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JNBEX. 



Denudation, cftects of, 174 



Detritus of rivers, 185 



Dewa, curious petition to the, 230 



Dialects of East Timor, 490 



Difiioulties ■willi natives of Paso, 207 



Digits, reduplication of, among Kubus, 

 241 



Dilly, call at, 286; arrival at, 416; 

 effects of fever there, 415 ; look tor a 

 site for a house near, 416 ; different 

 races in, 418; birds near, 421, 422 ; 

 the aspect of the town, 41 ; leave, 

 485 ; new Vaecinium near, 422 



Diphyllodes respiiblica, 286 



Diptera from Timor-laut, 380 



Dipteris liorsfieldi, 78, 158, 397 ; in cra- 

 ters, 114; distribution in Java, 114 



Dipterocarpese, 247, '252 



Dirge, death-, 223 



Diopxa, Keeling Islands, 31; Dempo, 

 212 



Disquieting insigaia at Timor-laut, 303 



Distant, Mr. W. L., descriptions of 

 Siimatran Bliynchota, 277 



Ditmar, Prof., on composition of sea 

 water, 36 



Diuris Fryana, 430 



Djambi, wish to enter, 249 ; refused 

 entrance into, 250 



Dogs kept by the Karangs, 100 ; by the 

 Kubus, 236 



VoUchos lahlab, used as food, 438 



Dolls used by children in Timor-laut, 

 321 



Doves, pink-headed, 72 



Dragon-fly mimicked by a butterfly, 139 



Dress, royal, in Timor, 44'! ; of Solorete, 

 285 ; of Timores-e, 462 ; of natives 

 of Timor-laut, 312, 313 ; of Passu- 

 mahers, 195 



Drosera lunata, 422 



Drought in Java in 1878, loss from, 75 



Drysdale, Mr., in Timor Cupang, 281 



Duperry's plants from Timor, 497 



Durian trees, 240 ; fruit eaten by t.gers 

 and elephants, 240 



D'Urville's plants from Timor, 498 



Dwellings of Timor-laut islaudcis, in- 

 terior of, 318 



Dyes among Timorese, 463 



Earthquake, in Java, 63; in Keeling 

 Islaudsin 1834,23; in Keeling Islands 

 in 1876, 22 ; wave. Keeling Islands, 

 19 ; at the Kaba, 225 



Earthenware objects from Kosala, 98, 99 



Earthworms, great size of turrets o.'', 

 227 



JEclectus intermedius, 393 



Egermi, visit of SS., to Timor-laut, 301 



Egeron Strait, 301 



Elephants in Sumatm, 105; fond of 



Durian, 210 

 EUueine coracana, 392 

 Englishmen, their repute in Sumatra, 



204 

 Eos reiio'ilata, 304 

 Epa,cTidaiese, new species of, 438 

 Eria javensis, fertilisation of, 95 ; albi- 



do-tomentosa, fertilisation of, 94 

 Erlura, camp at, 428 . 

 Estrelda flavidiventris, 422 

 Euchirus hngimanue, 291 

 Eudynamii ransomi, 393 

 Eiimenes visiting Sambueus, 227 

 Euplsea ochsenlieimeri, cui'ious habits of, 



138 

 Furliinia fnli>a, Yll 

 Euschemidse, species of, mimicking Oph- 



thalmis'sp., 173 

 Eusemia helangeri,odom: emitted by, 173 



Fah-hian, Chinese pilgrim, 97 

 Kaiiy blue-bird, 67 

 Falls of river Semnngka, 167 

 Famine in Ulak-Taudjong region, 233 

 Fatuboi, visit to, 4G9 ; description of, 



469 

 Fatunaba hills selected for a house, 417, 



420 ; beauty of the view from, 421 

 Fawcett, Mr. W., ou Timor plants, 506, 



515; descripti on of new Vaecinium, 



278 

 Febrifuges iised in Timor-laut, 330 

 Fertilisation oi Melastoma by Bombus, 



228 

 Fertilisation of Myrmerodia and Sydno- 



phytum, 80 ; of orchids, 82-97 

 Fertilisation of Samhucus, note on, 226, 



227 

 Fever, dangerous malarial in Timor- 

 laut, 330 

 Ficus aspera, 77 ; cordifolia, 77 ; mi- 



crocarpa, 77 ; amplas, 77 ; radicans, 



77 ; politoria, 77 

 Fields of Buruese tabooed, 403 

 Fig-trees, beauty of, 77 

 Fight, cock-, 188 

 File-fishes in Keeling lagoon, 24 

 Fire in herbarium drying-house in 



Timor-laut, 336 

 Fishes most eaten in Java, 60 

 Fish-preserves in rice-fields, 170 

 Fjies on Keeling Islands, 31 ; on Ton- 



gamus, 159; on Dempo, 210; at 



species of Bafflesiaceie, 206 

 Floating block of land, 480 

 Floods, effect of, on Eupit valley, 239 ; 



in river Ogan, 185 

 Flora at Futuboi, 470 ; of the Kaba, 



232 ; along Eawas river, 251 ; along 



Eupit river, 237, 238 ; on volcanic 



