C.
Camphor-trees, described, 433; kinds of, _ib._
Cannibals; mode of eating men, 444; see also Battas.
Cassowary, eggs of, 150; habitat of the, _ib._
Cauto, Diogo de, history of, 98, _note_; his description of Celebes, 98, 99.
Celebes; description and history of, 97-100; northern peninsula of, 322; gold-mines in, 379; fauna of, 380.
Cemetery, Chinese, at Batavia, 35.
Ceram, described, 201, 202; head-hunters of, 203; Alfura, _ib._; landing on the south coast of, 207; alternation of seasons in, 298.
Ceram-laut, natives of, 242; elevation of, 243.
_Cervus rufa_, 80; _mantjac_, _ib._
Chair, to travel in, described, 141, 142.
Chilachap, port of, 57.
Christmas Island, passed, 13.
Cinnamon, kinds of, and their distribution, 425.
Cleft, of Padang Panjang, 390-392, 459, 460.
Clove, tree and fruit described, 153; distribution of, 153, 154; quantities obtained in previous years, 153; mode of gathering the, 155; names for, 156; history of, 157; yield of, in Saparua, Haruku, and Nusalaut, 197.
_Clypeastridæ_, abundant at Saparua, 186.
Coal, near Siboga, 436; near Bencoolen, 492-495; abundance of, 494; on the Limatang, 521; on the Inem, 524.
Cock-fighting, Malay passion for, 61.
Cocoa-nut, the double, 14; palm, described, 81-83; oil, mode of making, 83; kind eaten by Malays, 82, 83; importance of, 84; beaches lined with trees of, 149; a portable fountain, _ib._; abundance of, on the upper Limatang, 523; rafts of, _ib._
Cocoa-trees at Amboina, 138; history of, 138, 139.
Coffee, store-houses for, at Menado, 346; history of, 347-349; how brought to Padang and when sold, 453; exports to the United States, 455, and Appendix D.; where large quantities could be profitably raised, 504, 505.
_Coir_, a rope made of gomuti fibres, 370.
Controleur, duties of, 67; in Ceram summons the head-hunters, 203.
Cooking, Eastern mode of, 31.
Coral, _Meandrinas_, or “brain corals,” 285; different kinds of, and appearance beneath the sea, 286-287; _Fungidæ, Gorgonias_, raised reefs, 508.
Cotton, raised by the natives on the Limatang, 527.
Crawfurd, Mr. John, cited, 96; in regard to Mount Tomboro, 108.