Archipelago, Malay, physical geog.
of, i. 1 ; productions of, in some
cases unknown elsewhere, ib. (see
Islands); extent of, 4, 5; natural
division of, into two parts, 14
(see Austro-Malayan, and Natural
Productions); shallow waters of,
17-26 (see Races).
Architectural remains in Java, i.
158; ruined temples, 164, 165.
Arfaks, of New Guinea, ii. 310,
312, 318,. 319.
Arjuna Mount, i. 157.
Arndt, M., a German resident in
Coupang, i. 290.
Arrack, demand for, ii. 246.
Art, rudimental love of, among bar-
bariansj-ii. 325.
Aru Islands, i. 9; voyage to, from
Macassar in'a native prau, ii. 157
et seq; diary of the voyage, 166
et seq.-, arrival at the, 194; exploration
of the forests of, 198;
entomological captures, 199;
traders of the, 200; articles for
disposal or exchange, 202; immense
variety of animal life, 204
et seq. ; pirates on the coast of,
210, 211; trade and commerce of,
215, 216; nominally under the
government of the Moluccas, 216;
journey and residence in the interior,
218 et seq.-, map of the,
219; bird s'o f the, 220-229;
habits of the natives, 229, 231;
their food, 229, 330 ; arrack
their chief luxury, 230; their
wretched habitations, 231; their
monotonous existence, ib.-, mixture
of races, 232, 233 ; their
language, 232; men and boys expert
archers, 242; inquisitiveness
of the inhabitants, 246 et seq.-,
dry and wet seasons, 250'; beauty
of the human form, 253, 254;
females of, 254; personal ornaments,
255; movable utensils,
256 ; household ornaments of
the, 257 ; mats and boxes of,
ib.; domestic animals, 258 ;
noxious animals, centipedes,
scorpions, &c. ib.; legend respecting
the, 261 ; mysterious
character of the author, 264 ;
second residence at Dobbo, 267 ;
cheapness of European articles of
commerce, 271, 2/2; intemperance
of the natives, 272 ; considerable
trade of the, 281, 282;
departure from, 282 ; the return
voyage, 283 ; the dry and rainy
seasons, ib. ; expedition to, eminently
successful, 283, 284 ; the
specimens ,of natural objects
brought from, 284; sketch of its
physical geography, 285 et seq.-,
the great island called Tana-
busar, ib. ; number of small
islands surrounding the central
mass, ib.-, evidence that they once
formed a part of New Guinea,
294 ; its natural aspects and vegetable
productions,. 295 et seq.
Ar.u Islands vocabulary, ii. 475.
Aurora borealis observed at Muka,
ii. 354.
Australia, resemblance to,, of the
Austro-Malayan division of the
Archipelago,i. 20; great difference
between the productions of, and
. those of Asia, 20, 21.
Australians, on the crania and
languages of. the, ii. 467, 468.
Austro-Malayan division of the
Archipelago, i. 14 (see also Indo-
Malayan); its close resemblance
to Australia, not to Asia, 20.
• Awaiya, village of, ii. 78; arrival
at, 86.
Awaiya vocabulary, ii. 474.
Ayer-panas, life at, i. 44.
B.
Babirusa (pig-deer), the, i. 412, 433;
skull of the, 434; ii. 137; of
Celebes found in Bouru, 140.
Baboon monkeys at Batchian, ii.
54, 55 ; of the Moluccas, 139.
Baderoon, the author’s servant, ii.
164; his gambling propensities,
279.
Bagan vocabulary, ii, 473.
Bali, island of, i. 6 ; no forest in, 12 ;
difference between, and Lombock,
21 (see Birds in ); position of, and
of Lombock, 234; the only islands
of the Archipelago in which
the Hindoo religion maintains
itself, 234 (see Bileling); beauty
of the district around, 236; cattle
and birds, 237, 317 ; birds in, ib.
Ball, Mr., an Englishman, resident
in Java, i. 157.
Bamboo, usefulness of, i. 85, 114;
with plate of bridge, 121-126.
Banda, island of, i. 6 ; from Macassar
to, 448; first impression of, 449 ;
appearance of the town, 450;
view of the volcano of, 450, 451;
volcanic character of the island,
451, 452; natives of, 456 ; birds
and mammalia, 457; the trading
locality for nutmegs, ii. 8.
Banda group, ii. 173.
Baso, the author’s servant, ii. 164.
Batanta, map of, ii. 332.
Batavia, arrival at, i. 172 ; trade and
hotels, ib.
Batchian, island of, i. 6 ; voyage to,
ii. 23, 24; volcanoes of, 27; arrival
at, 35 ; difficulties of obtaining
accommodation, 36; the
author’s cottage in the suburbs,
37 ; interview with the Sultan,
38; road to the coal-mines, 39;
virgin forest of, ib.-, distinct races
of, 43, 44; robbery at, 45 ; wet
season at, 4 7 ; music and
dancing a,t, 47, 48 ; domestic
habits of, 48 ; eatable bats at,
49 ; walk in the forest of, 50;
objects of natural history at, 51
et seq. ; its great variety of surface
and of soil, 63; sketch map of, ii.
369.
Batchian vocabulary, ii. 474.
Batrachostomus crinifrons, ii. 67.
Bats, eatable, ii. 49; at Batchian, 55.
Batu-merah vocabulary, ii. 474.
Batuassa, village of, ii. 90,
Beard, cultivating a, ii. 270, 271.
Beck, Capt. Van der, ii. 73, 75;
his extraordinary knowledge of
languages, 76.
Bee-eater, Australian, i. 245, 429.
Bee-hunters and bee-hunting, i.
311-315.
Beeswax in Timor, i. 311.
Beetles, 700 species collected in
Singapore, i. 37; distinct (130)
kinds of the Longieorns, ib.;
proper ground for collecting, 56;
large number and new species of,
, collected at the Simunjon coal
works, 56, 57, 461; a rare beetle,
475 ; numerous species of, discovered,
ii. 30, 31, 32, 42 ; cap-
. ture of, 53 ; found at Bouru,
132; of the Moluccas, 154 ; the
various species, ib.; obtained for
tobacco, 187; numerous species in ,
New Guinea, 326; new species,
327.
Belideus ariel, ii. 55, 142.
Bengalese in Singapore, i. 31.
Bernstein, Dr. ii. 21 ; collector for
the Leyden Museum, 54.
Bessir, village of, ii. 348, 358; visit
to, 358; wretched accommodation
there, 359, 360 ; bargain
with the men for catching birds
of paradise, 361, 362 ; their
* method of snaring them, 364 ;
scarcity of food there, 364, 365;
the country around very hilly and
rugged, 366.
Bileling, arrival at, from Singapore,
i. 234; a Chinese house in, 235.
Bird of Paradise, new form of, ii.
41; named “ Wallace’s Standard
Wing,” ib.
Birds, in Bali and Lombock, i. 21; in
Malacca, 43, 44; in Bali, 237 ; in
Ampanam, 241; boys’ birdcatch-
ing, 241, 242; beautiful birds,
245, 246 (see Simla group, and
. Celebes), 409 (see Maleo); scarcity
of, ii. 63; insular forms of, 67; collections
of, in Bouru, 137; number
of species from the Molucca group
of islands, 144; number of, in
. Europe compared, ib.; in India,
ib.; various noises of, 225 ; numerous
varieties of, in the Aru Islands,
242, et seq. ; dancing parties
of, called “ Sacaleli,” 252 ; those