CHAPTER XI.
TH E M I N A H AS S A .
The waterfall of Tinchep—A mud-well—A boiling pool—The ancient appearance
of our earth—Lake Tondano—One of the finest views in the world—
Palm-wine—Graves of the natives—Christianity and education—Tanjong
Fiasco Gold-mines in Celebes—The island of Buton—Macassar—A raving
m a n i a c ................................................................................................... 356-383
CHAPTER XII.
SUMATRA.
Padang—Beautiful drives—Crossing the streams—The cleft—Crescent-shaped
roofs—Distending the lobé of the ear—Canons—The great crater of Manin-
dyu—Immense amphitheatres—Ophir—Gold-mines . . 384-406
CHAPTER Xffl.
TO THE LAND OP THE CANNIBALS.
Valley of Bondyol—Monkeys—The orang-utan—Lubu Siképing—Tigers and
buffaloes—The Valley of Rau—A Batta grave—Riding along the edge of a
precipice—Twilight and evening—Padang Sidempuan—Among the cannibals—
Descent from the Barizan—The suspension bridge of rattan—Ornaments
of gold—The camphor-tree . . . . . . 407-434
CHAPTER XIV.
R E TURN TO PADANG.
Bay of Tapanuli—The Devil’s Dwelling—Dangerous fording—Among the Bat-
tas—Missionaries and their brides—The feasts of the cannibals—The pepper
trade—The English appear in the East—Struck by a heavy squall—Ayar
Bangis and Natal—The king’s birthday—Malay ideas of greatness 435-457
CHAPTER XV.
THE PADANG PLATEAU.
Thunder and lightning in the tropics—Paya Kombo and the Bua Valley—The
Bua cave—Up the valley to Suka Rajah—Ancient capitals of Menangkabau—
The reformers of Korinchi—Malay mode of making matchlocks—A simple
meal Geological history of the plateau—The Thirteen Confederate Towns—
The flanks of the Mérapi—Natives of the Pagi Islands—Where the basin of
the Indian Océan b e g i n s ...................................................................... 458-48E
CHAPTER XVI.
CROSSING- SUMATRA.
Bay of Bencoolen—Rat Island—Loss of Governor Raffles's collection—A trap
for tigers—Blood-suckers—Pits for th e rhinoceros—virgin children Pla teau
of th e Musi—From Kopaiyong to Kaban Agong—Natives destroyed
by tigers—Sumatra’s wealth—The Anak gadis—Troops of monkeys From
Tebing Tingi to Bunga Mas—We come upon an elephant—Among tigers__
The Pasuma people—Horseback travel over—The land of game 486-520
CHAPTER XVII.
PALEMBANG, BANCA, AND SINGAPORE.
Mount Dempo—Rafts of cocoa-nuts—Floating down th e Limatang—Cotton
—From Purgatory to Paradise—Palembang-iThe Kubus—Banca—P re sented
with a python—The python escapes—A struggle for life—Sail for
China. 521—542
A p p e n d ix A. Area of the principal islands, according to Baron v a n
Cambee . .. . . . > _ g^o
“ B. Population of th e Netherlands India, 1865 . . . 543
“ C. A table of heights of the principal mountains in the archi-
PelaS° • • 544
D. Coffee sold by th e government a t Padang . . . . 545
“ E. Trade of Java and Madura during 1864 . . . . 54s
“ F. A list of th e birds collected by th e author on the island
of I ..............................................................................................547
“ SAP IE” OXEN FROM MADURA.
See page 68.