INDEX

A

Acton, Lord, 2

Albinos, 110

Alcohol, 68

Amberno River, 24

Amboina, 14,257; communication with, 209; inhabitants of, 17; market at, 17

Ambonese coolies, 50

Ambonese, dress of, 17; names of, 17

Amok, 185

Arafura Sea, 19, 35

Arfak Mountains, 23

Arrows, 151

Aru Islands, 19

Atap, method of making, 60

Atuka River, 248

Atjeh, 92

B

Balfour, H., 202

Bali, 259

Bamboo, throwing lime from, 219

Banana, 17, 88

Banda, 16, 19, 257

Batavia, 3; washing in, 9

Bees, stingless honey-, 76

Beetles, as food, 124; larva of, 156

Beri-beri, 66, 193

Bird of Paradise, 74, 142, 159, 178, 227, 261

Birds, collection of, 241

Boat-builders, 225

Boni, 14

Bonnets of widows, 115

Borneo, 21

Boro-Boder, 11

Botanic station at Merauke, 224

Bougainville, de, 31

Bows, 151

Bridge, building a, 235

British New Guinea, 22

British Ornithologists’ Union, 1

Brush Turkey, 76

Buddhist Temples, 11

Buitenzorg garden, 10

Buleling, 258

Butonese, 170

Butterflies, 16

C

Camp, health of, 58; repairing, 188

Cannibalism, 127

Canoes, 219; building of, 53; description of, 53; method of paddling, 36; the price of, 55

Carstensz, Mt., 23, 44, 181, 212

Carstensz, Jan, 28, 221

Cape York, 28, 32

Carteret, Philip, 31

Cassowaries, 200, 214

Cassowary, 125, 241

Casuarina trees, 42

Cat’s cradle, 147

Celebes, 14

Celebes Trading Company, 20

Ceram, 14

Ceremonies, 131

Charles Louis Mountains, 23, 35, 44

Chief, 128

Children, games of, 117

Chinese, 17, 223, 225

Christians at Amboina, 17

Cicatrisation, 112

Clothing of Dutch, 9; of natives, 113

Clouds on mountains, 45

Clubs, Dutch, 18; stoneheaded, 149; wooden, 148

Coal, 241

Coast, description of, 42; navigation of, 249

Coconuts, 98, 223

Comet, Halley’s, 81

Convicts, 13, 93; madness of, 215

Cook, Captain, 31, 219

Coolies, 15, 170, 227; Ambonese, 50; failure of, 231; feebleness of, 51; sickness of, 184

Corals, 16

Counting, 104

Cramer, H. A., 3, 13, 41, 46, 57, 92, 102, 231, 258

Crickets, a plague of, 59

Crocodiles, 75

Crowned pigeon, 74

Crows, pale, 77

Cultivation, 88; in Java, 5

D

Daggers of bone, 203

d’Albertis, 33

Dampier, Captain, 31, 123

Dancing, 143; houses, 143

Darwin, Mt. Leonard, 239

Dayaks, 172, 194; arrival of, 253; industry of, 214

Dead, disposal of, 137-140

Death, 136

Digoel River, 24

Disease, 205

Djokjakarta, 11

Dobo, 19, 257

Dog, Papuan, 126

Dorei, 22

Drawing, 145

Drowning of sailor, 170

Drums, 141

Ducks, penguin, 11; perching in trees, 86

Dugongs, 212

Dumas, J. M., 212

Dumas, Mr., 44

Dutch, Government, 3, 257; food of, 7; house of, 8; habits of, 9; tree-planting by, 15; hospitality of, 18; rule in New Guinea, 23; explorations of, 28; East India Company, 31; Expeditions, 213, 216

