8 



CONTENTS. 



Bali-^avanefie tt^dttmns — limit between tbe fmm of MU and that 

 of Austr^ia — A pUtoau beoeath the aea^-^CoHte and suttee practices on 

 Buii . 71-06 



CHAPTER lY. 



OtX£BES AHV TIMUR. 



Hiitory of Celebes— D« Barros— Diogo de Cauto — Head-bunteps of Celebes — 

 The harbcff of Macassar— Yoyagea of the Bugis— Skilful dSvinp— Fort Rot- 

 ^erdaju — Tbe &ocieteit, or Club- — A drive into the c&untrj — Th** tomb of a 

 native merch 1111 1— Tombs of ancient princes — Sail for Kupang, in Timur — 

 Flying-fish — The Gunotig A pi in Sapi Strait — Gillibanta — Sumbawa — Erup- 

 tion of Mount Tomboro — The Eye of the Devil— Floria and Sandal-wood 

 Island— Ku pang — Fruits on Timur— Its barren tiesa and the cause of i^— 

 DiffiQ^nt kmdfl of people seen at Kupang — Human uaerifice^Purchas- 

 ing shells— Geology of the vidnity of Kupang— Sail for DilJi— Village 

 of Dilli— Islands north of Tininr— The Bandas— Monfiooua in tbe Java 

 and Oiltia Seas 91-129 



CHAPTER V, , 



iUCBOlNA. 



Desoription of the island and city of Amboina— Dutch mode of governing the 

 natives — A pleajjant home — A liviiig nautilus is secured—Excursion to 

 Hitu— Hassar steering— History of the eocoa-trcc — Indian corn — Hunting 

 in the tropics — Butterflies — Eicursion along the shores of Hitu for shells — 

 Mode of travelling in the Spice Islaivds— The pine-^ipple— Covered bridges- 

 Hi tulama— Purchasing specimci^ — ^History of the Spice Islands— Euormous 

 hermit-crabs — An esodua — Assiltilu— BabiruFa shells from Buru— Great 

 curiosities — Jewels in the brains of snakes and wild boars — Description of 

 the clove-tree- History of the clove-trade— Watched by the rajah's wiT^— 

 Lariki and Wakasihu— A storm in the height of the southeast monsoon^ 

 Variety of native dialects — Dangerous voyage by night^Au earthquake— 

 Eicursion to Tukhu ■ 



CHAPTER VI 



THE CLIASSKRS ASD CSRM. 



The arrival of the (nsiil at Araboina— The TJliassers— Chewing the betel-utit and 

 Blri— Haruku— We strike on a reef— Saparua Island, village, and hay— 

 Nusalaut— Strange reception— An Eastern banquet— Examining tbe native 

 schools— Different claflses of natives— Tield of cloves ui the Cliassers— N\il- 

 lahifl, Amet, nnd Aboho— Breaking of the snrf on the com] reefs— Tanjong 

 0— Ti Rvel by night— Cerain— El paputi Bay and Amahai— Alfuni, or head- 



