CONTENTS 



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CHAPTER I 



The Sarawak River — Kuching — Our House and its Surroundings 

 — First Impressions in the Forest — A Road over Tree 

 Trunks — Leeches — Siul and Tuan-ku Yassim — Gigantic 

 Cicadas — Fig-trees and Birds — An Exploration towards 

 Mattang .......... i 



CHAPTER II 



The People at Kuching — Trades and Professions — The Chinese 

 — The Malays of Borneo and their Origin — Arabs and 



islamism — hybridisms probable aborigines in borneo 



The Malays a Mongrel Race — Their Physical Characters 

 and Dress . ......... 17 



CHAPTER III 



The Fruits of Sarawak — The Mangosteen and its Habitat — 

 Origin of Cultivated Fruits—The Pinang — Our Menagerie 



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