Bali—Javanese traditions—Limjt between the fauna of Asia and that
of Australia—A plateau beneath the sea—Caste and suttee practices on
B a l i .............................................................................. Ï1-96
CHAPTER IY.
CELEBES AND TIMUR.
History of Celebes—De Barros—Diogo de Cauto—Head-hunters of Celebes—
The harbor of Macassar—Voyages of the Bugis—Skilful diving—Fort Rotterdam—
The Societeit, or Club—A drive into the country—The tomb of a
native merchant—Tombs of ancient princes—Sail for Kupang, in Timur—
Elying-fish—The Gunong Api in Sapi Strait—Gillibanta—Sumbawa—Eruption
of Mount Tomboro—The Eye of the Devil—Floris and Sandal-wood
Island—Kupang—Fruits on Timur—Its barrenness and the cause of it—
Different kinds of people seen at Kupang—Human sacrifice—Purchasing
shells—Geology of the vicinity of Kupang—Sail for Dilli—Village
of Dilli—Islands north of Timur—The Bandas—Monsoons in the Java
and China S e a s ..............................................................................................97-129
CHAPTER V.
Description of the island and city of Amboina—Dutch mode of governing the
natives—A pleasant home—A living nautilus is secured—Excursion to
Hitu—Hassar steering—History of the cocoa-tree—Indian corn—Hunting
in the tropics—Butterflies—Excursion along the shores of Hitu for shells—
Mode of travelling in the Spice Islands—The pine-apple—Covered bridges—
Hitulama.—Purchasing specimens—History of the Spice Islands—Enormous
hermit-crabs—An exodus—Assilulu—Babirusa shells from Buru—Great
curiosities—Jewels in the brains of snakes and wild boars—Description of
the clove-tree—History of the clove-trade—Watched by the rajah’s wives—.
Lariki and Wakasihu—A storm in the height of the southeast monsoon—
Variety of native dialects—Dangerous voyage by night—An earthquake—
Excursion to Tulahu . . . . . . . . . 130-176
CHAPTER VI.
THE ULIASSERS AND CERAM.
The arrival of the mail at Amboina—The Uliassers—Chewing the betel-nut and
siri—Haruku—We strike on a reef—Saparua Island, village, and bay—
Nusalaut—Strange reception—An Eastern banquet—Examining the native
schools—Different classes of natives—Yield of cloves in the Uliassers—Nul-
lahia, A m e t, and Abobo—Breaking of the surf on the coral reefs—Tanjong
0—Travel by night—Ceram—Elpaputi Bay and Amahai—Alfura, or head-
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hunters, come down from the mountains and dance before us Land on the
south coast of Ceram—Fiendish revels of the natives Return to Saparua
and A m b o i n a ..............................................................................................177-212
CHAPTER Vn.
BANDA.
Governor Arriens invites me to accompany him to Banda—The Gunong Api—
Road of the Bandas—Banda Neira and its forts—Geology of Lontar—The
Bandas and the crater in the Tenger Mountains compared—The groves of
nutmeg-trees—The canari-tree—Orang Datang—We ascend the volcano—
In imminent peril—The crater—Perilous descent—Eruptions of Gunong ^
Api—Earthquakes at Neira—Great extent of the Residency of Banda—The
Ki and A rru Islands—Return to Amboina—Geology of the island of Amboina—
Trade of Amboina—The grave of Rumphius—His history . 213-252
CHAPTER Vin.
BURU.
Adieu to Amboina—North coast of Ceram—Wahai—Buru—Kay èli—Excnr-
sions to various parts of the bay—A home in the forest—Malay cuisine—
Tobacco and maize—Flocks of parrots—Beautiful birds—History of Buru—
The religion and laws of the Alfura.—Shaving the head of a young child—A
wedding-feast—Marriage laws in Mohammedan countries—A Malay marriage—
Opium, its effects and its history—Kayu-puti oil—Gardens beneath
the sea—Roban—Skinning birds—Tropical pests—A deer-hunt—Dinding—
A threatening fleet—A page of romance—A last glance at Buru 253-297
CHAPTER IX.
TERNATE, TID0RE, AND GILOLO.
Seasons in Ceram and Buru—-Bachian and Makian—Eruptions of Ternate—Magellan—
Former monopolies—The bloodhounds of Gilolo—Migrations—A
birth-mark—The Molucca Passage—Malay pirates—They challenge the
Dutch 298—322
CHAPTER X.
THE NORTHERN PENINSULA OE CELEBES.
Mount Klabat—Kema—A hunt for babirusa—A camp by the sea—Enormous
snakes—From Kema to Menado—Eruption of Mount Kemaas—Population
of the Minahassa—Thrown from a horse—The Bantiks—A living death—
History of the coffee-tree—In the jaws of a crocodile—The bay of Menado—
Lake Linu—A grove by moonlight . . . . . . 328—355