F.
Fauna, of the Moluccas, ii. 144 et
seq. ; of the Papuan group, ii. 435,
436. .
Ferns, rare, on Mount Ophir, i. 48;
collection of, in Borneo, 127; tree
fern, plate of, 130; collection of,
132; immense number and variety
of, 180, 181; elegant one discovered
at Ceram, ii. 83.
Fire produced by friction, ii. 34.
Fishes, tame, at Gunong Sari, i.
268, 269'{see Shells).
Flies, at Dorey, tormented bv, ii.
329.
Flores, island of, i. 6 ; no forest in,
12. Flowers (see Vegetation and Plants),
in Borneo, i. 127, 128,
Flying-fish, ii. 173.
Foot-ball at Dobbo, ii. 269.
Forest desert at Ceram, ii. 85.
Forest trees (with plate), i. 127-
131; forest “ instinct,” 420, 421;
of immense size, ii. 60, 61.
Forests, unexplored, ii. 17; of Ceram,
ii. 83.
Frog, tree, or Flying, in Borneo
(with plate), i. 59-61.
Fruits of the Malay Archipelago
tasteless and uneatable, ii. 103.
Fruit-trees at Ternate, ii. 4, 5.
Funnell, Sir William, his account of
Amboyna in the year 1705, i, 460.
461.
G.
Gah vocabulary, ii. 475.
Galapagos islands, peculiar productions
of, i. 15.
Gal el a men, ii. 34; from Gilolo, 43.
Galela vocabulary, ii. 474.
Gamelang, a native band, 161.
Gani-diluar, village of, ii. 375 ; repairs
and provisions obtained
there, 376, 378.
Gani men, their knowledge of the
coast, ii. 379.
Gani vocabulary, ii. 474.
Gaper, blue-billed, i. 43; greeu, 44.
Garo, an attendant boy, ii. 24.
Geach, Mr., an English mining
engineer at Delli, i. 295 ; his disheartening
report respecting the
supposed copper mines, 300, 304.
Geoffroyus cyanicollis, ii. 42.
Geological contrasts, i. 6; discoveries
and teachings with respect to
changes in the distribution of land
and water, and forms of life, ] 4- 16\
Geology, lessons taught by, ii.
432. J
Gilolo, island of, i. 6; mountainous
coast of, ii. 1; physical aspect of,
2; visit to the island of, 11, 14;
characteristics of the slaves, 11;
volcanic appearances at, 21; map
of, 369 ; island of, 371, 372 ;
earthquake on the coast of, 372.
Glacial period, i. 186, 187.
Goa, visit to the Rajah of, i. 335; the
Rajah, ib. ; a feast with bad coflee,
335, 336; fever in the Rajah’s
territory, 336; collections in, 338,
339 ; an intrusion, 340, 341; the
Rajah at a cock-fight, 343; his
daughters, 343,- 344; house-hunting,
345; sickness at, 347; the
village, 348; and people, 349;
the author a terror to men and
beasts, 349, 350; house-building,
351; preference for crooked timber,
352.
Goldmann, Mr., son of the Governor
of the Moluccas, i. 413.
-Goram, islands of, ii. 94; map of
the, 95; return to, 104; coral
rocks surrounding, 105; geological
speculations on, 106; the
inhabitants a race of traders,
107 ; their chief trade, ib. ;
poverty of the rajahs, ib.; difficulties
with the workmen of,
109, 110; departure from, 113;
trade of, 115.
Goram prau, its mode of sailing, ii.
167.
Goram vocabulary, ii. 475.
Grammatophyllum, a gigantic orchid,
i. 216.
Grasshopper, great-shielded, of New
Guinea, ii. 434.
“ Gubbong,” the palm, i. 248.
I Giidong, a Malay village, i. 101;
conduct of the women on seeing
a European, 102 (see Jahi).
Guebe, island of, ii. 369, 370.
Guinea, New, voieanic action, &c.
in, i. 10; a forest country, 11; resemblance
to Australia, &c. 20;
to Borneo, 24.
Gun-making, in Lombock, i. 263-
266.
Gunong Prau, extensive ruins of,
in Java, i. 165.
Gunong Sari, excursion to, i. 268,
269.
Gusti Gadioca, a chief of Lombock,
i. 263; his feast, 266; and reception,
266-268.
H.
Haan, De, Dutch entomologist, i.
202.
Halcyon saurophaga, ii. 344.
Har, village of, ii. 179.
Hart, Captain, an English resident
at Delli, i. 295.
Hawk-tribe, the, in Celebes, i. 428.
Helix pyrostoma, ii. 19.
Henicophaps albifrons, ii. 367.
Hestia durvillei, ii. 199.
Himalayas, the, in miniature, in
Borneo, i. 112, 113.
Honeysuckers, i. 21, 44.
Hooker, Dr., his “ Flora Indica,”
i. 215.
Hornbills, in Sumatra, i. 212-214;
in Celebes, 429.
Hoya, village of, ii. 87.
Humboldt Bay, ii. 323 ; its inhabitants,
ib.
Huxley, Professor, on the crania of
diiferent races, ii. 467.-
I.
Indo-Malayan division of the Archipelago,
i. 14; evidences of having
once formed part of the Asiatic
VOL. II.
continent, 18-20 (see the Austro-
Malayan, the other division of the
Archipelago); natural history of
the Indo-Malay islands, 214-218;
mammalia in, 218; monkey tribes,
218, 219; carnivora, 219; hoofed
animals, 219, 220; birds, &c.
223, 224 (see Animals, distribution
of).
Insect pests, ii. 259.
Insects at the Simunjon coal works,
i. 56, 57; in Timor, 296-298;
ants, 342; successful collection of,
364-366, 376, 377, 409 ; in
Celebes, 436; comparison of, with
other districts, 438 -447 ; in
Amboyna, 464; collecting of, ii.
30, 31; astonishment of the natives
on observing, 31; scarcity
of, 56, 57; great variety of, 68;
of the Moluccas, 153, 155; beauty
and numbers of, ib. ; bargaining
for, with tobacco, 187; irritation
caused by, 250; the pests of the
tropical forests, 251; curious ones
at Dorey, 313; of New Guinea,
326, 433, 436, 437.
Instinct, failure of, ii. 275, 276.
Interior of the island of Amboyna,
beauty of scenery, &c. i. 464;
evening occupation, 465; specimens
in, 467, 468.
Ireland, New, i. 6.
Irrigation in Lombock, i. 256, 257.
Island, how to determine whether
it has ever been connected with
any continent, ii. 292.
Islands of the Malay Archipelago,
extent and variety of, i. 2; divisible
into two portions, 3 ; definition
and boundaries of, ib. ; size of
several of the largest islands, 4.
J.
Jackass, laughing, of Australia, L
245.
Jahi, a Borneo village, i. 102 (see
Empugnan).
Japan, sketches of the plants of,
i. 462.
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