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INDEX. 



Pearl shells, the chief staple of the 

 Aru trade, ii. 287. 



Pelah, bad account of, ii. 29; journey 

 to, 130. 



Penrissen Mountains, at the head 

 of the Sarawak river, i. 113. 



Peters, Mr. of Awaiya, ii. 78. 



Phalsenopis grauditiora, ii. 189. 



Pheasant, great Argus, country of, 

 i. 51. 



Pheasants, in Sumatra and Borneo, 

 i. 167, 168. 



Phihppine Islands, i. 6 ; active and 

 extinct volcanoes in, 9, 11; black 

 woolly races of the, ii, 451. 



Phosphoric light, rushing streams 

 of, ii. 167. 



Physical geography {see Archipe- 

 lago). 



Pieris, genus, ii. 83. 



Pig, wild, i. 22, 433. 



Pigs, their power of swimming, ii. 

 141. 



Pigeons, fruit, i. 189; various, 244, 

 245 ; several species of, 293 ; of 

 immense size, ii. 181 ; of New 

 Guinea, 430 

 . Pin, a strange novelty to the na- 

 tives, ii. 134. 



Pirates, on the Batchian coast, ii. 59; 

 Sir J . Brooke's suppression of, on 

 the coast of Borneo, ib. ; on the 

 coast of Aru, 210; attack the 

 praus and murder the crews, 211, 

 212. 



Pitcher plant, on Mount Ophir, i. 

 48; water in, 49; the plant in 

 Borneo, 127, 216. 



Pitta genus, ii. 136. 



Pitta celebensis, ii. 136. 



Pitta gigas, a beautiful bird of 

 \ Gilolo, ii. 16. 



Plants, on Mount Ophir (Ferns and 

 Pitcher Plants, see both), i. 48, 49 ; 

 rhododendrons, ib. ; zingibera- 

 ceous plants, 51 {see Durian and 

 Bamboo) ; on Pangerango moun- 

 tain, 181-185; geographical distri- 

 bution of, ii. 293, 295 et seq. ; dis- 

 tribution of, in New Guinea, 437. 



Plough, a native, i. 353 ; ploughing, 

 353, 354. 



Plumage of Birds of Paradise, 



changes of, ii. 398 et seq. 

 Polynesia, an area of subsidence, 



ii. 457. 

 Polynesian races, ii. 454, 455, 458; 



on the crania and languages of the, 



467, 468. 

 Pomali, or "taboo," i. 306. 

 Poppa, map of, ii. 332; difficulties 



near the island of, 337 et seq. 

 Portuguese, in Singapore, from 



Malacca, i. 31; in Malacca, 40, 41; 



bad government of, in Timor, 



307 ; expelled from Ternate by 



the Dutch, ii. 7; truly wonderful 



conquerors and colonizers, 192. 

 Pottery, carved tool for making, 



ii. 324. 

 Prau, native, of Macassar, ii. 160, 



161; the crew, 163, 168, 169; 



captain and owner of the, 170; 



dangerous defects of the, 171, 



172; comforts of the, 194. 

 Primula imperialis in Java, i. 1 83. 

 Productions, natural, contrasts of 



in the Malay Archipelago, i. 14; 



peculiarities of position in certain 



localities, 15-17; natural means 



of dispersal of, 16 ; a supposed 



case of natural dispersal, 25, 26 ; 



an exact parallel in the Malay 



Archipelago, 27, 28. 

 Ptilonopus pulchellus, ii. 354. 

 Ptilonopus superbus, and P. iogaster, 



ii. 54. 

 Ptiloris alberti, of N. Australia, ii. 



417. 

 Pumbuckle chief, in Lombock, i. 



259. 



R. 



Races, contrasts of, i.29; two distinct, 

 in the Archipelago, the Malays 

 and Papuans, 29, 30, ii. 439 et 

 seq. {see Malays and Papuans); 

 opinions of Humboldt and Prit- 

 chard, i. 29; indigenous race in 

 the island of Ceram, ii. 449 ; the 

 Timorese, 449, 450 ; the black 

 woolly-haired races of the Phi- 

 lippine and the Malay peninsula, 



