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Written by a famed 19th-century scientist who laid the groundwork for much of modern biology, this influential work remains one of the great classics of natural history and travel. Detailing his eight-year exploration of the Malay Archipelago, Wallace offers observations of the native people of the island groupings, the abundant and strange animals and insects, and more.
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INDEX.
A.
Abel, Dr. Clarke, his account of a mias, 48
Acacia, in the Archipelago, 6
Acarus, bites of the, 274
Ćschynanthus, climbing plants in Borneo, 62
African negroes, on the crania and languages of the, 459, 460
Ahtiago, village of, 276
Ahtiago and Tobo vocabularies, 466
Alcedo dea, 349
Alfuros, the true indigenes of Gilolo, 241, 243; of Papuan race, the predominant type in Ceram, 280
Ali, the authorās attendant boy, 240, 241, 244, 252; the authorās head man, 312
Allen, Charles, the authorās assistant, 36; sent with the collections to Sarawak, 49; finds employment, and leaves the author for four years, 156; rejoins the author, 232; news of, 240, 244, 288, 292, 394; letter received from, 417; his collections, 418; his difficulties, 419; his wanderings, 419; finally obtains employment in Singapore, 419; his voyage to Sorong, and his difficulties, 437 ct seq.
Akor vocabulary, 467
Amahay, bay of, 270; visit to, 274
Amberbaki, visit to, 385
Amblau vocabulary, 465
Amboyna, island of, 4; voyage to, from Banda, 223; map of, 224; the town of, 224; volcanoes in remote times, 224 (see Water, limpid); the authorās cottage in, 226 (see Interior); general character of the people, 229; habits and customs, 230, 231 (see Shells), 231-233; clove cultivation established at, 237; departure from, 267; map of, 268
Amboyna lory, 273
Ampanam, 117, 118; birds of, 118; cause of the tremendous surf at, 125
Anchors of the Malays, 414, 415
Andaman Islands, in the Bay of Bengal, 453
Animal life, luxuriance and beauty of, in the Moluccas, 308
Animals, distribution of, the key to facts in the past history of the earth, 111-115, 155-162; geographical distribution of, 372, 373
Anonaceous trees in Borneo, 62
AnthribidƦ, species of, 248
Ants, noxious, 357; at Dorey, tormented by, 390, 391
Ape, the Siamang, 103
Arabs in Singapore, 16
Archipelago, Malay, physical geography of, 1; productions of, in some cases unknown elsewhere, 1 (see Islands); extent of, 2; natural division of, into two parts, 7 (see Austro-Malayan, and Natural productions); shallow waters of, 9-13 (see Races)
Architectural remains in Java, 77;
ruined temples, 79-81
Arfaks, of New Guinea, 381, 382, 386
Arjuna Mount, 76
Arndt, M., a German ...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Preface
- Contents
- List Of Illustration
- List Of Map
- I. Physical Geography
- Indo-Malay Islands
- The Timor Group
- The Celebes Group
- The Moluccas
- The Papuan Group
- Appendix on Crania and Languages
- Index