INDEX 



Seeds of Brackenridgea, 1S7 ; for 



weighing diamonds, 122 

 Segrat, 181/182, 189 

 Semnopithecus femoralis, 30 ; S. front- 



atus, 30 ; S. rnbicnndus, 142, 327 

 Sempio village, 130 

 Senankan, J30 

 Senna village, 130, 131 

 Sensitiveness in plants, 74, 402 

 Sepakko river, 297 

 Sepas torrent, 347 



Seribas Dyaks, dress of, 44 ; war ex- 

 peditions of, 47 

 Sericulture in Sarawak, 369 

 Shamans, 52 



Sharks, in Rejang river, 302, 313 

 Shelford, Dr., on stone axe from Upper 



Sadong, 367 

 Shells, pearl-yielding, 352 ; land, 227, 



267 

 Shorea, height of, 89 ; S. falcifera, 84 



Sian tribe, 317 

 Sibu tribe, 317 



Sibu (village on coast), 94 ; fort of 



Rejang river, 317, et seq. 

 Sibuyo, or Sabuyo Dyaks, 44, 347 

 Sigalang tribe, 317 



Silikao river, 304 



Silkworm rearing in Sarawak, 369 



Simanggan, 42, 139, 341 ; journey from 

 Sibu to, 326 et seq. 



Simla bicolor, 198 ; 5. satyrus, 200 



Simpor, large flowers of, 6 



Singapore, visit to, 85 



Singbi, 352 ; Dyaks, 109, 231 



Sintang, 186 



Sintas village, 130 



Siri or betel-chewing, origin of, 2j 



Sirus tribe, 317 



Sisir ornaments, 44, 45 



Siul, Mount, 5, 8 et seq. 



Skapan, 302 et seq. ; tribe of, 317 



Skeletons, preparation of orang, 194 



Snake fascinating frog, 34 ; python, 33 ; 

 flower, 34; poisonous, 35, 155; 

 number collected, 35 



Sodos, source of the Sadong, 130 



Solms-I.aubach, on Raffle sia, 104 



Songs of Dyaks, 48 ; of Kayans, 360 



Sonneratia acida, 80; S. lanceolata, 31, 

 80 ; root organs of, 83 



Soursop and sweetsop, 26 



Spathoglottis on Poe, 101 



Species, fixity of, 209 ; new, from 



t hybridising, 93 ; genesis of, 214 



Splicer othalamus insignis, no 



Sphtzropcens sulcatulus, 9 



Spirits of the Dyaks, 52 



Springs, hot, at Senna, 131 



Squirrel, albino, 132 ; flying, 36, 12 



Stapf, on flora of Kina Balu, 410 



Steatoparesis in orang-utan, 197 



Steatopygia in man, 196 



Stenophyllism, 299, 305, 392 



Sterna, 224 



St. John, on Bornean antiquities, 366, 

 367 ; on huge buttress planks, 

 269 ; on Gunong Tilong, 303 ; on 

 sharks in rivers, 313 ; ascends 

 Kina Balu, 248 ; on orang-utan, 

 200 



Stimuli, influencing organisms, 36 ; 

 of insects in the case of Ficus, etc., 

 394 ; of animals producing thorns, 

 115; acting in one place may pro- 

 duce effect in another, 403 ; have 

 little force at the present day, 214 



Stone, edible, 335.. 337 



Stone implements in Borneo, 367 



Strep si I as inter p res, 120 



Suar, or canoe-poling, 329 



Sugar, of Arenga, 232 ; cane unsuccess- 

 ful in Borneo, 368 



Sultan of Bruni, visit to, 250 ; death of, 

 356 



Snmpitan, 46, 278 et seq. ; method of 

 making, 331, 332 



Sinnpitan fish (Toxodes), 139 



Sumundjang, 348, 349 



Sungei river, 2 



Sunta river, 121, 352 



Sus verrucosus, 140 



Syzygium neri folium, 299, 392 



Taboo, or " Pamali," 267, 293, 306 



Tajau jars, 178, 365 



Tamadao, or Tambadao, (Bos Sondai- 

 cus), 311 



Tama-Dian, Kayan chief, 306 



Taman tribe, 317 



Tangling (Mards javanica), 30 



Tanjong, meaning of word, 2 ; T. 

 Datu, 224, 226 



Tanjong tribe, 317 



Tapang, 107 et seq., 269, 281 ; height 

 of, 330 (and see under Abauria.) 



Tapir, 38 



Tappo Kakas village, 125 



Tar sins spectrum attracted by Nepen- 

 thes, 407 



Tattooing among the Kayans, 278 



Temperature at Mattang, 88 ; at 

 Marop, 162 ; in the forest, 334 



Temples, Hindu, in Borneo, 366 



Terekia cinerea, 120 



Termites, 9 



Terns, nesting of, 224 



Tetranthera salicifolia, 299, 392 



Tctraspora gelatinosa, 192 



Tetrodon, sp., 240 



Teysmannia altifrons, 236, 395 



Thalassochelys caretta, 98 



Thismia Neptunis, in, 112 ; T. ophiuris, 

 in, 112 



Thorea flagelliformis, 104 



Thorns, theory on production of, 115 



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