A NATVBALI8T IN CELEBES 



the gumutu of the Arenga palm, 



296 

 Murray's views on origin of barrier 



reefs, &o. (52), 151 

 Musa mindanensis (B), 179, 334 

 Mushroom, Pachyma tuber-re- 



gium (B), 196 

 Music, Sangirese, 78 

 Miissa (Z), 124 

 Mussaenda frondosa (B), 183 

 Mussohenbroek, van, formerly Ee- 



sident of Manado, 183, 226, 327 

 Mustiea (Mai.) = a charm ; M. 



oalappa, a coco-nut pearl, 331 

 Mus xanthurus (Z), 229 

 Myriapoda (Z), 105 

 Myristica (B), the nutmeg tree, 



168 

 Myristicivora lucticosa (Z), 93 

 Mythology of the Minahassers, 



Chap. X. 



Na afloop bal (Dutch) = At the con- 

 clusion, a ball, 6 



Nangka (Mai.) trees = Artocarpus 

 (B), 168 



Nanusa Islands (Map II., p. 156), 

 159 ; evidence of recent eleva- 

 tion of, 165 ; marriage laws, 

 167, 287 



Naseus (Z), 113 



Native medicines, 66 



Natives of Minahassa, 12 



Naturalists and travellers in Mina- 

 hassa, 327 



Nectar birds (Z), 92, 155 



Negori v: negari (Mai.) = a small 

 district or a suburb 



Negori barn, a district of Manado 

 (Map I. p. 12), 206 



Nematocysts, the stinging cells of 

 Ccelenterata, 146 



Nephelium lappaceum (B), 206 



Nests (edible) of Collooallia, 50; 

 birds' nests in the tropics, 156 



Niasers, inhabitants of Nias island 

 W. of Sumatra, lat. 1°N., 243 



Nicobar pigeon, 183 



NisoB, king of Megara, story, 315 



Nocturnal visits in courtship, 272 



Numenius phceopus, (Z), 96 



Nutmegs (B), 210 



Oak (B), 236 



Oath-taking in Manado, 346 



Observation spot, Tindela island, 



39 

 Octopus (Z), 136 

 Odontolabis celebensis (Z), 100 

 Omar, an Arab, 227, 230 

 Olo-Ngadjus, a race of men living 



in South-East Borneo, 259, 300 

 Ophidiaster (Z), 139 

 OpMocephalus striatus (Z), 221 

 Ophiurids (Z), 108 

 Opziohter (Dutch), overseer or 



superintendent, 16, 56 

 Orang (Mai.) = a man, 0. petenong, 



a priest, 188 

 Orang blanda (Mai.), Dutchmen : 



' blanda ' is a Malay corruption 



of the word HoUanda, 326 

 Orange, fort in Makassar, 5 

 Oranges (B),206 

 OrbitoUtes (Z), 29, 139 

 Orchids, best place for, 71 

 Ordeals in Minahassa, 350 

 Oriolus celebensis (Z), 92 : 0. for- 



mosus, 191 

 Organ pipe coral (Z), 124 

 Osprey (Pandion leucocephalus 



(Z), 87, 158 

 Ostracion arcus (Z), 114 

 Ourata, an island in the Nanusa 



Archipelago (Map II. p. 156), 166 



Paal (Dutch), literally apole, hence 



the distance between two poles, 



nearly one English mile, 211 

 Pachyma tuber-regiwm (B), 196 

 Baku (Sang.), fringe of hair worn 



by men of Saugir, 204 

 Pala (Mai.) trees = Myrislica (B), 



168 

 PalcBmm ornatus (Z), 105, 221 

 Palenti trees, 179 

 Panchuran (Mai.) = a water-spout, 



59, 105 

 Pandion Uucoceplialus (Z), 87,158 

 Pansies (B), 226 

 Papaya, Carica papaya (B), 195 

 PapilioBlumeiCZ,),^^; P.dcedalus, 



99 ; P. polytes, 100 ; P. pan- 



man, 100 

 Paposanan, an altar, 251 

 Papuan art, 337 

 Papung (Sang.), a nobleman, p. 



tuwas, p. beka, p. timbang, 193 

 Parastia (Z), 100 

 Parang (Mai.), a short sword or 



dagger, 266 



