%ii -CONTENTS. 



CHAPTEE VII. 



SOJOUBN IN THE PALEMBAKG RESIDENCY (continued). 



TAOB 



Leave Taiidjong-Ning — Padang Ulak-Tandjong — Kepala Tjurup — Hot 

 ' springs of- the Kaba — Earthquake — botanical features —Curious 

 plants — Fertih'sation of Melastoma — A pilgrimage — The crater of 

 the Kaba — ^The nomadic Kubus — Kupit river scenery — Gold- 

 gatherers — Muara-rupit — The Durian^Surulangun — ^Thieves and 

 thieves' calendars— Malay dignity — Leave for Muara Mengkulem .. 225 



CHAPTER VIII. 



SOJOURN IN THE PALEMBANG RESIDENCY (continued). 



Muara Mengkulem — Eefiised entrance into the Djambi Sultanate — ^Napal 

 Litjin^Peak of Karang-nata — Geological formation — Botanical 

 features — Birds — Hemipteron milked by ants— Bakit life-^Bigin- 

 telok — Water roads — An escape from drowning — Pau — Kiver squall 

 — Approach to Palembang — Biver life and its massive joy — The 

 town of Palembang — Eeturn to Batavia .. .. .. .. 250 



Appendix TO Part III. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 261 



PAET IV. 

 IN TEE MOLUCCAS AND IN TIMOB-LAUT. 



CHAPTEE I, 



FROM JAVA TO AMBOINA. 



Sojourn in Buitenzorg, Java-rrLeaye for Amboina accompanied by my 

 ■wife — Friends on board — Call at Samarang and Sourabaya in Java — • 

 Macassar in Celebes — Bima in Sumbawa — Larantuka in Flores — 

 Cupang and Dilly in Timor— ^Banda, the island of nutmeg gardens ,. 283 



CHAPTER II. 



AMBOINA. 



Amboina — Eeception by Mr. Eesident Eiedel — ^Delay — Visit interior of 

 Amboina — Paso — ^Move to Wai — The people there — The flora and 

 fauna — Return to Amboina .. .. .. .. .. .. 288 



