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INDEX. 



Java, island of, i. 4, 6; forty -five 

 volcanoes in, 8 ; a forest country, 

 11 ; birds and insects peculiar to, 

 18, 19; residence in, 148; excel- 

 lency of the Dutch system of 

 government, 148, 149; the cul- 



■ ture system, 149-152 ; the native 

 chiefs and the people, 151, 152 ; 

 increase of population, 153, 154; 

 Java probably the finest tropical 

 island in the world, 154, 155 ; its 

 history and civilization, 155 ; its 

 ancient Brahminical religion, and 

 conversion to Mahometanism, ih. 

 {see Sourabaya) ; journey in the 

 interior of, 156; ruins in, 158, 

 164, 165 ; a Javanese trial and 

 chief, 170 ; collections at Wono- 

 salem and Djapannan, 172 {see 

 Vegetation, and Glacial Period;. 



Javanese, the, i. 31. 



Javanese vocabulary, ii. 472. 



Jesuits, French, among the Chinese, 

 i. 34; thoroughness of their work, 

 ib. ; their great success, 35 ; eco- 

 nomy and self-denial, ib. ; a 

 missionary friend of the author, 

 ib. 



Jobie, large island of, ii. 112, 319. 



Johnson, Mr., his account of a Mias, 

 i. 98. 



"Jong," legend of, in Aru, ii 248. 



Jumaat, death of, ii. 322. 



Jungle, thorny, i. 247. 



Jungle cocks, the origin of all our 

 domestic breeds of poultry, i. 

 246. 



Jungle fowl in Java, i. 170. 



K. 



Kai6a Islands, ii. 28, 29; inhabi- 

 tants of, 33; a mixed race, ib.; 

 fruits and other products of, ib. ; 

 village of, 379. 



Kaioa Islands vocabulary, ii. 474. 



Kakas, village of, i. 404. 



Kallima paralekta, butterfly, i. 203. 



Kanary tree, ii. 61. 



Kasserota, village of, visit to deter- 

 mined on, ii. 55 ; difficulties of 

 the journey to, 56 et seq. 



Kayan river, in Borneo, i. 112. 



Ke Islands, i. 9, 13, ii. 174, 175 

 landiug at, ii. 176 ; natives of the, 

 176, 177; habitations of the. 

 180; explorations in the, 181 

 immense pigeons of the, ib. 

 trade and products of the, 183 

 boat-building of the, 183-186 

 magnificent forests of, 184 

 money unknown to, 187; mode 

 of bargaining, ib. ; collections at 

 the, 192 ; inhabited by two kinds 

 of people, ib. ; contrast of cha- 

 racter laetween these people and 

 the Malays, 193; language of 

 the people, ib. ; mountainous 

 character of the, 194 ; map of, 

 219. 



Ke Islands vocabulary, ii. 475. 



Ke Islanders, a wonderful race of 

 boat-builders, ii. 107. 



Kediri, ruins of, i. 166. 



Keffing, island of, ii. 93. 



Kema vocabulary, ii. 473. 



Kilwaru, little town of, ii. 93 ; a 

 place of great traffic, ib. ; island 

 of, 113, 115; metropolis of the 

 Bugis traders, 113. 



King-bird of Paradise, ii. 221 ; its 

 beautiful plumage, 221, 222 ; re- 

 flectious on the, 224; its habits, 

 224, 225. 



Kingfishers, i. 44, 245, 413; a rare 

 specimen, 467, 468 ; of the Mo- 

 luccas, ii. 146, 147; of New 

 Guinea, 430. 



Kissa-laut, long delay at, ii. 91. 



Klings, of India, in Singapore, i. 31. 



Kobror, map of, ii. 219 ; visited by 

 the natives of, 256. 



Kora-kora, a boat by which the 

 return to Ternate is effected, ii. 

 69; passengers and accommoda- 

 tions in the, 70 ; a snake on 

 board, 71. 



Kwammer, island of, ii. 93. 



L. 



Lahagi, a native of Ternate, ii. 23. 

 Lahi, a native of Gilolo, ii. 23, 24. 

 Laiemu, village of, ii. 89. 



