INDEX 
571 
Siak river, 175 
tribes of, 189 
Sialang tree, 179 
Siamang, 181 
Siamanga syndactyla , 181 
Siau Island, 303, 338 
Sibiru Island, 199 
Sibutu passage, 92 
Sidangoli, 319 
Silam, 252 
Silver in Philippines, 81 
in Borneo, 246 
in New Caledonia, 457, 458 
Siraalu Island, 197 
Simpson, Mount, 423 
Sindang Laja, 151 
Singkara lake, 173 
Singkel river, 176 
Singkep Island, 200 
Sipora Island, 199 
Siquihor Island, 84 
“Sirani, Orang,” 315, 329, 332 
S’lamat, 106 
Slavery in Sulu, 92 
in Moluccas, 315, 322, 338 
Socialism among the Papuans, 407 
Societe Caledonienne des Nouvelles 
Hebrides, 455 
Society Islands, 510 
Solomon Islands, 442 
Solo river, 113, 114 
Solor, 363 
Soro Mandi mountain, 354 
Sorsogon, 72, 73 
Soundings in the Pacific, 6 
in Torres Straits, 12 
off North Borneo, 94 
on Celebes bank, 302 
in Ombay passage, 369 
near Ladrone Islands, 556 
Spanish possessions, 15, 547, 553 
their conquest, 31, 32, 547 
settlements in Sulu group, 89 
Spermonde Archipelago, 293 
Spice Islands (see Moluccas) 
Starbuck Island, 525, 527 
Stirling range, 380 
Straits of Sunda, 101, 154 
of Bali, 105 
of Surabaya, 114 
of Bhio, 201 
of Banka (Bangka), 202 
of the Timor group, 363 
Strickland river, 385, 421 
Sty rax benzoin , 180, 206 
Sual, 76 
Submarine bank of S.E. Asia, 7 
Suckling, Mount, 423 
Sudara, Gunong, 278 
Sudest Island, 436 
goldfields of, 387 
Suk Island, 429 
Sulla Islands, 304 
Sulu, Spanish expeditions against, 32 
natives of, 52, 233, 238 
language of, 52 
population of, 63, 64, 92 
general description of, 89, 90 
Sumatra, 154 
history of, 155 
geology, etc., of, 157 
lakes of, 159, 173 
volcanoes of, 159 
plains of, 160 
climate of, 171, 176 
rivers of, 174 
fauna and flora of, 177 
inhabitants of, 182 
languages of, 183 
islands of, 197 
religion and antiquities of, 204 
agriculture and trade of, 205 
population of, 209 
provinces of, 209 
chief towns of, 210 
“Sumatras,” 177 
Sumba, 374 
Sumbawa, 353 
Sumbing, 106 
Sunda straits, 101 
Sundanese nation, 121 
Sundara, 106, 108 
Supiori Island, 429 
Surabaya, 137, 143 
Surakarta, 145 
Surigao, 88 
Suttee (see Sati) 
Suva, 468, 470, 486 
Suwarrow Island, 526 
Swallow Islands, 448 
Taal lake and volcano, 74 
Tabic among the Papuans, 406 
Tacloban, 83 
Tafua peak, 503 
Tafuti lake, 281 
