APPENDIX TO PAET VI. 



I. — Names of the Months in Timor. 



Funu 



Fold 

 h'aru 



Fotan 



Madauk . . 

 Want 



Uhi .. .. 



Madai hiJot 

 Madai liiilc 



(Saluki) Bibifucjii. 



In this month (corresponding 

 to about our December) they 

 plant the vaier, or Indian 

 corn, and sow the dry ground 

 rice. 



Clear gi ass out from umong the 

 vater and rice. 



" Great month.' Indian corn 

 is in flower. Heavy ruins 

 and all rivers flooded. 



The name of the month pro- 

 bably a corruption of the 

 Malay Potong, the cutting or 

 harvest month. In it they 

 gather in the ripe Indian 

 corn, and give a great oifer- 

 ing to the Lnli, a sort of 

 Harvest Thanksgiving, the 

 Inilian com being their staple 

 food. 



Harvest dry rice fields. 



Honey and wax harvest. 



Possibly a corruption of TJbi 

 or sweet potato, which crop 

 in this month is dug up and 

 harvested. 



Month of fogs and heavy rains 

 from the sta. 



Less rain ; little possible to be 

 done these two months. 



Samoro. 



Leet ali 



Fold 



Nam 



Tom 



Madauk .. 

 Wani 

 Via boBt . . 



Uhi Mile . . 

 Lakubutik 



Same operations. 



Same operations. 

 Same operations. 



Same operations. 



Same operations. 

 Same operations. 

 Same operations. 



Same operations. 

 Same operations. 



