CONTENTS. 



PAK T I. 

 IN THE COCOS-KEELim ISLANDS. 



CHAFfER 1. 



rs BAT A VIA AXD BUITKNZOBG. 



FAQS 



Arrival in Batavia — First impressiona — Buiteiuturg ami its 13otani(j;U 

 Gaidfioie,, „ „ 3 



CHAPTER IL 



aofOUBK XS THE 00C0S-K££LINQ ISLANDS. 



Start for the Cocos-Kceliiig Islands— In the Strait;* of Siinda — An unex- 

 j>ected pilot — Arrivai— History of the colony there— Terrible cyclones} 

 — Home life of the colonists now— TLe reef and its hoi Itlers— Fishes 

 u\ the hi|fi)on — Crabu and tkeir operationa — FLant Me — Insect life — 

 Mmnmalg — ^Birdj* ,, ,. ,, „ H 



CELAFfEU in. 



fiOJOURK IS TUB COCOS-KEELTSa ISLANDS (cOhUmted), 



Coral reef formation — Otecrvatlona ou the elevatiun or subsidence of the 



Koeling Atoll. .. .. , . 35 



Appendix 10 Paut I. „ .. 42 



PAKT 11. 

 IN JAVA. 



CHAPTER I. 



SOJOOEN AT OKNTEKO TS BASTAM. 



On the roful— The Siindanese language— Every man a naturalist — Bird- 

 life at Genteng — Weaver-tirds* nests — A native rural baisaar— Forest 

 devastation — Geological atructtire of the district — A wotoderfui catso 

 of mimicry in a apider. ,. „ 51 



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