442 



INDEX. 



Insects of Ascension, 423 

 Insecurity of Labuau, 180 



Hong Kong, 325 

 Insurrectionary movements in China, 



34a 

 Intolerance of Manilla ffovemment, 



304 



James Town, 419 



Java sparrow, 15 



Johore, shores of, 288 



Joss house at Pratas island, 20 



Jungle of Labuan, 155 



Junks, 16 



masts, 139 



KabaJan village of Sau-o, 103 

 Kaleewan river, 102 

 Kalong, 212 

 Ke-lung, arrival at, 82 

 island, 83, 118 

 people of, 83 

 Keramidia, 259 

 Klings, 245 



women, 246 



dhobies, 247 



religious ceremonies, 248 



bird-catchers, 257 

 Kok-si-kon, 58 

 Kok-singa, 58 

 " Koong-haye," 313 

 Ko-tou, 313 

 Kubong, 210 

 Kwang-yin hills, 65 



Labuan coal mines, 157 



quality of, 168 

 settlement of, 163 

 Ladies of Formosa, 45 

 Lake habitations, 14, 244 

 Land crabs, 40, 42 



Dyaks, 207 

 Language of China, a barrier, 349 

 Lanterns (Chinese), 310 

 Leaping fish, 41, 287 

 Leiothrix luteus, 320 

 Lichens of Ascension, 423 

 Light correlative with nerve force, 



407 

 Lightning in the tropics, 12 

 Ligia, 51 



Literary examinations in China, 341 

 Lougwood, 419 

 Love grass, 155 

 LucemaridsB, 360 

 Lucky stones, 313 

 Luminosity of the sea, 391 



categories of, 393 



Luminosity of Singapore harbour, 

 395 

 spontaneous, 402 

 not dependent on wind, 

 404 

 Luminous sheath to ship, 395, 398, 

 404 

 patches, 398 

 flashes, 401 

 fish, 406 

 mucus, 408 



what classes of animals 

 are, 409 



Mandarin of Makung, 51 

 Mbang-ka, 07 



visits ship, 68 

 of Tam-suy, 09 

 processions at Canton, 317 

 " Mandarin's leg," 138 

 Makung, 47 



absence of trees at, 50 

 Malays of Singapore, 242 

 women, 243 

 villages, 243 

 Manilla, 293 

 Marattia, 232 

 Mariveles, 293, 306 

 Martin, Mr., Sarawak, 209 

 Marundum reef, 218 

 Mbang-ka, Formosa, 66 

 " Meerschaum," 148 

 Megapode, 168 

 MeEa, new species, 150 

 Memorial on Western Education, 346 

 Mestizas of Manilla, 295 

 Middle island, Haitan, 130 

 Milky sea, 403 

 Milvus govinda, 40 

 Mimosa, 259 

 Min, river, 138 

 Mina bird, 321 



Modulus eaten at Makung, 49 

 Mollusoa of Labuan, 193 

 Monkeys in Formosa, 40 

 Labuan, 165 

 Moon blindness, 308 



shaped patches of light, 398 

 explanation of, 400 

 Mosque of the Klings, 248 



Napoleon Bonaparte, 419 

 Nepenthes, 155 

 Neptunus pelagicus, 367 

 Nibong palm, 202, 214 

 Nipa pahn, 259 

 Noctilucse, 259 



at Singapore, 395 



