445; origin of their cannibal customs,
446.
Barbosa, Odardo, cited, 63; history of,
100, note; describes the natives of
Celebes, 100 .
Bears, of Sumatra, 510, 511.
Bencoolen, bay of, 486 ; history of, 487,
489.
Benzoin, a resin, 63.
Betel-nut; tree described, 180; mode
of chewing the, 181.
Birds.—Bird that guarded the double
cocoa-nut tree, 15 ; of Java, 80, 81;
, trade in, on the coast of N ew Guinea,
242; luris, ib.; crown pigeons (Me-
gapodiidece), 242; doves (Oolumba
aenea and Oolumba perspicillata), fruit
planted by, 243 ; of paradise found
a t Aru Islands, 244; Pigafetta’s account
of, ib.; king-fishers at the
Bandas, .246; Pitta vigorsi, a rare
species, ib.; Carpophaga luctuosa, a
white dove, 255, 268; the prince parrot
(Platyeercm hypophcynius), description
of, ib.; luris, red (Eos rubra),
256, 259; king-fishers at Buru, 268;
hunting luris, 259 ; parrakeets, ib. ;
Trichoglossus cyanogrammus, ib. ;
luris, Moore’s description of, 260;
Tanygnathus macrorynchus, a large,
green parrot, 268; Carpophaga per-
spiciUata, a long-tailed dove, ib.; Mrn-
deapidce, ib. ; Monarcha lori-cata, ib.;
Tropidorynchus bouruensis, 269 ;
Anas rajah, or “ prince duck,” 283 ;
author incurs great danger in procuring,
ib.; castori rajah, 289; Mega-
podius Forsteni, ib.; M. Wcdlacei, ib. ;
mode of shooting, skinning, and preserving,
288, 289; Corvusenka, 335 ;
Dicrurus, ib.
Birgos latro, the great hermit crab, 148.
Bleeker, Dr., on the geology of Laitimur,
247; on the ichthyology of LakeLinu,
344.
' Bloodsuckers, author tortured by, 492,
493, 508.
Boats, with outriggers, 57; see also
lepperdepper.
Bonang, the, described, 190.
Bonoa, situation of, 253.
Bosehe, Governor Van den ; entertains
the author at Padang, 387.
Bos sondaicus; the ox of Madura, 72.
Bread-fruit, tree and fruit described,
92.
Breech-loader, Sharpe’s, 43.
Bridge, suspension, made of rattan,
‘428, 430 ; of bamboo, 474; of rattan,
475.
Bua, valley of, 462 ; cave of, 463, 464.
Buffalo, the, described, 35; habits of,
35, 36; color of, 36; fights with
tigers, 8 6 ; wild ones in Sumatra,
413.
Buru, described, 256 ; history of, 270,
271; Alfura of, and their customs and
belief, 271-273 ; alternation of seasons
in, 298.
Buton, description and geology of, 380,
381.
C.
Camphor-trees, described, 433 ; kinds
of, ib.
Oampong, a, described, 132.
Cannibals; mode of eating men, 444;
see also Battas.
Cassowary, eggs of, 150 ; habitat of the,
ib.
Cauto, Diogo de, history of, 98, note ;
his description of Celebes, 98, 99.
Celebes; description and history of, 97-
100 ; northern peninsula of, 322;
gold-mines in, 379; fauna of, 380.
Cemetery, Chinese, at Batavia, 36.
Ceram, described, 201, 202; headhunters
of, 203; Alfura, ib. ; landing
on the south coast of, 207 ; alternation
of seasons in, 298.
Ceram-laut, natives of, 242; elevation
of, 243.
Genius rufa, 80 ; mantjac, ib.
Chair, to travel in, described, 141, 142.
Chilachap, port of, 57.
Christmas Island, passed, 13.
Cinnamon, kinds of, and their distribution,
425.
Cleft, of Padang Panjang, 390-392 ;
459, 460.
Clove, tree and fruit described, 163;
distribution of, 153, 154; quantities
obtained in previous years, 153 ;
mode of gathering the, 155; names
for, 156; history of, 157; yield of,
in Saparua, Haruku, and Nusalaut,
197.
Clypeastridce, abundant at Saparua, 186.
