INDEX. 



529 



mountains in Java, 78 ; on Tengaraus 

 mountains, 157, 158 ; lishness of 

 temperate, 1 ; a temperate, in Timor, 

 440 

 Floral Timoreiisis FrotJromw', 497 

 Flowers in tropics, 251, 257 ; floating 



on river, 254 

 Flowers and fruit, scarcity of on trees in 



Java, 75 

 Fluggea microcarpa, 206 

 Flying-fox, long journeys of, 32 

 Forbes, Mra., joins mo in Batavia, 283 ; 

 aids me in Amboina, 291 ; great 

 favourite witb the natives of Timor- 

 laut, 30fi ; left at Fiitunabn, 42«, 427 ; 

 bad news from, 478 ; extract from 

 her journal, 482 

 Foreign influences in Burn, 401 

 Fraufa, da. Major 283 ; Mr. Bento, 



416; Madame, 484, 487 

 FremanUe, Capt. (II.M.S. Juno), pro- 

 claims Keeling Islands English terri- 

 tory, 16 

 Forest-devasiation in Java, 62 ; in Su- 

 matra, lii2 

 French marigold, 440 

 Frigate-birds, habits of, 32 

 Frogs in trees and thatch at Paso, 292 

 Functions, different, of anthers in 



Melastoma, 229, 230 

 Fruit, scarcity of, on trees in Java, 75 

 Fungoid disease on trees in Java, 76 ; 



in Timor, 76 

 Future state, ideas of Passumahers as 



to, 200 

 Galium, 440 



Games of children in Batu Pantjeh, 

 219 ; in Timor-laut, 321 ; in Lam- 

 pongs, 149 

 Game-cocks in Hoodjoong, 171 

 Ganoris, coloration of sexes of, 130 

 Garson, Dr J. G., on the cranial cha- 

 racters of natives of Timor-laut, 340 ; 

 on the Kubus of Sumatra, 243, 261 

 Gaudichaud's plants from Timor, 497 

 Gaulllieria leucoearpa in craters, 114 ; 

 punctata in craters, 114 ; repens, 78 

 Gecarcinus, habits of, 2 / 

 Gedong-tetahan, in Sumatra, stay at, 

 126-130 ; attacked by u, tiger near, 

 128 

 Geikie, Dr. A., F.E.S., on coral reefs, 



40 

 Gelpke, Dr. Solewijn, collection of stone 



implements of Java by, 67 

 Gelaeimus, fields of, 294; habits of 



species of, 25, 26 

 Gelan, Wai, village of, in Buru, 395 

 Genteng, in Bantam, stay at, 53 

 Geological structure, of Komai valley, 

 432 ; of Kaimnuk river, 433 ; of Ve- 



birah river, 479 ; strata near Muara- 

 Dua, 179 ; of Samoro valley, 471 ; of 

 Kawas region, 249 ; of Karang-nata 

 Peak, 251 



George's, Kin<r, uniform in the Passu- 

 mah Lands, 204 



Geocichla machilii, 337 



Gcssir, visit to, 299 



Geyser of the Dcnipo, 211 



Gibbons in Java, 70 



GleicUenia, 78 



Cfloriosa superba, in T'mor, 471 



Gluta henglias, estharotic effect of its 

 sap, lis 



Gold-mines in Eawas region, 249 



Gold-searching ceremonies in Timor, 

 467 



Gold in Timor rivers, 407; in Eupit 

 river, 239 



Gold coins refused by natives of Timor- 

 laut, why, 306 



Goitre in Hoodjoong, 171 ; its supposed 

 cause, 171 ; in the Eawas district, 

 171 ; in Timor, 468 



Goodyera procera, fertilisation of, 96 



Gordonia excelsa, 207 



Gorges, singular in Passumah Lands, 

 192 



Gossypium micranthum, 403 



Governor of Portuguese Timor, 283 ; 

 286 



Grace of Timor-laut islanders, 322 



Gracula javanensie, notes on, 72 



Grackle, Javanese, 72 



Grave-yard trees in Sumatra, 169 



Guichenot's plants from Timor, 497 



Gunung-Megang, burial-ground of, 182 



Gunung-Trang, pepper trade of, 135 



Gijgis Candida, piloted by, 12, nesting- 

 place, 34 



Hdbenaria Susannx, fertilisation of, 

 296, 423 



Hair, manner of arranging in Timor- 

 laut, 307 ; vanity of men 'about, 

 307 ; eagerness to have it cut in 

 Timor-laut, 309 ; superstitious fear of 

 our possessing scraps of their, 309 ; 

 character of, in Timor-laut islanders, 

 309; ofBurueseat Wakolo Lake, 402 



JIalicore australif, 336 



Halohates (water bugs), 12 



Hanjuang trees, 169 



Hare, Mr. Alexander, and his relations 

 with Mr. J. C. Boss, 14 



Hargitt, Mr., on Miglyptes, 56 



Harvesting in Timor, 454; near Hooi 

 joong, 170, 171 



Hats, Bantnmese, 59 ; Ogan, 158 ; 

 Solorese, 285 



Head-flattening la Timor-laut, 316 



