D.

Damma, described, 126; hot springs in, 126, 127.

Deer, author hunts, on Buru, 290-292; their venison smoked and made into _dinding_, 292; _Axis maculata_, 387; hunted by tigers, 413.

Dias, Bartholomew, his discovery of southern extremity of Africa, 22.

Dilli, city of, 122; name whence derived, 124.

Diving, skilful, 103.

_Draco volans_, described, 144.

Dugong found at Aru Islands, 244.

_Duku_, the, described, 90.

Durian tree and fruit described, 91, 92.

E.

Earl, Mr., cited in regard to a plateau, 95; people near Dilli, 116.

Earthquake, experienced by the author at Amboina, 167-169; diseases caused by several, 169, 170.

Elephants, native mode of killing, 495; author comes near a stray one, 513; distribution of, _ib._

Elizabeth, Queen; her letter to the rajah of Achin, 449, _note_.

Eugene Sue, describes Rahden Saleh, 38.

Exquisite, an Eastern, described, 42.

F.

_Feest Kakian_, a revel of the head-hunters, 210.

Fever, Batavia, described, 39.

Fishes; large one caught at Limbi, 332; _Ophiocephalus striatus_, 354; _Anabas scandens_, _ib._; _Anguilla Elphinstonei_, _ib._

Fishing, boats used by Malays, 52; Malay mode of, 329.

Floris described, 111; cannibals of, _ib._

Flying-fish, 106; can fly during a calm, 122.

Forest, home in a tropical, 261; nature’s highway through, 263.

Fountain, “youth’s radiant,” quoted from Moore, 297.

_Fringilla oryzivora_, the rice-bird, 80.

G.

_Gallus bankiva_, 60, 61; other species of, 60.

Galunggong, Mount; eruption of, 75, 76; compared with the Tenger Mountains, 77.

_Gambang_, of Java, 190.

Gambling, Malay vice of, 61.

Geology, of Timur, near Kupang, 119, 120; of the Banda group, 241; of Amboina, 247; of Buru, 263, 293; of Bachian, 299; of the Minahassa, 376; of Gorontalo, 379; of Buton, 381; of a cliff at Tapanuli Bay, 441; of the Padang plateau, 477; of the cliffs of Bencoolen Bay, 489, 490; of the region near Tebing Tingi, 508; of the region of the upper Limatang, 522; of Banca, 534.

Gillibanta, passed, 187.

Gilolo, west coast of, 310; Alfura of, 311; “the bloodhounds” of, _ib._

Goitre, prevalent in the interior of Sumatra, 416; probable cause of, _ib._

Gold-mines in Celebes, 379; geological age of, _ib._; mines in Sumatra, 404-406; distribution of, 406; ornaments of, 431, 432; mode of obtaining, 432.

_Gomuti_ palm, fibres of, 360; made into a rope, 370; _tuak_ or wine of, 371.

Goram, situation of, 243.

Gorontalo, bay of, 377; country and tribes near, 378.

Gresik, village of, 56.

Gunong Api, of Sapi Strait, 106, 107; of Banda, 214-219; author ascends, 228; description of, 228-234; account of eruptions of, 237; the one near Wetta, 245; of Banda compared to Ternate, 317.

H.

Haruku, one of the Uliassers, 178; north coast of, 182; population and description of, _ib._

Head-hunters, of Ceram, 203; clothing, 203, 204; dance of, _ib._; of Sawai Bay, 205, 206.

Hinduism, history of, 62.

Hitu, a part of Amboina, 130; remarkable appearance of hills on, 131; excursion along the coast of, 141.

Horse, author thrown from a, 341; of Sumatra, 409.

Hospital, at Batavia, 39.

Houtman, commander of first Dutch fleet to the East, 24; arrives at Ternate, 307.

_Hukom_, _Biza_, _Kadua_, _Tua_, and _Kachil_, meaning of, 338.

Hunting in the tropics, 139.