CONTENTS. 



PAET I. 

 IN THE COCOS-KEELING ISLANDS. 



CHAPTER I. 



IN BATAVIA AND BUITENZORG. 



PAOIt 



Arrival in Batavia — First impressions — Buitenzorg and its Botanical 



Gardens.. .. .. .. ., .. .. .. .. 8 



CHAPTER II. 



SOJOTJKN IN THE COCOS-KEELING ISLANDS. 



Start for the Cocos-Keeling Islands — In the Straits of Sunda — An unex- 

 pected pilot — Arrival — -Histoiy of the colony there — Terrible cyclones 

 — Home life of the colonists now — The reef and its builders — Pishes 

 in the lagoon — Crabs and their operations — Plant life — Insect life — 

 Mammals — Birds .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11 



CHAPTER III. 



SOJOURN IN THE COCOS-KEELING ISLANDS (continued). 



Coral reef formation — Observations on the elevation or subsidence of the 

 Keeling AtoU 35 



Appendix TO Paet I. .. .. .. .■ •• .. ■. 42 



PAET II. 

 IN JAVA. 



CHAPTER I. 



SOJOURN AT GENTENG IN BANTAM. 



On the road— The Sundanese language— Every man a naturalist— Bird- 

 life at Gen ten g — Weaver-birds' nests — A native rural bazaar — 'Porest 

 devastation — Geological structure of the district — A wonderful case 

 of mimicry in a spider. .. .. .. .. •• •■ •■ 51 