E

Earthquake at Amboina, 15

Effigies, carved, 131

Endeavour, voyage of, 31

Escort, 3, 13

Expedition, members of, 2; leave Java, 13

F

Fak-fak, 224

Families, 129

Festival, 134

Fiji, 24

Fire, 152

Fire-making, 200

Fish, many coloured, 16

Fishing-net, 120

Flies, a plague of, 58; on water, 76

Flint knives, 200

Flood, 132, 156, 173, 178, 189

Flores, 24

Flowers, 206, 242

Fly River, 33, 42

Food of natives, 119, 124

Forbes, H. O., 33

Forest, 242-245

Fortnum and Mason, 68

Frogmouth, 77

G

Garden at Amboina, 16

Garoet, 11

Geographical Society, Royal, 2

German New Guinea, 22

Ghosts, 133

Goa, Raja of, 14

Godman, F. D., 1

Godman, Mt., 239

Goodfellow, W., 2, 142, 167, 170, 172, 195

Grant, C. H. B., 194, 231, 241

Grant, W. R. Ogilvie, 1

Grey, Sir E., 2

Guillemard, 38

Gurkhas, 3, 156, 160, 171, 179, 194, 233

H

Habbema, Lieut., 169

Half-castes, 6, 223

Halley’s Comet, 81

Head-rests, 152

Herwerden, Captain, 13

Hindu Temple, 259

Hornbills, 86

Houses of the natives, 96; in trees, 217; communal, 218

Humboldt Bay, 33

I

Ibis, 1

Iguanas, 75

Intoxication of natives, 99

Incense, smell of, 238

Island River, Dutch Expedition, 60; description of, 216

Iwaka River, 231

J

Java, prosperity of, 5; half-castes in, 6

Javanese soldiers, 62

Jew’s harp, 203

Jungle, clearing the, 46

K

Kaiserin Augusta River, 24, 28

Kalff, Mr. E., 227

Kamura River, 175, 248

Kapare River, 82

Ké Islands, 15, 51, 257; natives of, 225

Kingfishers, 59

Kloss, C. B., 253

Kolff, 220

Kris, abolition of, 7

L

Language, difficulty of, 103

La Perouse, 32

La Seyne, wreck of, 3

Leeches, 177

Le Maire, Jacques, 28

Lombok, 258

Lorentz, H. A., 2, 13, 33, 34, 169, 172, 241

Lories, 75

M

Macassar, 14

MacCluer Gulf, 42

MacCluer, John, 32

Macgregor, Sir W., 33

Malays, 185; food of, 65; music of, 143

Mangrove, 42

Marianne Strait, 220

Marriage, 116

Marshall, E. S., 2, 80, 82, 133, 175, 185, 231

Medical treatment, 167

Meek, Mr., 213

Megapode, 77

Meneses, Don Torge de, 27

Merauke, 31, 37, 222; communication with, 209; natives of, 226

Mimika, first voyage on, 39; description of, 40, 71; water of, 40; tides on the, 57; obstacles in, 78

Mission at Dorei, 22

Missions, 154

Mosquitoes, 211, 223

Motor-boat, 52, 173, 248

Murderer, 13, 186

Music, 141

N

Natives, trading with, 61; communicating with, 84, 102; dislike of rain, 84; migrations of, 95; language of, 102, Appendix C; description of, 109; height of, 112; clothing of, 113; age of, 115; food of, 119, 120; social system of, 128; property of, 129; music of, 141; dancing of, 143; as artists, 145; mock sorrow of, 247; quarrels of, 148; as marksmen, 151; health of, 153; as carriers, 158; our relations with, 163; as thieves, 165

Naturalists, explorations by, 32

New Guinea, position of, 21; size of, 21; mountains of, 23; natives of, 24; discovery of, 26; name of, 27; recent explorations of, 33; first sight of, 35; shore of, 36; lack of food, 65; rivers of, 24, 83, 181; departure from, 257

Newton, Professor Alfred, 1

Nias, 13, 35

Nimé, dancing house at, 252

Noord River, 2, 13, 33, 34

Nouhuys, J. W. van, 169

Numerals, 104

O

Obota, 83

Ogilvie-Grant, W. R., 1

P

Palm, coconut, 98

Pandanus, 10, 243

Papua, 22; meaning of, 25

Papuans, description of, 25, 109; behavior of, 37; dress of, 37, 113; apathy of, 38, 45; asleep, 39; dancing, 41, 143; as traders, 45; communicating with, 84; dislike of rain, 84; food of, 91; migrations of, 95; drink of, 99; language of, 102, Appendix C; height of, 112; age of, 115; social system of, 128; property of, 129; music of, 141; as artists, 145; quarrels of, 148; as marksmen, 151; health of, 153

