Malay Archipelago, ii. 1 et seq.;
the author’s views as to the races
of man in the, 439 et seq.; two
strongly contrasted raees, the
Malays and the Papuans, 439 {see
Malays and- Papuans); an indigenous
race in the island of
Ceram, 449; tribes of the island
of Timor, ib.; the black woollyhaired
races of the Philippines
and the Malay 'peninsula, 451;
general view as to their origin and
affinities, 452, 453; the Polynesian
! races; 454, 455; on the
crania and the races of man in
the, 465-467.
Malay peninsula, non-volcanic, i l l .
Malay race of Ternate, ii. 10.
Malay vocabulary, ii. 472.
Malays, a peculiarly interesting race,
found only in the Malay Archipelago,
i. 1, 2 ; villages, &c., des-
. ■ troyed by volcanoes, 7- 1 0 ; in
Singapore, 31; a Malay Governor
and house, 101 (see Gudong);
Malay villages, 195 ; of Batchian,
ii. 43; different from the Papuans,
178; contrast between the, 179;'
contrast of character with the,
193; psychology of the, 207;
widely separated from the Papuans,
208; of the Malay Archipelago,
439; the most important
of the races, ib.; their physical
and mental characteristics, 440;
different tribes, ib.; the savage
Malays, 441; personal characteristics,
ib. ; impassive character
of, 442, 443; different accounts
of them, 444; on the crania and
languages Of the, 466, 468.
Maleos, singular birds, in Celebes,
i. 413; description of the birds,
416; and eggs, 416-418; their
breeding-place, 475.
Mammalia, or warm-blooded quadrupeds
of the Indo-Malay Islands,
i. 227; of the Timor group, 326;
of Celebes, 432; of the Moluccas,
ii. 138; of New Guinea, 429.
Maugusteen fruit {see Durian), in
Sarawak, i. 132, 217.
Manipa, island of, ii. 135.
Manowolko, the largest of the Goram
group, ii. 94; map of, 95; description
of, 96; people and races
of, ib.; return to, 104.
Mansinam, island of, ii. 301, 304.
Manuel, a Portuguese bird-skinner,
engaged by the author, i. 242; his
philosophy, 250-253.
Mareh, island of, ii. 26, 27.
Maros river, i. 359; falls of the river,
367; precipices, 371; absence of
flowers, 373; drought followed by
a deluge of rain, 375; effects of,
376 {see Menado).
Marsupials in the Malay Archipelago,
i. 13 ; of Celebes, 436;
of the Moluccas, ii. 142; of the
Papuan Islands, 428.
Massaratty vocabulary, ii. 473.
Matabello Islands, ii. 97, 98 ; dangers
of the voyage to, 98, 99;
trade of, 100; cocoa-nut trees of,
ib. ; villages of, 110; savage life of,
ib. ; palm-wine one of the few
luxuries,of, 102; wild fruits of,
103; strange ideas of the people
respecting the Russian war, 104 ;
their extravagant notions of the
Turks, ib.
Matabello vocabulary, ii. 475.
Mataram, capital of Lombock, i.
255, 256.
Mats and boxes of the Aru Islands,
ii. 251.
Mausoleum, ancient, in Java, L 162,
163.
“ Max Havelaar,” story of the Dutch
auctions, &e. in the colonies,
i. 152.
Maykor, map of, ii. 219; river of,
286.
Megachile pluto, ii. 68.
Megamendong mountain, road over,
i. 176; a residence on, ib.; collections
on, and in the neighbourhood
of, 177-189.
Megapodidse, the, a small family
of birds, peculiar to Australia,
and to surrounding islands, i.
243.
Megapodii of the Moluccas, ii. 147.
Megapodius, the mound-maker bird,
ii. 33.
Megapodius wallacei, a new species
of birds, ii. 148.
Melaleuca cajuputi, ii. 126.
Menado, in Celebes, i. 378; ii. 137;
prettiness of, i. 379; in the district
Minahasa, ib. ; pure race, &c.,
of, ib.; the inhabitants recently
savages, 380, 381; induced to
cultivate the coffee-plant, 381;
pretty villages of, 383; a native
house, 384 (see Runikan).
Menado vocabulary, ii. 473.
Menyerry, a Malay village, i. 113.
Mesman, Mr., a Dutch gentleman
in Celebes, i. 332; his farm and
premises, 355; Macassar fanning,
355-357; brother of, 359; plantation
and country life, 360; hospitality
of, 362, 363.
Mesmon Inlands, ii. 332; sketch
map of the, 369.
Mias, native name for the Orangutan,
and so called in this work, i.
62; the author’s first introduction
to, ib.; the first shot by him, ib.;
strength of a wounded mias, 63;
a mias pelting its enemies from
the tree tops, ib.; the first capture
of a full-grpwn mias, a female
(now in the Derby Museum), with
plate, 64; capture of an infant
mias, 65 ; its infantine attraction
to a beard, ib.; its nursing-cradle,
washing, and playthings, 65-67;
a substitute for a mother, 67, 68 ;
spoon-meat, 68 ; a hare-lip monkey
for a companion, 69,70; babylike
appearance of the mias, 70 ;
cutting its teeth, 71; death, ib.;
a mias hunt, 72-74; capture of a
very large animal, 75; size and
proportions of, 76; skeleton in
Derby Museum, ib.; a mias attacked
by natives, 77; other captures,
7 8 ; wounded mias making
a nest in the trees, 79 ; its death
and dried remains, 79, 80; mode
of walking over the tree tops, 81;
capture of, at Semabang, the specimen
now in the British Museum,
84; the mias throwing down
branches, 87 ; preparing tne skins
and skeletons, 88,89; the author’s
last capture, 89; the orang district,
Borneo and Sumatra, ib. ;
habits of, and nature of country
inhabited by, 90, 91; singular
method of making its way through
the forest, 91, 92: his nest for
the night, 92; his time of rising
in the morning, 93; full-grown
animals seldom seen in company,
ib. ; food of, ib.; the mias rarely
seen on the ground, 94; the only
two animals it is attacked by,
the python and the crocodile, 95 ;
his superiority to both, ib.; size
of the large mias, 96, 97; various
accounts of, 97-100; in Sumatra,
209.
Microglossum aterrimum, ii. 229.
Microscope, astonishment of the natives
on viewing objects through
the, ii. 64.
Millepedes, ii. 258.
Mimeta bouruensis, ii. 151; Mi-
meta forsteni, 152.
Mimicry among birds, ii. 150.
Minahasa, map of (see Menado), L
386; natives of, 411.
Mindanao, natives of, ii. 140.
Missionaries, ii. 302; traders at
Mansinam, 303.
Modjokerto, a town in Java, i. 157 ;
the village-green, and tree, 158.
Modjo-pahit, ruins of the ancient
city of, in Java, i. 158; admirable
brickwork in, ib.; ancient bas-
relief, 159; presented to the
author, 160.
Mohnike, Dr., in Amboyna, i. 458;
his collection of . beetles, &c.
461.
Molucca Sea, its aspects, ii. 283.
Moluccan hornbill, ii. 85.
Moluccas, the, i. 9; a forest country,
11, ii. 1 et seq.; final departure
from, 137; natural history
of the, 138 et seq.; consist of
three large islands, 138; their
extent and geographical position,
ib.; mammalia, or warm-blooded