INDEX. 



A. 



Abreu, Antonio i\ sent to jiearch for the 

 Spice Ijjlands, 23; ifl the first to 

 reach the Bund.i^, 215 ; pllUirs of 

 diaeovery erected liy, 2i5&. 



Achvnj country, peopte, and trade, 448 ; 

 Engjiab nppe>ir at, 449. 



Alfura, mme whence derived and its 

 Unification, 20S, and npte ; blood/ 

 InwB of, in Ceram, 205 ; of Kaibobo, 

 207; drunken revels of, 209, 210; 

 of Buru, their customs and belief, 

 271-273, of ihi* Kinahaasa, 366, 



Amahai, baj of, described, 202 ; iriHage 

 of, ih. 



AmbdIiiA, residence of Ruiupbius, 13; 

 Uhnd and city doacribed, 130-1S2; 

 fuiiious fur its shells, 133 ; life of for- 

 eigners at, 211 ; trade of, 249. 



Amuk^ deOoed, 3S3. 



Anak gadis^ or virgin children, 457, 607. 



Anoa deprc^iconm, an antelopo, S25, 



Aat3, iibnti dance of and trouble caused 

 by, 288, 289, 



Army, headquiirtera of Javaneae, 43 ; 

 Dutch, in Sumatra, 456. 



Arrack, how made, 68. 



Arrieua, governor of the Slolnccas, 213^ 

 kind invitation given the author, i*. ; 

 r visits Bnndii, 213 a< seg. 



Aru Island*, account of, 244. 



Aaslluluj visit to the village of, 149- 



lei. 



AjKt Bbb^9, port of, 453. ' 

 B. 



Babf^f island of, deacril>ei, 127. 



fijibtrusa, skulk of, ISO; distribution 

 of, ti./ young one accn at Kayeli, 

 292; author hunts for, fin Lirabi, 

 325 { one commits suiuide, SSI, 



Eachian, island of, described, 299 ; 

 great python killLHi on, 334; fauna 

 of, 380. 



Bc0^, a, described, 34. 



Bali, dcgcribcd, 98 ; fauna of, i&, y sep- 

 aration from Java, 93, 9i ; fauna of, 

 94 ; religion of, 95, 96, 



Balif a town hall, 477. 



J3iiinlMKi, used by the Malays, 86. 



Banana, tree and fruit described, 84, 

 85 ; native aamc for^ 159 ; different 

 kinds, ib, 



Banca, description and geology of, C34 ; 

 income nf, 535. 



Bunda, author arrives at, 128, and re- 

 visits, 214 ; description of the group^ 

 214,216; early inbabitanti of, 216; 

 religion of, ib. ; natives of, eitcrmi- 

 natcd by the Dutoh, 217; convicts 

 banished to, 217, 218; the group 

 only walls of a crater, 224 ; compared 

 witii that of the Tenger Momiiains, 

 id', ; nutmeg parks on, 227 ; residency 

 of, 242. 



Ban tie ng, the -So* aotukticus, 72. 



Buntiks, a people near Menado, 343. 



Barroa, Jao de» history of, 97, jw^e 

 his description of Oelebea, 97 ; de- 

 scribes the many languages spoke t in 

 the Moluccas, 163; his de^ription 

 of the Band Oft, 216, 216. 



Bams, a port in Sumatra, 442, 



Batavia, purpose of going to^ 13 ; foun 

 dation of, 24 ; police of, 333. 



Batta, grave of a, 417 ; Lands, a descrip- 

 tion of, 423 ; are cannibals, 424 ; re- 

 ferred to by Marco Polo, 425 ; by Sir 

 St im ford Raffles, iA. ; draw tht! au- 

 thor's carriage, 426, 427 ; autiior 

 visits a village, of, 440 ; houses of, 

 ifi. / eat a tnan, 442 ; inissionarieB 

 among, 443 ; Madame Ffeitfer among, 

 444 ; kiU two American niissionariea. 



