INDEX 



Leaves, changing position with rain, 80 ; 

 covered with parasitic plants, 69 ; 

 of nipa-palm, 81 ; the largest 

 known, 236 ; smooth, the best con- 

 densers, 28 ; shape of, in forest 

 trees, 386 ; narrow, 305, 393 ; 

 variegated, 342, 387 



Lead, in Sarawak, 371 



Leeches, 10, 155, 165 



LeppnTeppus, 362 ; LeppuBams, 362 



Leprieur, on flowering freshwater algae, 



Leprosy, 131 



Leptasis urceolata, 385 



Leptothrix punctiformis, 192 



Leuconotis elasticus, 260 



Lianas, 391 



Liberian coffee, 369 



Lichens, their predilection for smooth 



bark, 28 

 Licuala Bintulensis, 259 ; L. Borneensis, 



284 ; L. cordata, 298 ; L. olivce- 



formis, 284 ; L. orbicularis, 70 ; 



L. paludosa, 286 ; L. spathellifera, 



259 

 Limestone rocks, 57, 123, 170 

 Limnophila sessiliflora, 188 

 Limnotis Lowei, 10 

 Lingga River, 41, 138, 345, ; fort, 138 

 Lizards, 34, 35 

 Lobang Angin, 132 

 Lobiophasis bulweri, 312 

 Loranthus, 141, 389 

 Lotus ((Nelumbium speciosum), 102 

 Loureiro, on length of rotangs, 114 

 " Love-grass," 5 

 Low, Hugh Brooke, 363 ; on Kayan 



songs, 366 

 Low, Sir Hugh, 246 et seq. ; on an 



arrow poison, 278 

 Lowianthus Borneensis, 399 

 Lumnitzera coccinea, 81 

 Lundu river, 98, 229 

 Lyell, Sir Charles, on cave-exploration 



in Borneo, 217 



Macaranga caladifolia, 407 



Macrosolen Beccarii, 389 



M acacus cynomolgus , 30 ; M . nemestrinus, 



30 



Maccuccia grandi flora, no 



Mahakam. See Makam 



Makam, or Mahakam, river, 304, 362 



Malays, 19 et seq. ; typical mental 

 characteristics, 242 ; physical, 22 ; 

 an aquatic people, 239. 250 ; their 

 knowledge of fish, 239 ; their 

 number in Sarawak, 373 ; titles, 4 



Mammals, Bornean, chiefly adapted for 

 arboreal existence, 37 ; flying, 35 

 et seq. 



Man, origin of white, 220 ; the creator 



of domesticated plants, 308 ; an- 

 tiquity of, 308 ; place of origin of, 

 217 ; origin of black, 220 ; his 

 first idea of weapons of the chase, 



139 



" Manang," on Shamans, 52 



" Manet," derivation of word, 263 



Mango, 25 ; wild, 165 



Mangosteen, 25 ; wild, 130 



Mangroves, 81, 83 



Mantegazza on Neogenesis, 214 



Mapania versicolor, 388 



Maranta zebrina, 388 



Marcano, on black water, 182 



Mariscus umbellatus, 131 



Marop, 142 et seq. ; grasses at, 192 ; 

 scarcity of plants at, 146 ; butter- 

 flies at, 153. 



Market at Bruni, 252 



Marriage ceremony of Lingga Dyaks, 27 



Marsh plants, 188, 320 



McDougall, Bishop, 40 



Masks and dances of Kayans, 307 



Massif, Central of Borneo, 373. See also 

 under Batu Puti and Batu Tibang 



Matonia pectinata, 96 



Mats, Kadjan, 81, 223 ; made from ginger 

 fibre, 176 



Mattang, Mt., 66 et seq., 88 et seq., 106 

 et seq., height of, 85 ; house on, 

 71, 73, 88 ; ascent of, 68 ; storms 

 on, 119 ; dipterocarps of, 90 ; rich- 

 ness of its flora, 89 ; its forest of 

 great antiquity, 93 ; coffee planta- 

 tion on, 108 ; meaning of the name, 

 109 ; temperature on, 88 ; mea- 

 surement of trees on, 89 



"Mattang" (tabu of the Dyaks), 267, 



293 



Mattangs (places characterised by 

 special vegetation), 16 ; at Marop, 

 147 ; analogous to Brazilian cara- 

 pos, 147 ; on the Umpanang, 189 



Mattirolo, Prof., on disantholisation, 404 



Mayas (see Orang-utan) Kassa, 144, 145, 

 195, 196, 199, 204, 205 ; Rambei, 

 145, 166; Tjaping, 145, 147, 163, 

 197, 199 



Medinillopsis Beccariana, 278 



Melaleuca leucodendron, 223 



Melastoma Beccarianum, 252 



Meliet river, 334, 335 



Mellanaos, 257, et seq. ; votive house, 

 288 ; graves and carving, 265 ; 

 human sacrifices among, 364 ; num- 

 ber of, in Sarawak, 373 



Mengkabang oil, 84, 124 



Mercury in Sarawak, 371 



Microcasia pygmcea, 333 



Milletia sp., 392 



Mill for husking rice, 345 



Mimicry, 76 ; from environment, 214 



Minkilon tribe, 317 



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