V.

Valentyn, his description of an earthquake wave, 240; history of Buru, 270; history of Ternate, 304; describes the eruption of Mount Kemaas, 336, 337.

Valley of Poison, 53.

Van Dijk, cited, 476, 492, 494.

Vidua, Carlo de, sinks in a solfatara, 354.

_Viverra musanga_, 79, 80.

W.

Wakasihu, visit to the village of, 161-164; rajah of, 161; shells gathered at, 162.

Wallace, A. R., cited, 94, 95; list of the birds of paradise, 314, _note_.

Wetta, described, 124.

Wilkinson, Sir Gardner, cited, 62.