Gorontalo, bay of, 377; country and
tribes near, 3*78.
Gresik, village of, 56.
Gunong Api, of Sapi Strait, 106, 107;
of Banda, 214-219 ; author ascends,
228 ; description of, 228-234; account
of eruptions of, 237; the one
near Wetta, 245; of Banda compared
to Temate, 817.
H.
Haruku, one of the Uliassers, 178;
north coast of, 182 ; population and
description of, ib.
Head-hunters, of Ceram, 203; clothing,
203, 204; dance of, ib. / of Sawai
Bay, 206, 206.
Hinduism, history of, 62.
Hitu, a part of Amboina, 130; remarkable
appearance of hills on, 131;
excursion along the coast of, 141.
Horse, author thrown from a, 341;
of Sumatra, 409.
Hospital, at Batavia, 39.
Houtman, commander of first Dutch
fleet to the East, 24 ; arrives at Ter-
nate, 307.
Ifiikum, Biza, Kadua, Tua, and Kachil,
meaning of, 338. *
Hunting in the tropics, 139.
L
Ice, used in the East, 31 ; whence
brought, and where manufactured, 81.
Inkfish, an Octopus, author dines on,
172.
J.
Java, Sea, 19 ; meaning of the word, 21;
described by Ludovico Barthema, 23;
compared with Cuba, 77—79; descrip-.
tion of, 77, 78; population of, 78;
imports and exports, 79; forests, ib. ; '
fauna, 79-81; flora, 81-89 ; separated
from Sumatra and Bali, 93, 94.
Jewels, from the heads of wild boars,
151; Rumphius’s account of, 152.
Jukes, Mr., cited on the geology of
Sandal-wood Island, 112 ; Timur,
119.
Junghuhn, Dr., cited, 52, 53, 109.
K.
Kay61i, bay of, 256; village of 257;
description of, 269; history of, 270;
a threatening fleet arrive off, 283.
Kayu-puti, trees and oil described, 282,
283 ; distribution of, 283.
Kema, village of, 323; great python
killed near, 334.
Ki, some account of the group, 243.
Kissa, described, 125.
Klings, whence their name, 63; early
voyages of, to the archipelago, 405.
Kloff, Captain; describes the natives
of Kissa, 125.
Korinchi, reformers of, 471.
Kubus, the tribe of, described, 533.
Kupang, village • of, 113; bay of, ib. ;
population of, 114; oranges of, ib.
L.
Ladangs, native gardens, 264.
Lepers, author visits a village of, 343;
description of the, 343—346; description
of the disease, 345.
Lepper-lepper, a native boat, 165 ;
dangerous voyage in, 165,166.
Letti, described, 125.
Limatang, river of, 518, 620, 621; author
descends, 521-533.
Limbi, an island near Kema, 324; author
visits for Babirusa, 324—382.
Living, Eastern mode of, 32.
Lombok, the, described, 264.
Lombok, island of, separated from Bali,
93; fauna of, 94; flora, ib.
Lontar, one of the Banda Islands, 214;
shores of, 219; author visits it, 223-
227; beautiful nutmeg-groves of, 225.
Lotus, fragrant, 358; land of, by Tennyson,
366.
Lubus, tribe of, 411; habits, 419.
M.
Macassar, harbor of, 100; praus of, 100,
101; city of, 103-105; tombs of
princes near, 105.
Madura, a low island, 65 ; Strait of, 56;
I cattle of, 60; south coast of, 71;
whence its name, ib.; coffee-trees on,
72; manufacture of salt on, 72.
Magellan, Ferdinand, his discovery of
the Spice Islands, 305-307.
Maize, history of, 265—267.
Makian, island of, described, 299 ;
eruptions of, 299, 300.
Malabrathrum, a gum, 62.
Malay, first sight of, 18 ; language of,
20; physical characteristics of, 33,
3 4 ; passion for gambling, ib.; are
mostly Mohammedans, ib. ; language
affected by the Portuguese, 122 ;
speak many dialects, 162, 163; migrations
of, from Gilolo, 313.
