INDEX. 



535 



Sobale, Jlount (in Timor), ascent of, 

 474 ; flora of, 475 : summit sacred, 

 475 I view from, 47G 



Solorese in Cupang (Timor), 285 : their 

 dress, 285 ; nrtistic taste among, 285 



Songs, harvest, in Timor, 454 



Soporific powder, recipe for native, 245 



Sowing of the seed in Timor, ceremonies 

 attending, 455 



Spanogho's plants from Timor, 497 



Spnihoglotth plicata, fertilisation of, 

 89-91 



Spectre of the Brocken, 213 



Spider, alluringly coloured, 63 



Spider-eater, 233 



Springs, hot, at Kaba, 225 



Stanley's, Captain Owen, account of 

 Timbr-lant, 301, 302 



Slerciilia fcetida, 334 



Stone implements in Java, 67 



Stone, oath over a, 199 



StumopastoT ialla, habits of, 55 ; melan- 

 opterus, habits of, 55 



Stijrax siibpanieulatum, 207 



Sugar, loss on, from drought, in Java, 75 



Sukou, village of, 175 



Suku, or division of village in Sumatra, 

 143 



Sula piscatiix, habits of, 32 



Sumatra, disposition of hill and plain 

 in, 126 



Sunda Straits, 4 ; sunsets in the, 12 



Sundanese people, 52 ; language, 53 ; as 

 naturalists, 54 



Superstitions, at Paso, 290 ; about Dem- 

 po, 213; in Bum, 405 ; in Timor-laut, 

 as to hair, 309 ; as to parting with rela- 

 tive's cranium, 309 ; in Java about 

 wild dogs; llti; about krisses, 117; 

 about trees, 137 



Surabaya, call at, 488 



Suringar, Prof., 8 



Surulaugun, stay at, 240 ; meet Kubus 

 at, 240 



Suya albigularia, 209 



Swangi or evil spirits, belief in, in Timor, 

 429, 438 ; in Burn, 405 



Synanthemum in rice fields, 170 



Tahat (fresh-water ponds near Mount 



Dempo), 214 

 Taiedu (liance) in Timor, 451 

 Tachypetes minor, habits of, 32 

 Tagetes patula, 440 

 Tandjong-Xing, village of, 221 ; prcat 



forest near, 222 ; lose a man by a tiger 



near, 222 

 Tangalunga in Timor-laut, 312 

 Tatooing in Timnr-laut, 313 

 Tea from Anaplialis, 210 

 Teal in Keeling Islands, 34 



Tebbing-Tinggi, town of, 221 



Tehula, Mount, 430 



Telok-betong, town in Sumatra, 125, 

 161 



Tenaris huruensis, description of, 411, 

 396 



Tengamus, ascent of Mount, 139, 157 ; 

 flora of, 158 



Tengah-tengah, call at, 292 



Tenimber Islands (see Timor-laut) 



Terias laratensis, 325 



Terpsyphone affinis, 



Terraced hills at Kosala, 97 



Terratas, stay at, 157 



Ternstroemacea;, 228 



Tetranthera citrata, 78, 228 



Teysmannia altifrons, 10 



Tevsmann, Mr., 9 ; his plants from 

 Timor, 498 



Thieves' calendar.^, 244 



Theatrical performance, embryo, 194 



Theories as to coral reefs, 36 



Tliomas, Mr. 0., on a new bat from Java, 

 71, 1)8 



Tliomieus decipiens, 63 



TisereatingDurian fruit, 240; attacked 

 by a, 128 ; lose a man hy u, 222 ; tiger- 

 trap, 223 ; persislonce of, after quarry, 

 223 ; wiliness of, 223 ; superstitious 

 about, 224 ; hatred of, 224 

 Tilu, Mount, in Java, 108 

 Timorese the, their dyes, 463 ; great 

 drunkards, 437, 464; vendettaamong, 

 464 ; cliaracter of the, 41 9, 424, 429 ; 

 food of the, 438 ; burial and death 

 rites among, 437 ; arms of, 463 ; 

 dress of, 462 ; ornaments of, i 62 ; 

 carvings by, 464 ; their sacred iu- 

 ■ stitution of the Luli, 442 

 Timor, East, territorial divisions of, 

 425; dialects of, 425 ; description of 

 country, 432, 433; dialects spoken 

 in, 490 ; law in, how exercised, 473 ; 

 death and burial rites in, 435 

 Timor-laut, start for, 298; first im- 

 pressions of, 303 ; its flatness, 332 ; 

 want of hills and streams, 332 ; de- 

 rivation of name, 33 1 ; dangers in, 

 304, 327; hardships in, 338; pleasures 

 in, 339 ; isolation when in, 339 ; its 

 fauna, 336 ; reptiles in, 337 ; floral 

 features of, 303, 334; natural pro- 

 ducts of, 306 ; friendliness of natives, 

 305 ; mavvais quart d'heure in, 330 



Timor-laut islandejs, artistic ability nf, 

 317 ; appreciate bright colours, ,317 ; 

 dwellings of, 318 ; great drunkards, 

 328 ; burial rites and places of, 322 ; 

 stature, colour of skin, 310 ; facial and 

 cranial characters of, 310, 311, 340 ; 

 moral characters of, 313, 314, 319, 



