The Malay archipelago : the land of the orang-utan ... - Wallace Online

INDEX.A.Abel, Dr. Clarke, his account of amias, 48Acacia, in tlie Archipelago, 6Acarus, bites of the, 274^schynanthus, climbing plants inBorneo, 62African negroes, on the crania andlanguages of the, 459, 460Ahtiago, village of, 276Ahtiago and Tobo vocabularies, 466Alcedo dea, 349Alfuros, the true indigenes of Gilolo,241, 243 ; of Papuan race, thepredominant type in Ceram, 280Ali, the author's attendant boy, 240,241, 244, 252 ; the author's headman, 312Allen, Charles, the author's assistant,36 ; sent with the collectionsto Sarawak, 49 ; finds emplojnnent,and leaves the authorfor four years, 156 ; rejoins theauthor, 232 ; news of, 240, 244,288, 292, 394 ; letter receivedfrom, 417 ; his collections, 418 ;his diiEculties, 419 ; his wanderings,419 ; finally obtains employmentin Singapore, 419 ; hisvoyage to Sorong, and his difficulties,437 c< scq.AUor vocabiilary, 467Amahay, bay of, 270 ; visit to, 274Amberbaki, visit to, 385Amblau vocabulary, 465Ambojma, island of, 4 ; voyage to,from Banda, 223 ; map of, 224 ;the town of, 224 ; volcanoes inremote times, 224 {see Water,limpid) ; the author's cottage in,226 (sec Interior) ;general characterof the people, 229 ; habitsand customs, 230, 231 {see Shells),231-233 ; clove cultivation esta^Wished at, 237 ; departure from,267 ; map of, 268Amboyna lory, 273Ampanam, 117, 118 ; birds of, 118 ;cause of the tremendous siu-f at,125Anchors of the Malays, 414, 415Andaman Islands, in the Bay ofBengal, 453Animal life, luxuriance and beautyof, in the Moluccas, 308Animals, distribution of, the keyto facts in the past history ofthe earth, 111-115, 155-162 ;geographical distribution of, 372,373Anonaceous trees in Borneo, 62Anthribidffi, species of, 248Ants, noxious, 357 ; at Dorey, tormentedby, 390, 391Ape, the Siamang, 103Arabs in Singapore, 16Archipelago, Malay, physical geogi'aphyof, 1 ;productions of, insome cases imknown elsewhere, 1(sec Islands) ; extent of, 2 natural;division of, into two parts, 7 (secAustro-Maiayan, and Natural productions); shallow waters of, 9-13 (sec Races)Architectural remains in Java, 77 ;ruined temples, 79-81Arfaks, of New Gmnea, 381, 382,386Arjuna Moimt, 76Arndt, M., a German resident inCoupang, 142Arrack, demand for, 351Art, riidimental love of, among barbarians,389Aru Islands, 6 ; voyage to, fromMacassar in a native prau, 308ct seq. ; diary of the voyage, 312K K