PBEFACE. 



generous concessions and the aid granted to me as a scientific 

 traveller. My thanks are due also to all the civil officials — 

 too numerous to name here — whose districts I resided in or 

 passed through. They upheld the well-deserved fame that the 

 Dutch-Indian AmUenars have earned for their hospitality. 

 The mention of each of their districts is indelibly associated 

 in my remembrance with their names and their numerous acts 

 of kindness. I may be permitted to record the names of those 

 to whom I am under special obligation: Governor Laging 

 Tobias, then Kesident of Palembang ; Assistant-Resident 

 Schuylinburch, of Muara-dua ; Controllers De Hear and Bey- 

 rinck, of the Lampong Eesidency ; and Controllers Van der 

 Volk, Hisgen, and Kamp, of the Palembang Residency. 



To Dr. Treub and Dr. Burck, of the Botanical Gardens in 

 Buitenzorg, I am peculiarly indebted for more than ordinary 

 acts of courtesy and friendship ; as well as to Dr. Beruelot 

 Moens, Director of the Cinchona Plantations. To His Ex- 

 cellency Senhor Bento da Franja Pinto d' Oliveira, the 

 Governor of Portuguese Timor, to his whole family, and to his 

 son Senhor Bento da Franja Salema, Government Secretary, 

 my wife and myself lie under the deepest indebtedness, not 

 alone for the aid and protection I was so generously provided 

 with to enable me to visit the interior of that interesting island, 

 but for the most affectionate kindness manifested to us both 

 throughout our stay in Timor. 



To Mr. H. D. Jamieson, Sir. J. Craig and Mr. C. Haliburton, 

 who did for us many acts of personal kindness and friendship 

 while in Java, I tender my sincerest thanks. 



I have to express my very hearty obligations to the British 

 Association's Committee for the exploration of Timor-laut, 

 especially to Dr. P. Tv. Sclater; to Mr. Carruthers and the 

 Botanists of the British Museum for their aid in arranging 

 Timor Herbarium, and for their describing it in time to 

 appear as one of the appendices of this volume ; to Messrs. 

 S. 0. Eidley and J. Quelch, of the Zoological Department; 