Coal, nearSiboga, 436; near Bencoolen,
492-495 ; abundance of, 494; on the
Limatang, 521; on the Inem, 524.
Cock-fighting, Malay passion for, 61.
Cocoa-nut, th e double, 14; palm, described,
81-83 ; oil, mode of making,
83; kind eaten by Malays, 82,
83 ; importance of, 84 ; beaches lined
with trees of, 149 ; a portable fountain,
ib. ; abundance of, on the upper
Limatang, 523 ; rafts of, ib.
Cocoa-trees a t Amboina, 138; history
of, 138, 139.
Coffee, store-houses for, at Menado,
346 ; history of, 347-349 ; how
brought to Padang and when sold,
453 ; exports to the United States,
455, and Appendix D. ; where large
quantities could be profitably raised,
504, 505.
Coir, a rope made of gomuti fibres,
370.
Contrôleur, duties of, 67 ; in Ceram
summons the head-hunters, 203.
Cooking, Eastern mode of, 31.
Coral, Meandrinas, or “ brain corals,”
285 ; different kinds of, and appearance.
beneath the sea, 285—287 ;
Fungidoe, Gorgonias, raised reefs, 508.
Cotton, raised by the natives on the
Limatang, 527.
Crawfurd, Mr. John, cited, 96 ; in regard
to Mount Tomboro, 108.
D.
Damma, described, 126 ; hot springs in,
126, 127.
Deer, author hunts, on Buru, 290-292 ;
their venison smoked and made into
dinding, 292 ; Axis mandata, 387 ;
hunted by tigers, 413.
Diaz, Bartholomew, his discovery of
southern extremity of Africa, 22.
Dilli, city of, 122 ; name whence derived,
124.
Diving, skilful, 103.
Draco volans, described, 144.
Dugong found at Aru Islands, 244.
JDuku, the, described, 90.
Durian tree and fruit described, 91, 92.
E.
Earl, Mr., cited in regard to a plateau,
95 ; people near Dilli, 116.
Earthquake, experienced by the author
a t Amboina,167-169 ; diseases caused
by several, 169, 170.
Elephants, native mode of killing, 495 ;
author comes near a stray one, 513 ;
distribution of, ib.
Elizabeth, Queen; her letter to the
rajah of Achin, 449, note.
Eugene Sue, describes Rahden Saleh,
38.
Exquisite, an Eastern, described, 42.
F.
Feest Kakian, a revel of the head-hunters,
210.
Fever, Batavia, described, 39.
Fishes; large one caught at Limbi, 332;
Ophiocephalus striatus, 354; Anabas
scandens, ib. ; Anguilla Elphinstonei,
ib.
Fishing, boats used by Malays, 52;
Malay mode of, ?!19.
Floris described- 11 ; cannibals of, ib.
Flying-fish, 106 ”, M fly during a calm,
122.
Forest, home in a tropical, 261; nature’s
highway through, 263.
Fountain, “ youth’s radiant,” quoted
from Moore, 297.
Fringilla oryzivora, the rice-bird, 80.
G.
Callus bankiva, 60, 61; other species
of, 60.
Galunggong, Mount; eruption of, 75,
76 ; compared with the Tenger Mountains,
77.
Gambang, of Java, 190.
Gambling, Malay vice of, 61.
Geology, of Timur, near Kupang, 119,
120 ; of the Banda group, 241; of
Amboina, 247; of Buru, 263, 293;
of Bachian, 299; of the Minahassa,
376 ; of Gorontalo, 379 ; of Buton,
381; of a cliff a t Tapanuli Bay, 441;
of the Padang plateau, 477 ; of the
cliffs of Bencoolen Bay, 489,490; of
the region near Tebing Tingi, 508;
of the region of the upper Limatang,
522 ; of Banca, 534.
Gillibanta, passed, 187.
Gilolo, west coast of, 310; Alfura of,
311; “ the bloodhounds” of, ib.
Goitre, prevalent in the interior of Sumatra,
416 ; probable cause of, ib.
Gold-mines in Celebes, 379; geological
age o f ib.; mines in Sumatra, 404-
406 ; distribution of, 406; ornaments
of, 431, 432; mode of obtaining, 432.
Gomuti palm, fibres of, 350; made
into a rope, 370 ; tuak or wine of, 371.
I Goram, .situation of, 243.