Mango, tree and fruit described, 89,
90, 148.
Mangostin, described, 88, 89.
Manindyu, lake of, 397; crater of, 399,
401; village of, ib.
Marco Polo, his account of Java, 21.
Marriage, feast at Kayeli, 274; Mohammedan
laws in regard to, 275; at
393 ; Mérapi, ib. ; Ophir, 404 ; Seret
Mérapi, 420, 422 ; Lubu Rajah, 423 ;
Sago, 461—468 ; Talang, 480 ; Ulu
Musi, 499 ; Dempo, 516.
Mud-wells, in the Minahassa, 359-364.
Müller, Dr. S., ascended Gunong Api of
Banda in 1828, 236.
Musa paradisiaca, th e banana-tree, 85 ;
textilis, 340.
Amboina, 275-278; Malay ideas of,
279.
Matabella, situation of group, 243;
Wallace’s description of, ib.
Menado, village of, 342; bay of, 346,
351; Tua, an island, 346.
Menangkabau, kingdom of, 394 ; former
capitals of, 468 ; history of, 469—474;
arts in, 472, 473.
Minahassa; the most beautiful spot on
the globe, 316; mode of travelling |
in, 335; population of, and area, 339 ;
cataract in, 356 ; mud-wells and
hot springs in, 358—364; Alfura of,
365; most charming view in, 369;
products of, 370,375 ; graves of the
aborigines of, 373 ; Christianity and
education in, 375 ; geology of, 376.
Mittara ; small island near Temate, 317.
Mohammedan religion, first converts
to, 51; at Gresik, 56 ; jealousy, 159 ;
requires the shaving of the head,
273 ; filing the teeth, 274.
Moluccas, history of the, 146; population
and how divided, 195; Catholicism
in, 307, 308 ; Christianity introduced,
308 ; of what islands composed, 309.
Monkeys, of Sumatra and Java, 408,
409 ; large troops of, 410; sagacity
of, 478; a flock of, 509.
Monsoons, calms during the changing
of, 16; name whence derived, 4 4 ;
east and west, ib.; rainy, 45; sky
thick in the eastern, 1 2 0 ; eastern at
Amboina, Ceram, Buru, and New
Guinea, 128, 129; western boundary
of, 486.
Mosque, Mohammedan, in Samarang,
50.
Mount, Ungarung, 45; Slamat, ib.;
Sumbing, 46 ; Prau, residence of the
gods, 46-48; Japara, 48; Tenger, 73;
Bromo, 74 ; Tomboro, eruption of,
N.
Natal, port of, 453.
Nautilus, shells of, purchased a t Kupang,
1 1 9 ; said to be common on
Rotti, ib. ; those secured a t Amboina,
134, 135.
Navigating mud-flats, 57.
Nusalaut, name whence derived, 178 ;
author visits, 187 ; surrounded by a
platform of coral, 187 ; natives of, in
ancient costume, ib. ; description and
population of, 188.
Nutmeg-tree, when found, 215 ; gathered
by the natives, 216 ; description
of tree and fruit, 222 ; mode of curing
the fruit, 222, 223.
O.
Orangbai, an, described, 136.
Orang-utan, habits of, 408, 409.
Ophir, whence the gold of, 405.
Opium, mode of selling and smoking,
279-282 ; history of, 280.
P.
Padang, city of, 385 ; Panjang, 892 ;
Sidempuan, 423.
Padangsche Bovenlanden, or Padang
plateau, 390 ; native houses in, 393 ;
dress of the natives of, 394 ; author
travels in, Chap. XV. ; geology of,
477.
Paddi, described, 66.
Pagi Islands ; natives of, and their
habits, 482, 483.
Palembang, author arrives at, 529 ; description
and history of, 530, 531 ;
mosque of, 531 ; Lama, 532.
Pandanus, a screw-pine, 84.
Papandayang, Mount, eruption of, 74,
75.
Papaw, tree and fruit described, 85.
Papua, natives of, 311, 3 1 2 ; taxes
levied on, 314 ; author thinks of go