Paradise, bird of, 74, 142

Parimau, arrival at, 56, 155; departure from, 247

Payment of natives, 163

Peace-offering, 166

Pearls, 20

Pearl-shell, 20

Penguin ducks, 11

Periepia, 85

Petroleum, 241

Pickles, 68

Pig, 125, 133-136

Pigeons, crowned, 31, 74

Pineapples, 101

Plants, 231

Plants at Buitenzorg, 10

Ponies, 259

Pool, Thomas, 30

Port Moresby, natives of, 213

Portuguese, remains of, 17; navigators, 27

Precipice, 239

Prince Frederick Henry Island, 220

Propeller, loss of, 250

Provisions, storing of, 66; packing of, 68; depôt of, 176

Pygmies, discovery of, 157; visit to, 159; dress of, 161; description of, 161, 197; voices of, 162; visit Parimau, 196; measurements of, 197, Appendix B; ornaments of, 199; possessions of, 199; methods of smoking, 202; village of, 203; houses of, 205; women of, 206; intelligence of, 207; distribution of, 208

R

Races, mixture of, 6; harmony of, 19

Raffles, Sir Stamford, 5, 10

Rain, 79

Rattan, 243

Rawling, C. G., 2, 82, 156, 174-5, 195, 219, 248

Relationship, 105

Reptiles, 168

Retes, Ynigo Ortiz de, 27

Rice, 65; cultivation in Java, 5

Rifle bird, 159

Rijst-tafel, 7

Rivers, branching, 83; crossing, 236; in New Guinea, 24

Robinson, H. C., 194

Roebuck, voyage of, 31

Ruwenzori, 2, 238

S

Sago, 65, 89-92

St. Nicholas, feast of, 6, 228

Sandpiper, 86

Sarawak, H. H. the Raja of, 253

Sarong, 10

Schouten Islands, 27

Schouten, Willem, 28

Screw-pines, 10, 243

Sea, depth of, 19

Sea-snakes, 215

Seasons, 79; wet, 192

Shackleton Expedition, 67

Sharks, fishing for, 46

Shortridge, G. C., 2, 172, 194, 210

Sickness, 171-192

Sindanglaya, 11

Skulls, preservation of, 139

Smith, Stamford, 90

Snakes, 167

Snow Mountains, 1, 23, 33; discovery of, 29; first sight of, 35; distant view of, 43; attempt to reach, 229

Social system, 128

Soldiers, native, 92

Songs, 142

Spanish navigators, 27

Spears, 151

Spices, Dutch monopoly of, 31

Spiders, tameness of, 58

Stalker, W., 2, 14, 51; death of, 47; funeral of, 49

Steam-launch, 52, 170

Stone Age, 151

Stone implements, 150

Stones, gifts of, 87

Sugar-palm, 99

Sumbawa, 258

Superstitions, 131

Swift, Moustached, 241

Swimming, 117

T

Tapiro (see Pygmies)

Tasman, 30

Tattooing, 112

Tears, a welcome of, 41

Temples at Boro-Boder, 11

Ternate, Sultan of, 22; traders of, 89

Thunderstorms, 79, 132

Tides of the river, 57

Timura River, 251

Tobacco, 38, 202;

cultivation of, 88

Torres, Luis Vaz de, 27

Torres Strait, 32

Tosari, 12

Track, used by natives, 176; cutting a, 183

Trade goods, 63

Transport, difficulty of, 52

Travelling, difficult, 230

Trees, 216, 243; falling at night, 77; cutting down, 187; houses in, 217

Tuaba River, 175

Tugeri, 23

Tugeri tribe, 222

U

Utakwa, Dutch expedition to, 210

Utakwa River, 4, 33, 210

V

Van der Bie, 212

Vanilla, 159

Vegetation, 237

View, a rare, 240

Volcano, 15

Volcanoes in Java, 5, 12

W

Wailing at death, 137

Wakatimi, arrival at, 40; camp at, 46; description of, 95; departure from, 255

Wallaby, 125

Wallace, A. R., 16, 20, 33, 38, 91, 244

Wamberi Merbiri, 203

Wania, excursion to, 249

Wania River, 236, 239, 249

Wataikwa, 231

Wataikwa River, 175

Water, lack of, 237; squeezed from moss, 238

Water-lilies, 10

Weather, 79

Wilhelmina, Mt., 23, 45, 169, 220

Wives, number of, 116

Women, 148; clothing of, 114; treatment of, 130; dress of Dutch, 9; Pygmies, 206

PART OF DUTCH NEW GUINEA drawn by Captain. C. G. Rawling, C.I.E. and M^r. E. Marshall, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. to illustrate the explorations of THE BRITISH EXPEDITION 1909-11.

—Note—

This map is based on a plane table survey, adjusted to points fixed by theodolite angles, and astronomical observations for latitude and azimuth. Heights of peaks are from theodolite vertical angles.

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