Chapter II: Appendix: A. Area of the principal islands, according to Baron

van Carnbée 543

” B. Population of the Netherlands India, 1865 543

” C. A table of heights of the principal mountains in
the archipelago 544

” D. Coffee sold by the government at Padang 545

” E. Trade of Java and Madura during 1864 546

” F. A list of the birds collected by the author on
the island of Buru 547

INDEX 549

_See page 68._]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Wives of one of the great Princes of Java (from a Photograph)
_Frontispiece_

Poultry Vender, Batavia ” _Page_ 27

Government Buildings in Batavia ” 4

Sapis, or oxen from Madura ” 11

Javanese and family ” 33

Rahden Saleh ” 37

Rahden Saleh’s Palace ” 37

Watering the streets, Java ” 49

A Tandu ” 49

A Kling 63

A Native of Beloochistan (from a Photograph) 63

Fruit-Market ” 89

The Pinang, or Betel-nut Palm (from a Drawing by Rahden Saleh) 180

After the bath (from a Photograph) 182

Musical Instruments of the Malays (Batavia) 191

Dyak, or Head-hunter of Borneo (from a Photograph) 206

Landing through the Surf on the south coast of Ceram (from a Sketch) 209

The Lontar Palm 220

Ascent of the Volcano of Banda—saved by a fern (from a Sketch) 234

A Jungle 261

A Malay Opium-smoker (from a Photograph) 281

The Gomuti Palm (from a Sketch) 370

The Bamboo 374

Approach to the Cleft near Padang 390

Women of Menangkaban 395

Scene in the interior of Sumatra 404

Driving round a dangerous Bluff 419

Suspension Bridge of rattan 428

Native of Nias 445

Natives of the Pagi Islands 482

Singapore 521

River Scene in Sumatra, on the Limatang 525

Natives of Palembang } 530
Palembang—high water }

Killing a Python 541

Map of Sumatra _To face page_ 384

Tomb of the Sultan—Palembang 546

Map of the Eastern Archipelago _at the end_

TRAVELS IN THE EAST INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO.