CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER II. 



SOJOURN AT KOSALA IN BANTAM. 



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Leave Genteng — Native blacksmiths at Sadjira — Hotsprings of Tjipanas 

 Birds and plants at Tjipanas — Inyitation to Kosala — The Kosala 

 estate — The curious disease Lata — 'J'he Waii-wau — Birds — Bees — 

 White ants — Great trees — Lons drought and its consequences — The 

 Hemileia vastatrix, a fungoid blight and the buifalo disease — Flora 

 and fauna of Kosala Mountains — Singular living ants' nests and their 

 development — Orchids at Kosala and some curious devices for secur- 

 ing self-fertilisation — Ancient remains in the forest — The Karangs 

 and their curious rites — The Badui-^-Beligion and superstitions of the 

 people of Bantam — Leave Kosala .. .. .. .. .. 66 



CHAPTEE III 



SOJOUBN AT PENGELENGAN, IN THE PEEANGER REGENCIES. 



Leave Buitenzorg for the Preanger Begencies — Journey to Bandong ia a 

 pOst-cart^Bandong — Thence to Pengelengan — ^Visit to the famous 

 Cinchona Gardens of the Government — Plant-life in the surrounding 

 mountains — The Upas-tree-^Crater flora — Land slips and the 

 power of rain — Interesting birds — The Badger-headed Mydaus — The 

 Banteng, or wild cattle — Wild dogs — Leave Pengelengan for Batavia 105 



Appendix TO Part II. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 118 



PAET III. 

 IN SUMATRA. 



CHAPTEE I. 



SOJOURN IN THE LAMPONGS. 



Leave Batavia for Telok-betong— Lampong Bay — Telok-betong — Leave 

 for Gedong-tetahan — Forest scenery by the way — Escape from a 

 tiger — Flowers in the forest— Gedons;-tetahan — Birds and insects 

 there — ^Move to Kotta-djawa— The village — Ruthless destruction of 

 the forest — Trees — Entomological treasures — Move to Gunung Trang 

 — The pepper trade — Birds there — Interesting butterflies ,. ., 125 



CHAPTEE II. 



SOJOURN IN THE LAMP0NG8 (continued'). 



Move towards the Tengamus Moimtain — Butterflies found on the journey 



thither^-Tiohmomon — The Balai, a characteristic institution-^De- . 

 . scent of the Lamponge's — Their knguage — Divisions of the province . 



