The Malay archipelago : the land of the orang-utan ... - Wallace Online
The Malay archipelago : the land of the orang-utan ... - Wallace Online The Malay archipelago : the land of the orang-utan ... - Wallace Online
xiiPREFACEgenerally employed one or two, and sometimes three Malayservants to assist me ;and for three years had the services of ayoung Englishman, Mr. Chai-les Allen. I was just eight yearsaway from England, but as I travelled about fourteen thousandmiles within the Archipelago, and made sixty or seventyseparate journeys, each involving some prejDaration and lossof time, I do not think that more than six years werereally occupied in collecting.I find that my Eastern collections amounted to :310 specimens of Mammalia.100 -
CONTENTSCHAP.PAGEI. Physical Geogeaphy 1INDO-MALAY ISLANDSII. Singapore 15III. Malacca and Mount Ophir 19IV. Borneo— The Oeang-Utan 26v. Borneo— Journey in the Interior 49VI. Borneo— The Dtaks 67VII. Java 72VIII. Sumatra 93IX. Natural History of the Indo-Malay Islands .... 106THE TIMOR GROUPX. Bali and Lombock 115XI. Lombock— Manners and Customs 125XII. Lombock—How the Rajah took the Census 136XIII. Timor 141XIV. Natural History of the Timor Group 155THE CELEBES GROUPXV, Celebes— Macassar 162XVI. Celebes— Macassar 175XVII. Celebes—Menado 185XVIII. Natural History of Celebes 207
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xiiPREFACEgenerally employed one or two, and sometimes three <strong>Malay</strong>servants to assist me ;and for three years had <strong>the</strong> services <strong>of</strong> ayoung Englishman, Mr. Chai-les Allen. I was just eight yearsaway from Eng<strong>land</strong>, but as I travelled about fourteen thousandmiles within <strong>the</strong> Archipelago, and made sixty or seventyseparate journeys, each involving some prejDaration and loss<strong>of</strong> time, I do not think that more than six years werereally occupied in collecting.I find that my Eastern collections amounted to :310 specimens <strong>of</strong> Mammalia.100 -
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