Pearl shells, the chief staple of the
Aru trade, ii. 287.
Pelah, had account of, ii. 29; journey
to, 130.
Penrissen Mountains, at the head
of the Sarawak river, i. 113.
Peters, Mr. of Awaiya, ii. 78.
Phalsenopis grandi flora, ii. 189.
Pheasant, great Argus, country of,
i. 51.
Pheasants, in Sumatra and Borneo,
i. 167, 168. -
Philippine Islands, i. 6 ; active and
extinct volcanoes in, 9,11; black
woolly races of the, ii. 451.
Phosphoric light, rushing streams
of, ii. 167.
Physical geography (see Archipelago).
Pieris, genus, ii. 83.
Pig, wild, i. 22, 433.
Pigs, their power of swimming, ii.
141.
Pigeons, fruit, i. 189; various, 244,
245; several species of, 293; of
immense size, ii. 181; of New
Guinea, 430
Pin, a strange novelty to the natives,
ii. 134.
Pirates, on the Batchian coast, ii. 59;
Sir J. Brooke’s suppression of, on
the coast of Borneo, ib. ; on the
coast of Aru, 210; attack the
praus and murder the crews, 211,
212.
Pitcher plant, on Mount Ophir, i.
48; water in, 49; the plant in
Borneo, 127, 216.
Pitta genus, ii. 136.
Pitta celebensis, i i 136.
Pitta gigas, a beautiful bird of
Gilolo, i i 16.
Plants, on Mount Ophir (Perns and
Pitcher Plants, see both), i 48, 49;
rhododendrons, ib. ; zingibera-
ceous plants, 51 (see Durian and
Bamboo); on Pangerango mountain,
181-185; geographical distribution
of, ii. 293, 295 et seq.; distribution
of, in New Guinea, 437.
Plough, a native, i. 353; ploughing,
353, 354.
Plumage of Birds of Paradise,
changes of, ii. 398 et seq.
Polynesia, an area of subsidence,
ii. 457.
Polynesian races, ii. 454, 455, 458;
on the crania and languages of the,
467, 468.
Pomali, or “ taboo,” i. 306.
Poppa, map of, ii. 332; difficulties
near the island of, 337 et seq.
Portuguese, in Singapore, from
Malacca, i. 31; in Malacca, 40, 41;
bad government of, in Timor,
307; expelled from Ternate by
the Dutch, ii. 7; truly wonderful
conquerors and colonizers, 192.
Pottery, carved tool for making,
ii. 324.
Prau, native, of Macassar, ii. 160,
161; the crew, 163, 168, 169;
captain and owner of the, 170;
dangerous defects of the, 171,
172; comforts of the, 194.
Primula imperialis in Java, i. 183.
Productions, natural, contrasts of
in the Malay Archipelago, i. 14;
peculiarities of position in certain
localities, 15-17; natural means
of dispersal of, 16; a supposed
case of natural dispersal, 25, 26;
an exact parallel in the Malay
Archipelago, 27, 28.
Ptilonopus pulchellus, ii. 354.
Ptilonopu's superbus, and P. iogaster,
ii. 54.
Ptiloris alberti, of N. Australia, ii.
417. .
Pumbuckl'e chief, in Lombock, i.
259.
R.
Races,contrasts of, i.29; two distinct,
in the Archipelago, the Malays
and Papuans, 29, 30, ii. 439 et
seq. (see Malays and Papuans);
opinions of Humboldt and Pritchard,
i. 29; indigenous race in
the island of Ceram, ii. 449 ; the
Timorese, 449, 450; the black
woolly-haired races of the Philippine
and the Malay peninsula,
451; general view as to their
origin and affinities, 452 et seq.-,
the black Polynesian races, 454
et seq. ; general reflections on,
459 et seq. ; on the crania and the
languages of the, 465 et seq.
Raffles, Sir Stamford, his account of
the ruins of Java, i. 163.
Ratahan vocabulary, ii. 473.
Regent Bird of Australia, ii. 419.
Rhinoceros, in Malacca, i. 52.
Rifle birds of Australia, ii. 416, 417.
Robberies at Batchian, ii. 45.
Rosenberg, Herr, ii. 123; a German
naturalist, 319.
Ross, Mr., an Englishman resident
at Lombock, i. 253.
Rotti vocabulary, ii. 475.
Rowan mountains, i. 114.
Ruatan, a river of CerarS, ii. 82;
difficulty of crossing, ib.
Rurukan, village of, the highest in
Minahasa, i. 385; coffee plantations,
387; hill vegetation, 388-
390 {see Tondano); missionaries
in, 396.
Rusa liippelaphus of Java, ii. 140.
S.
Sago district of East Ceram, ii.
116.
Sago bread, mode of preparing the,
ii. 118 ; oven for baking, 120.
Sago palm of Ceram, ii. 116, 117;
washing of, 119 ; conversion into
food with little labour, 121.
Sago trees, ii. 89; of the Ké Islands,
183.
Sahoe, village of, ii. 17, 18; the inhabitants
distinct from the Malay
races, 19.
Sahoe vocabulary, ii. 474.
Salayer Straits, ii. 166.
Salayer vocabulary, ii. 473.
Salibabo Islands, vocabulary of the,
ii. 473.
Salwatty, map of, ii. 332; island of,
414.
Samabang, a trip to, i. 81 ; description
of, 83 ; a Dyak house, ib.
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Sandal wood, in Timor, i. 12, 311.
Sanguir Island, i. 6.
Sanguir Islands vocabulary, ii. 473.
Saparua vocabulary, ii. 474.
Sapi-utan, the, i. 412, 413; description
of, 433.
Sarawak, i. 54; the author entertained
at, by Sir James Brooke,
ib.; gold-fields and coal-works,
54, 55; the Sadong river and its
tributaries, 55; head of the river
of, 113; arrival at, from the interior,
116; government of, by
Sir James Brooke, 144H46.
Sardinia and Corsica, natural productions
peculiar to, i. 15.
Sassak vocabulary, ii. 472.
Sassaks, the, aborigines of Lombock,
i. 270.
Savu vocabulary, ii. 475.
Scorpions, ii. 258.
Screw pines on the Batchian coast,
ii. 60.
Sea, contrasts in depths of, i. 13,
23.
Sea Gipsies, vocabulary of the, ii.
475.
Seboran mountain, lower slopes of
the, i. 112.
Semioptera of the Moluccas, ii. 146.
Senankan, Malay village, i. 111.
Senna, Malay village, character of
the people, &c., i. 115, 116.
Serpents, of immense size, ii. 132,
133.
Servants, the author deserted by his,
ii. 115.
Serwatty Islands, i. 6.
Sharks caught and cooked, ii. 167.
Shells and fish, an unrivalled collection
of, i. 472, 473.
Siau vocabulary, ii. 473.
Sickness of the author and his men,
ii. 317, 322, 323.
Silinta, in Mysol, ii. 332, 333.
Simia satyrus, i. 62.
Simunjon river, i. 55; coal-works,
57; advantages of, good locality
for insect collecting, ib. ; a trip
up the river, 81; narrowness of
the stream, 82; monkeys on the
banks,ib.; arrival at Samabang, ib.
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