INDEX 



Hovelacque and Herve, on the great toe 

 in the anthropoids, 207 



Hoya imperialis, 264 ; a solvent for 

 upas, 280 



Humus, its production, in ; its in- 

 fluence on root-production, 386 



Huts, bamboo, 128 



Hybridism and species formation, 215 



Hydnophytum, 405 et seq. 



Hylobates Muelleri, 30 



Idols of the Mellanaos, 257, 265 ; made 



by author, 295 

 Igan river, 319 et seq. 

 Igan village, 322 

 Iguanura palmuncula, 114 

 Ikan, meaning of the word, 293 

 Implements, stone, in Borneo, 367 ; for 



making sago, 288 ; for spinning, 174 

 Indiarubber, 260, 3/4, 392 

 Insects, their connexion with Ficus, 394 ; 



with Nepenthes, 96, 405 etseq. : with 



orchids, 401 

 Instruments;, musical, of Kayans, 272 

 Iris, of Cymborhynchus, 134 

 Iron ores in Kayan country, 282, 371 

 Islands, floating, 259 

 Isoptera Borneensis, 92, 124, 391 

 Ixidia squamata, jy 



Jack-fruit, 27, 3,02 



Jars, ancient Chinese, 178, 365 



Java, fertility of, 368 



Javanese, early immigration of, 22 ; in 



Sarawak, 17 

 Joinvillea Borneensis, 128 

 Jungermannias, 28 

 Justice, administration of, in Sarawak, 



376 



Kadjamans, 298, 300, 302, 317, 363 



Kadjan, or Kajang, mats, 81, 223 



Kadjattao sago, 307 et seq. 



Kaladi (Alocasia), no 



Kam (or Akam) Diam, a Kayan chief, 

 298, 300, 302 ; Kam Lassa, 268 ; 

 Kam Lia, 290 ; Kam Nipa, 270 ; 

 Kam Uan, 272 



" Kamang " (mountain spirits), 62, no 



Kanowits, 317 ; people and river, 326 

 et seq., 335, 293, 328 



Kantu village and Dyaks, 174 



Kaolin, 352 



Kapit, trade at, 362 



Kapuas river, 130 ; tribes of, 317 ; lakes, 

 183 et seq. 



Karangan river, 130 



" Karangan " (diamondiferous gravel- 

 beds), 126 



Karins, or Karens, of Burma, resemble 

 Dyaks, 366 



Karsten, on respiratory roots, 83 



Katti, equivalent weight of a, 268 



Kayan auguries, 281 ; dances, 271, 307, 

 309 ; canoes, 307 ; as watermen, 

 312 et seq. ; songs, 366 ; houses. 

 268 ; funeral ceremonies, 275 ; 

 fetishes, 267, 300 ; tombs, 268 ; 

 roofs, 268 ; chiefs, 269, 270 ; women, 

 271 ; dress, 271, 275, 278 ; collecting 

 camphor, 272 ; decorations, 276 ; 

 weapons, 278, 282 ; perforation of 

 penis, 278 ; character, 280, 281 ; 

 work iron, 282 ; origin of name, 

 366 ; number in Sarawak, 373 ; 

 slaves, 306 ; masquerades, 306 ; 

 309 ; human sacrifices of, 364 



Kayans, 264, 267 et seq., 302, 310, 

 365 ; of the Bulungan, 362 ; of the 

 Batang-Kayan, 362 ; of the Tubao, 

 267 et seq. ; of the Tunei, 296 



Kedjans, or kedjangs, 300, 312 



Keppel, Admiral, 42, 246, 356 



Ketibas river, 317, 336 ; Dyaks of, 42, 

 312 



Kina Balu, 248, 256 ; height of, 248 ; 

 possibly volcanic, 372 ; population 

 near, 253 ; flora of, 411 



King, Sir George, on Fici, 123, 394 



Kinyas, 317, 362 ; on the Barram, 281 



Klai tribes, 317 



Kog-go lizard, 35 



Koom village, 123, 124 



Korthalsia, a formicarian plant, 407, 

 408 



Koti river, 317, 362 ; source of, 303 ; 

 ruins on, 366 



Krah monkey, 30 



Krempelhuber, on Bornean lichens, 28 



Krian tribes, 317 



Kruing oil, 223 



Kuching, 4 et seq. ; soil of, 28 ; of to- 

 day, 372 et seq. ; Chinese revolu- 

 tion at, 358 



Kunsi (Chinese headman), 154 et seq. 

 " Kurap," skin disease, 60, 325 



Labbang village, 266, 290 



Labuan, 244 et seq., 360 ; coal of, 185 



Ladja, a Baloi Dyak, 325 ; is wounded, 



326 ; in holiday attire, 339 

 Lakes, Kapuas, iS 3 et seq. ; flora of, 



187, 411 

 Lala°e terat, 13 1 

 Lalang grass, 6, 411 

 Lamadjan, 184 

 Lampei Hill, 186 

 Lamprophorus nitens, 75 

 Lanan tribes, 317 

 Landak river, source of, 130 

 Langsat fruit, 25 

 Languages of Borneo, show no Chinese 



affinities, 366 

 Lanko (hut of Dyaks), construction of, 



Lanun tribes, 21, 225 

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