550 



INDEX. 



446 1 origin of their cannibal euatoms, 

 446. 



Barbosa, OJartlo, cited, 63 ; Iiislory of, 

 100, note; describes the mitivea of 

 Celebes, 100, 



Bears, of Sumatra, iS lO, 511. 



Benccwlen, bay of, 486 ; history of, 48*7, 

 489. 



Benzoin, a resin,, 63. 



Betd-ijut; tree dcseribetl, 180; mode 

 of chewing the, 181. 



Birds,— Bird lhat pmrded the double 

 €oooa-nut trfe, 15 ; of Java, 80, 81 ; 

 trade in, on iha coast of New Guitica, 

 24'2 ; Juris, ib. ; crown pigeons {Me- 

 gapodiid(^\ 242; doves [Colamba 

 tsnm and Columba jicrspiciUaia)^ fruit 

 planted by, 24S ; of paradise found 

 at Ara Islands, 244 ; Pigafetta's ac- 

 count of, ik ; Iting-fishera at the 

 Bantias, 246; FiUa mfforsi, a rare 

 species, tA. / Carpo}fhaga ludnosa^ a 

 white dove, 266, 268; the prince par- 

 rot [Flait/^ercttfs hypophonim\ de- 

 scription of, ik; luris, ri'd {Jtka ntbra), 

 2B6j 259 • king-fisher* at Burn, 258 ; 

 hunting luris, 25J> ; parrakeeta, lA, ; 

 TVieho^lo^u* ci/anofftammua, th. ; 

 luris, Moore's description of, 260; 

 TaHyffnathuA maerortmchns^ a large, 

 green parrot, 26S ; *Carpophaffa per- 

 ^aidUataf a long-tailed dove, iL; Mtts^ 

 eisapidce, ik ; Afonarcha lo.^kata, ih. ; 

 Tn>pidor^nchuSi bouruettns, ; 

 Ana« rajah, or " prince duck," ; 

 author incurs great danger in proLiir- 

 ing, ik; castori rajah, S89; Mma- 

 podius For«teni^ ik ; Af. WaMacei^ to, ; 

 mode of shooting, skinning, and pre- 

 Bcrvinp:, 288, 289; Confm ^nka, 335 ; 

 DkruruSf ik 



Birgos latro, the grsmt hermit crab, 149. 



Blceker, Dr., on the geology of Lai timur, 

 24T ; on the ichtbvology of Lake Linu, 

 S44. 



' Bloodsuckers, author tortured by, 4fl2, 

 493, 608. 



Boats, with outriggers, 61 ; see also 



iepper-icppfr,. 

 Bon an g, the, described, 190, 

 Bonoa, sitnntion of, 253, 

 Bosehe, Governor Van den ; entertains 



the author at Padang, SS7. 

 Bos son^ieug ; the ox of Madura, 72. 

 Bread-frait, trve and fruit described, 



92. 



Breech-loader^ Sharpens, 43. 



Bridge, fluspenaion, made of rattan, 

 428, 430 ; of bamboo, 474 ; of rattan, 

 475. 



Bna, valley of, 4C2 ; cave of, 403, 404. 



Buffalo, the, described, 35; habits of, 

 35, 36; color of, 30; fights with 

 tigers, 36 ; wild ones in Sumatra, 

 413. 



Buru, described, 266 ; history of, 270, 

 271 ; Allura of, and their customs and 

 belief, 271-273 ; alternation of sea- 

 sons in, 2DS, 



Buton, description and geology of, S80, 

 381. 



C. 



Camphor-trees, described, 433 ; kinds 

 of, ik 



Camponffy a, described, 132. 

 Cantiibals ; mode of eating men, 444 ; 



sec also Battas. 

 Cassowary, eg^ of, 150 ; habitat of the. 



Canto, Diogo de, history of, 98 j ncU ; 

 his description of Celebes, 08, 99, 



Celebes ; deeoription and history of, 97- 

 100 ; northern peninsula of, 322 ; 

 gold-mines in, 379 ; fauna of, 380. 



Cemctery, Chinese, at Batavia, 36. 



Ceram, "described, 201, 202 ; head- 

 hunters of, 203 ; Alfura, ik ; landing 

 on the south const of, 207; alterna- 

 tion of seasons in, 298. 



Coram-laut, natives of, 242 ,■ elevation 

 of, 243, 



Ccrvus rtifa, 80 ; mantjac^ t6. 



Chair, to travel in, described, 141, 142. 



Chilachap, port of, S7. 



Christmas Ifsland, pa.^'fied, 13. 



Cinnamon, kinds of, ami their dietriba- 

 tion,42B. 



Cleft, of Padang Panjang, SflO-392 ; 

 459, 460, 



Clove, tree and fruit described, 36S; 

 distribution of, 153, 154; quantities 

 obtained in previous years, 168 ; 

 mode of gathering the, 166; names 

 for, 156; history of^ 157; yield of, 

 in Suparua, Haruku, and Kusaiaut, 

 197. 



Ch/peastrida, abundant at Saparuo, 186. 



Coal, nearSiboga, 430 ; near Bcntroolen, 

 492-495 ; abundance of, 494; on the 

 Limatang, 521 ; on the Ineni, 524. 



Cock-fighting, Malay passion for, 61. 



Cocoa-nut, the double, 14; palm, de- 



