INDEX 



385 



Mangoes (B), 206 



Mangrove swamp ; at Bolioi Point, 

 23; in Talisse, 71, 140; condi- 

 tions for animal life in, 145 

 Mangrove tree (B), 140 



Manilla hemp, 334 



Mantehage, an island near Manado 

 (Map. I. p. 12), 158 



Manuel, 32 



Mapalu, 230 



Marcus, 32 



Marga (Bat.) = a clan, 286 



Marine fauna of Talisse shores. 

 Chap. VI., 106 



Market at Makassar, 5 ; at Manado, 

 206 



Marriage laws in Nanusa, 167 ; 

 in Sangir Islands, 197 ; in Mina- 

 hassa, 268 ; between persons of 

 difierent ranks, 278 



Marsupial sloth, 83 



Masearenhas, Pedro, Bishop of 

 Temate (1563), 193, 324 



Massape, a holy island near Siauw, 

 188 



Mat-making at Tondano, 333 



Matilalem, the ordeal by dipping, 

 350 



Matindas, story of, 309 



Matriarchal system. The mother 

 the head of the family, the hus- 

 band lives in the wife's village, 

 and, in some cases, house, descent 

 traced through female line, 197 



Maxims, 322 



Medicine in Talisse, native medi- 

 cines, 66 



Megacephalon maleo (Z), 41, 95 



Megapodms Gilherti (Z), 94 ; M. 

 sanghirensis, 95 



Melon (B), 168 



Menangkabawer Malays of the W. 

 coasts of Sumatra, 270 



Mengampit or Mahampi, an island 

 in the Nanusa archipelago (Map 

 II. p. 156), 166 ; legend of, 166 



Mengnupu, a,n island in the 

 Nanusa archipelago (Map II. p. 

 156), 166 



Mesenterial filaments of corals, 

 122 



Mesenteries of corals, 121 



Mesoprion (Z), 112, 206 



Metroxylon elatum (B), 217 



Migration of the Malays, 269 



MiUeporaplicata (Z), 128 ; M. aid- 

 cornis, 131 ; food of, 147 



Millepores (Z), 126 



Minahassa, 3, 4 ; natives of, 12 ; 

 journey through. Chapter IX.; 

 etymology of the word, 205 



' Minahassa,' schooner, 79 



Missionaries, influence of the, 38, 

 167, 178 ; history of the, 325 



Missionaries : Kelling, 38 

 Gunther, 167 ; Eichter, 169 ; 

 SteUer, 177; Wilken and 

 Schwartz, 204 ; Graafland, 356 ; 

 Portuguese, 193, 324 



Mode of keeping time in Man- 

 ganitu, 180 



Molluska (Z) of the Panchuran, 

 105 ; of the reefs, 135 ; of saha, 

 158 



M. H. v., Moluksche Handels 

 Vennootsohap (Molucca Trading 

 Company), Offices in the Kromme 

 Binnenkant, Amsterdam, 11, 

 56 



Mongondu, W. of Minahassa, see 

 Bolang Mongondu 



Mongondus, the inhabitants of 

 Bolang Mongondu, 243 



Monitor lizard (Z), 34 



Moon, sun, and stars, origin of, 

 244 



Moseley, researches on Hydro- 

 corallinEB, 52 (SI) ; on the rela- 

 tions of Syringopora, 130; on 

 eyes of Chiton, (50), 182 



Mosquitoes (Z), 64, 142 ; larvae of, 

 142 



Moths (Z), 41 



Motiara, loods — pUot, 40 



Motir, an island south of Temate, 

 356 



Mountains : Awu (about 5,000 ft. ?), 

 173; Bonthain (10,850 Amst. 

 feet), 1, 4 ; Batu Angus, (3,846 

 feet), 82 ; Gedeh (10,587 Amst. 

 feet), 235; Klabat (6,694 feet), 

 8, 82 ; Lokon (1,592-4 metres), 

 211 ; Kelelonde (1,827-1 metres), 

 82, 211 ; Manado tuwa (2,737 

 feet), 8, 211 ; Mahawu or 

 Bumengan (? feet), 250 ; Euang 

 (2,330 feet), 41 ; Saputan (? feet), 

 82 ; Siauw volcano, (5,924 feet), 

 155, 185; Two Sisters (4,300 

 feet), 357 



Mouth of corals, 121 



Mourning customs in Minahassa, 

 296 



Mumu, official sticks made from 

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