A NATURALIST IN CELEBES 



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highest point— Recent history of the Huang— The lava roads— The 

 descent— Difficulties of the collector— Biarro-TanjongAroa— Caves 

 —Edible birds' nests— The foam of the sea— PoUicipes— Disticho- 

 pora — Farewell to the ' Flying Fish ' 37 



CHAPTEB IV 



TALISSE ISLAND 



Reasons for settling in this island — Inhabitants and topography of the 

 island— B very-day life in the island— Surface dredging — The ' Pan- 

 churan' — Work on the reefs — Food — Temperature and barometric 

 pressure — Insect pests — Evening amusements— The coolies — 

 Diseases of the natives — My house — Attap — The gardens — Deer- 

 kraal — Hill climbing — Mangrove swamps — Collecting orchids — The 

 plantations — Planting coco-nuts — Ebony — Kinabohutan — Pirates — 

 Banka, Tindela, and Ganga — Absence of coral reefs on shores ex- 

 posed to the N.N.E. — Our visitors — The post prau— Native songs — 

 The ' Minahassa ' — An Arab 55 



CHAPTEE V 



FAUNA OF TALISSE 



Mammals — Babirusa and sapiutan both absent — The baboon — The cus- 

 cus — Bats — Parrots — Eagles — Kingfishers — Eurystomus — Swifts — 

 Crows — Shrikes — Starlings — Nectar-birds — Pigeons — Maleos — 

 Sandpipers — Egrets — Reptiles — Amphibia — Insects — Spiders — 

 Centipedes — Phosphorescent millipede 81 



CHAPTEE VI 



MAEINE FAUNA OF TALISSE SHORES 



Depth of Talisse Sea — Shore gradients — Fauna of the sea-bottom — 

 Structure of corals — Principal types of corals- A ramble on the coral 

 reefs— Fauna of the lagoon— Fauna of the mangrove swamp — The 

 food of corals— The colour of corals . 106 



CHAPTEE VII 



TO SANGIR AND TALAUT 



Arrival of the ' Ternate ' at Talisse— Lirung—Saha Islands— The rajah 

 of Pulutan — Nanusa Archipelago — Kampong Karaton — Raised coral 

 reefs — Legend of Mengampit — Alaoruru — Mangarang — Abundance 

 o butterflies — B4o — Terrible sickness — Glorious sunset — Sangir 



