CONTENTS. 



Kahan, or Proboscis Monkey— Birds— Megapode — Chick-chaek — 

 Barking Lizard — Iguanas— Cobra — Pythons — Electric Snake — 

 Scorpions — Centipedes— Cicadas — Beetles— Hemiptera— Desecra- 

 tion of European Graves — Isolated Position of the Residents of 

 Labuan 1^2 



CHAPTEE XII. 



LABUA2!f [coniinued). 



Butterflies of Labuan— Mode of Flight— Number of Species— Dominant 

 Species — Butterflies of Pulo Daat— Hermit Crabs — Cocoa-nut 

 Planting— Dragon-Flies— Water Beetles — Jungle Spiders— Car- 

 penter-Bee and Mason-Wasp — Eulima and StiUfer — Alligators — 

 Mollusca— Feather-Stars— Nudibranchs— Mantle-cutting Doris- 

 Land Shells— Eeef at Pulo Pappan—Dendractinia— Weather at 

 Labuan — Luminous Fungi 181 



CHAPTEE XIII. 



SARAWAK. 



Entrance to River — ^Antimony Anchorage — Tamuh-puti — Drift-wood — 

 Town of Kuching — Former Condition of Sarawak — Sir James 

 Brooke — Prospects of the Settlement — The Tuan Muda — The 

 Dyaks — Their Superstitions — Miss Burdett Coutts' Estate — Gambler 

 planting — Flying Squirrel — Flying Lizard — Flying Foxes — Vege- 

 table Productions — Rain — Italian Naturalists — Quadrupeds — 

 Domestic Animals— Dyed Fowls — Reef at Pulo Marundum . . 201 



CHAPTEE XIV. 



THE SARAWAK RIVER. 



Eclipse of the Moon— Boats and Rowers— First Halt — Reach the Rapids 

 — The Datu and Chief Hadji — Diamond-washing— Gold — The Last 

 Rapid— Dress of the Dyaks — The Council— Scenery of the River — 

 Mode of Producing Fire — Journey Continued — Incidents — Change 

 Prahu for Canoes — Return Down Rapids in the Dark — Bivouac — 

 Malay Boat-songs — Limestone Cavern— Berlidah — Ascent of Penin- 

 jau — Dyak Village of Serambo — Rajah's Summer Residence — 

 Bombok — Return to Sarawak 220 



