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PREFACE. 



generotiB concessions and the aid granted to me as a scientific 

 traveller. My tbauks are due also to all the civil officials — - 

 too numerous to name here — whose districts I resided in or 

 passed through. They upheld the well-deserved fanie that the 

 Dutch-Indian AmUenarB have cdmed for their hospitality. 

 The mention of eaeh of their districts is indelibly associated 

 in my remembrance with their names and their numerous acts 

 of kindness. I may be permitted to record the names of those 

 to whom I am under special obligation : Governor Laging 

 Tobias, then Besident of Palembang; Assistant- Resident 

 Schuylinburch, of JMuara-dua; Controllers De Heer and Bey- 

 rinck, of the Lam pong Residency ; and Controllers Van der 

 Volk, Hisgen, and Kamp, of the Palembang Eesideney. 



To Dr. Treub and Dr. Burck, of the Botanical Gardens in 

 Buitenzorg, I am peculiarly indebted for more than ordinary 

 acts of courtesy and friendship; as well as to Dr. BcTuelot 

 Moens, Director of the Cinchona Plantations. To Bis Ex- 

 cellency Senhor Bento da Pran^ Pinto d' Oliveira, the 

 Governor of Portuguese Timor, to his whole family, and to Ms 

 son Senhor Bento da Pranfa Salema, Government Secretary, 

 my wife and myself lie under the deepest indebtedness, not 

 alone for the aid and protection I was so generously provided 

 with to enable me to visit the interior of that interesting island, 

 but for the most affectionate kindness manifested to us both 

 throughout our stay in Timor. 



To Mr. H» D. Jamieson, Sir. J. Craig and Mr. C. Haliburton, 

 who did for us many acts of personal kindness and friendship 

 while in Java, I tender my sincerest thanks. 



I have to express my very hearty obligations to the British 

 Association's Committee for the exploration of Timor-laut, 

 especially to Dr. P. L. Sclater; to Mr. Carruthers and the 

 Botanists of the British Museum for their aid in arranging 

 Timor Herbarium, and for their describing it in time to 

 ap[)ear as one of the appendices of this volume ; to lilessrs. 

 S. O. Eidley and J. Quelch, of the Zoological Depfirtment ; 



