CONTENTS. 



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CHAFPER III. 



(fROSl AMBOOs'A TO TIMOa-LAtrr. 



Leave for Tinior-kut — Sapanm — Curiuus village and atoll of Geasir — 

 New Guinea — Am — ^K^ — Timor-laut — First impreraions— New birtla 

 and butterflies — State of siege — ^Negptiate for a house — ^Language — 

 Our barter gjoods 298 



CHAPTER IV, 



SOJOTJHN n? TiaiOR-LAUT. 



The natives — Hair an*l coiffures— Vanity— Stature antl living charact^ 

 ri sties — Cranial characters — Clotking — Tjikalele tkncc — Armii— 

 Marriage — Artistic skill— Iinlividual and moral cliaracter— Treat- 

 ment of their children^ — Game*— Fine figure*— Gravea^Good^butter- 

 fiy resorts * ,.307 



CHAFfER V. 

 SOJOURN IN naroR-LAiTT (conHnuid). 



Religi(m and superstitions — Visit to Wai tidal — Barter for a skull— Send 

 my hunters to the northern islands of the group—Climato of Timor- 

 laut— A mauvaig qtm-t d'keure — Designation of the group — Geo- 

 graphical and geological features 325 



CHAFTEB VI, 

 SMOum IS "TOIOB-LADT (conUnued), 



Natural History — Flora— Disaster to Herbarium — ^Fauna — Mimicking 

 birds — Insect 9 — Fe^er and fdlure of supplies — Anxious waiting for 

 steamer— Arrival of SS. Arnboina-^lj^ve Timor-laut for Amboina 334 



Appendix to Part IV. . . ^0 



PART V. 

 IN THE ISLAND OF BUEU. 



CHAFrER I. 



FROM KAJELl TO "THE LAKE, 



From Amboina toBuni^Kaieli— Tradeof Kujeli— Birds— Biver Apu— 

 Wai Bloi \4Hftge— Village of Wai G elan— The Matakau— Forced 

 encampments— Wai Klaba— A Pomalietl mountain— Wasi la le— 

 Hospitable reception — Houses— Musical pcrfonnimce — Pomali signs 

 — Arrive at Laha 391 



