMPRESSIONS OF JAPAN — SINGAPORE — ARRIVAL 



AT BATAVIA, JAVA — BUITENZORG — BORO BUDUR, THE WON- 

 DROUS BUDDHIST MONUMENT 3 



CHAPTER II 



BORNEO — CLIMATIC AND BIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS — NATURAL 

 RESOURCES — POPULATION — HISTORY — GOVERNMENT OF THE 

 NATIVES — RACIAL PROBLEMS I4 



CHAPTER III 



BANDJERMASIN, THE PRINCIPAL TOWN IN DUTCH BORNEO — 

 NORTHWARD ALONG THE EAST COAST — BALIK PAPAN, AN 

 OIL PRODUCING CENTRE— SAMARINDA — TANDJONG SELOR — 

 THE SULTAN — UP THE KAYAN RIVER 24 



CHAPTER IV 



AN EXPEDITION INTO THE JUNGLE — FIRST IMPRESSIONS — RAPID 

 CHANGE IN THE DENSENESS OF VEGETATION — ANIMAL LIFE 

 — A STUBBORN FIGHT 34 



CHAPTER V 



MEETING PUNANS, THE SHY JUNGLE PEOPLE — DOWN THE RIVER 

 AGAIN — MY ENTHUSIASTIC BOATMEN — MALAYS VERSUS 

 DAYAKS 44 



CHAPTER VI 



RESUMPTION OF MY JOURNEY UP THE KAYAN RIVER — LONG 

 PANGIAN — BERI-BERI — HINTS ON PROPER PROVISIONS — 

 KENYAHS FROM CENTRAL BORNEO — EFFECT OF A SPIDER's 



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