INDEX 



Denison, W., on a former waterway from 



Sambas to Sarawak, 56 

 De Notaris, on Hepaticae of Borneo, 101 

 Depilation, practised by Kayans, 278 ; 



by Celebes tribes, 278 

 Derris uliginosa, 241 

 Diamonds, 121 et seq., 371 

 Dichilanthe Borneensis, 187 

 Didymocarpus bullata, 96 ; D. rufescens, 



96 

 Dillema Indica, 124 ; D. suffruticosa, 6, 



3° 

 Diospyros, flowering period of, 90 



Dipsas dendrophila, 33 



Dipterocarpece, 91 et seq. ; on Gunong 

 Poe, 99, 102 



Dipterocarpus Lowii, 223 ; D. oblongi- 

 folius, 92 



Disantholisation, 404 



Diseases among the Punans, 303 



Dissemination, of forest species, 68 ; of 

 Dichilanthe, 187 ; of ground-plants 

 by earthworms, 112 



Divinities of the Sea-Dyaks, 50 



Dogs, wild. 166 ; Dyak, 225, 226 ; a 

 pest to the traveller, 298, 188, 150 ; 

 Kay an, 282 



Doria, Marchese Giacomo, 109 ; returns 

 to Europe, 85 



Draco volans, 35 



Dragon's blood, 231, 233, 234 



Dryobalanops, camphor-yielding, 272 



Duel by water, 177 



Dugong, 224 



Durian (Durio zibetinus), 166 ; wild, 

 286 ; its place of origin unknown, 

 25, 60 



Durio carinatus, 286 ; D. dulcis, 110 



Dyak, songs, 48 ; head-hunting, 44, 46, 

 50 ; albino, 327 ; mission, 41, 

 344 ; cosmography, 337 ; trial by 

 water, 177 ; love customs, 172 ; 

 mode of climbing trees, 107 ; fear 

 of mountain summits, 62, no, 

 158 ; interpretation of dreams, 158 ; 

 stories of orangs, 204 ; backwoods- 

 manship, 333 ; modeof cookingrice, 

 157 ; names of, 191 ; justice, 338 



Dyaks, Land, 53 ; head-houses of, 54 ; 

 houses of , 54 ; appearance, 60 ; 

 character, 61 ; food of, 61 ; crema- 

 tion among, 61 ; superstition, 62 ; 

 houses, dress, weapons, etc., 63 et 

 seq. 



Dyaks, Sea, 42 et seq. 



Earrings, 46, 263, 264 

 Earthquakes in Borneo, 372 

 Earthworms, their influence on the 



distribution of plants, 112 

 Eggs, of turtle, 98 ; of frog in pitchers 



of Nepenthes, 96 

 Elateriospermum tapos, 129 



Elephantiasis, 241 



Elephantopus scaber, 192 



Eleusine Indica, 192 



Elceis guineensis in Labuan, 245 



Endomychidce, 115 



Enhalus acoroides, 85 



Entabei river, 329 et seq. 



Environment, action of, 118, 207 et 



seq. 

 Epiphytes of the Bornean forests, 397 ; 



on mangroves, 83 

 Erect posture in anthropoids, 217 

 Erotylidcs, 115 

 Erycibe longifolia, 299 

 Eucalyptus, giant, 330 

 Eugeissonia, on Mount Wa, 128 ; on 



Pulo Burong, 138 ; E. ambigua, 189; 



E. insignis, 85, 344 ; E. minor, 99 ; 



E. utilis, 249, 254, 307, 308 

 Eugenia saligna, 299 ; E. riparia, 299 

 Euphorbias inodorous in Borneo, 391 ; 



ant-harbouring, 407 

 Euplocomus nobilis, 159 

 Eusideroxylon Zwageri, 89 

 Everett, Mr. A. H., finds stone axe in 



Borneo, 367 ; on wild pigs, 38 

 Evolution, author's ideas on, 207 et 



seq. 

 Exccecavia agallocha, 81 

 Exports of Sarawak, 374 

 Eye of Cymborhynchus, 134 



Facial expansions in the orang, 149 et 



seq. ; 194 et seq. ; in man, 197 

 Fagrcea stenophylla, 299, 393 

 Falcon, miniature (Hierax), 1 1 

 Fea, L., on dress of Kachin women, 44 ; 

 on the name Kayan, 366 ; on 

 mode of obtaining fire in Burma, 236 

 Fecundation, in Cryptocoryne bullosa, 



341 ; in Enhalus acoroides, 85 

 Felis nebulosa, 37, 277 

 Ferns, aquatic, 292 

 Fertility of soil, near Kuching, 28 ; 



of Borneo generally, 368 

 Fete, Chinese, 153 ; Sea-Dyak, 48 

 Fever, Chinese mode of reducing, 151 

 Fibre, of Arenga, 232 ; of Zingiberaceous 



plants, 176 

 Ficus, 12, 394 et seq. ; F. acidula, 123 ; 



F. Miquelii, 180 ; F. pisifera, 180 ; 

 F. parietalis, 180 ; F. consociata, 

 180; F. cucurbitina, 180. (For the 

 various species see Append., p. 394.) 



Figs. See Ficus 



Fire, Dyak methods of obtaining, 235, 

 236 



Fireflies, 75, ~6 



Fish, a native test for thieves, 240 ; 

 archer, sumpitan, or shooting, 139 ; 

 dungan, 175 ; brilliantly coloured 

 of the Umpanang, 181 ; " talking " 

 or sound producing, 240 ; taking 



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