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;502 IXDEX.conduct of the Pumliuckle, 128,129 ; inhabitants of, 142Crania of the races of man in theMalay Archipelago, 459 ; theauthor's measurements of, 459-461Cranioscopy has produced no certainresults, 459Crew, author deserted by the, 288Cuba and Yucatan, near proximitj^,yet widely different natui'al productionsof, 9Cuckoos, in Malacca, 22 ; in Celebes,209Culture, village, near Batavia, 85Curculionidaj, 258CiUTent, violence of the, 247Cuscus, prehensile-tailed, 11 ; ornatus,259, 301 ; the genus, 301 ;maculatus, 350Cvnogale Bennetti, the, in Borneo."30Cyuojiithecus uigrescens, 259, 300D.Dammar, a resin, the productio]iof immense forest trees, 262Dampier's Straits, 376Darwin, ]\Ir. , theory of the dispersalof natural productions, 9, 92,102 ; his theory of oceanic islands,161Daud Inchi, an Amboynese Malay,119Davis, Dr. J, B., hi3 collections ofhuman crania, 459, 460Deer, 1 1 ; the only ruminant of theMoluccas, 300 'Deer flies of New Guinea, 383, 384DeUi, capital of Portuguese Timor,144, 293 ; character of, 114 ; hillcultivation, 146 ; supposed coppermine, disheartening rtsults of anexploration, 148, 149 ; low ebb ofmorality at, 152Divisions, two natural ones, of theMalay Archipelago (see Austro-Malayan)Djapannan, village of, at Java, 82, 83Djilolo, village of, 241 ; forests andbirds of, 241, 242 ; formerly theresidence of the Sultans of Ternate,214Dobbo, arrival at, 327 ; difficultiesof taking a house, 327 ; tradersof, 329 ; articles for exchange329, 330 ; town of, 334-336 ; merchandiseof, 335 ; manners andcustoms, 335, 336 ; various racesof, 335, 336 ; absence of laws,336 ; the genius of Commerce atwork, 336 ; departure from, 337 ;map of, 338 ;trading at, 349, 350 ;second residence at, 360 ; itsimproved and animated appearance,361 ct scq. ; cock-fightingand football at, 362 ; cheapness ol'European articles of commerce,363, 364 ; intemperance of thenatives, 363 ; the author's recoveryfrom a long illness, 364,365 ; mortality at, 366 ; funeralceremonies at, 366 ; active preparationsfor leaving, 367 ; extensivetrade carried on at, 368Dodinga, village of, 240 ; Portuguesefort at, 241Dogs, their voracity, 357Doleschall, Dr., in Amboyna, 224 ;his collection of flies and butterflies,226Dorey, harbour and village of, 378 ;inhabitants of, 379 ; house-buildingat, 380 ; bird-shooting at,381 ; the country round about,382 ; the author's protracted sicknessat, 384, 385 ; rudimental artamong the people, 388 ; beetlesand butterflies of, 389 ; niimeroiisspecie sof beetles at, 389, 390expectations of, disappointed,390 ; departure from, 391Dorey vocabulary, 467Doves at Malacca, 22Drusilla catops, 328Duivenboden, Mr., known as theking of Ternate, 234 ; his character,234Durian and Mangusteen fruit, 41,56 ; the Durian tree, 57 ; richnessand excellency of the fruit, 57 ;dangerous when it falls from thetrees, 58Dutch, in Malacca, 21 ; in Java, 72-74 ; excellency of thoir colonialgovernment (see Java) ;paternaldespotism, 195-197 ; the ci^iva-