INDEX 



Abauria excelsa, 109, 269, 330 



Aboi village, 327 



Acanthus ilicifolius, 82 



Actodromas albescens, 120 



Adaptation, 209 et seq. ; of marine 



plants, 262 ; of riverside plants, 



2 9? '• 3°5 '• OI Kapuas flora, 187 ; 



of orangs to arboreal life, 202 et 



seq. 

 Adiposities in cheeks of orangs, 146, 



194 et seq. 

 Adenanthera pavonina, 122 

 Adenosma villosum, 192 

 JEgialitis peronii 120 ; JE. mongolicus 



120 ; JE. geoffroyi, 120 

 JEgiceras major, 81 

 Africa, cursive mammals of, 37 ; man 



first bipedal in, 220 

 Agarics, phosphorescent, 75, 102 

 Agathis Beccarii, 99 ; Borneensis, 100 

 Agrostistachys Borneensis, 238 ; longi- 



folia, 238 

 Alang-alang; see Lalang 

 Alasmodonta Vondembuschiana, 352 

 Albino, Dyak, 143, 327 ; squirrels, 132 

 Algae, Freshwater, 104, 192, 314; 



Marine, 227 

 Alocasia, no, 300 ; A. macrorhiza, no 

 Alpinia crocidocalyx, 160 

 Amanita phalloides, 102 

 A maranthus mangostanns, 113 

 Amorphophallus titanum, 333 

 Ampar village, 189 

 Andropogon aciculatus, 5 

 Anona muricata, 26 ; A. reticulata, 27 ; 



A. squamata, 26 

 Anthropoids and man, 216 

 Antiaris toxicaria, 158, 252, 278 et seq., 



309 



Antimony, 56, 371 



Antiquities found in Sarawak, 366 



Ants, 160, 348 ; and formicarian plants, 



404 ; white, 9 ; nests, 161 

 " Antu " or spirits, 50 

 Apis dorsata, 106 ; A. nigrocincta, 106 

 Arabs in Borneo, 19, 22 

 Arachnanthe Lowei, 247, 399 

 Arboreal animals characteristic of 



Borneo, 37 

 Archaeology of Borneo, 366, 367 



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Arctictis binturong, 37 



Areca Borneensis, 322, 396; A. catechu, 



27, 322 ; A. concinna, 27; A. fur- 



cata, 298 ; A. minuta, 70 

 Arenga brevipes, no; A. saccharifera, 



48, 232, 309; A. undiilatifolia, 237, 



284 

 Argus pheasant, Argusianus argus, 117 ; 



Bornean {A. grayi), 117 

 A rius, 1 60 

 Aroid, enormous, 300 ; the smallest and 



largest, 333 

 Arrow, bow and, unknown in Borneo, 



279 

 Arrows, sumpitan, 284 

 Artocarpus integrifolia, 27 

 Asplenium esculentum, 333 

 Astana at Kuching, 355 

 Atap mats, 79 

 Atavic characters, 211 

 " Atja " (fishing-line), 175 

 Attoi river, ^t,^ 



Auguries drawn from birds, 328 

 Autochthones of Borneo, 364 

 Autocreation of species, 213 

 Avicennia officinalis, 81, 83 

 Avifauna of Borneo, notes on, 32, 115 



et seq. 

 Axes, stone, 367 ; of present day 



(bilion), 66 



Balassan village, 139 



Bale river tribes, 317 



Baloi river, 243, 303 et seq. ; Kayans of 

 362 



Balu Dyaks, 41 



Bamboo, no, 392 ; used as plant 

 pots, 306 ; slender, 238 ; used 

 in production of fire, 236 ; the 

 food of banteng, 311; containing 

 water, 126 ; domestic introduced, 

 128 ; huts, 128 ; bridges, 125, 127 



Bambusa solida, 392 ; B. wrayi, 280 ; 

 B, viridi-glaucescens, 126 



Bananas, 27; wild, 336; on the Baloi, 

 159 ; on the Sarawak, 123 



" Bangkong " (war canoes) of Dyaks, 47 



Banjarmasin, derivation of word, 303 ; 

 antiquities found at, 366 ; source of 

 river, 304 



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