INDEX

• Abang Aing, 115-6
• Kasim, 162, 163 note
• Nipa, 140
• wife of, 143
• Aline, H.H.S., 179, 188, 197
• Alligator bird (Bul-bul), 241, 288
• Animal life—
• alligator bird, 241, 288
• bears, honey, 299
• bees, honey, 299
• buffaloes, 88-9
• bul-bul. See Alligator bird
• centipedes, 81
• chik-chak. See Lizards
• cockroaches, 3
• crocodiles, 6, 82-6
• dogs, 288
• egrets, 118, 120
• fire-flies, 130, 207
• lizards, 81
• mice, 274
• monkeys, 6, 17, 87-8
• mosquitoes, 71, 74, 76, 80, 82, 117
• owl, little, 253
• paddy birds. See Egrets
• peahen, 167-8
• pheasants, Argus, 200
• ponies, wild, 64-5
• porcupines, 256
• rats, 3, 71, 77-9, 80, 117-8
• rhinoceros, 256, 261
• roebuck (Kijang), 254 and note
• sand-flies, 109
• scorpions, 81-2
• sea-serpent, 209-12
• shrimps, 74
• snakes, 82
• Antimony, 287, 289
• Apai Minggat, 39-41
• Apai Nipa, 140-1
• wife of, 143
• Archipelago, Malayan, 97
• Argus pheasants, 200
• Astana, 8, 10
• Awdrey, Mr., 289, 295
• Bailey, Mr., 260, 262, 264, 266, 284-5
• Bakar, Inchi, 164-5
• Bald-Headed Hawk, 224, 231
• Bamboo burying cane, 308
• Bampfylde, Mr. C. A., xxv, 185, 209, 211, 215-8, 221, 229-31, 238, 240, 243, 245, 253, 262
• Banting, 56, 60
• Baram River, 15, 136, 139
• Batang Lupar River, 15, 54-5, 106, 111, 119, 123, 258, 262
• Batu Gading, 139-40
• Kudi, 190
• Bauhinea, 198 note
• Beads, 258
• Bears, honey, 299
• Bees, swarm of, 298
• Beeswax, 255, 298
• Belaga, 216, 243
• Betel-nut, 32
• Bezoar, 255-6
• Bintulu River, 15, 136
• women, 146
• Birds. See under Animal life
• Blessing house, 305
• Blow-pipe, 53, 255
• Blunderbuss, 114
• Bodyguard, Rajah’s, 103
• Bore, the, 119-20
• Borneo, xvii, 16
• Borneo Co. Ltd., 8, 137, 139, 287, 289, 312
• British Consul appointed to Sarawak, 97
• Crown, 97
• Government, assistance by, 95;
• scant recognition by, 99
• public, 96
• British North Borneo Co., xvii
• Brocades, 29
• Brooke, Bertram (Tuan Muda), 156-7, 184, 188-9, 201, 209, 215-6, 223, 238, 265, 309
• Charles Johnson, Sir, xi, xxiii, 1, 9-11, 19, 34, 37-8, 41, 43, 49-51, 54, 57-8, 65-8, 70, 78, 84, 88-93, 97-9, 103, 106-7, 113-6, 128-9, 133, 135-7, 140-5, 173, 179, 182, 310, 312-3
• Harry (Tuan Bungsu), 184
• James, Sir, x-xi, xiii, xvii-xxiii, 95, 97, 101, 170, 215
• Vyner (Rajah Muda), 99, 135, 283-6, 311
• Brunei, xvii
• Sultan of, xviii-xix, 136, 140, 145, 170
• Buffaloes, 88-9
• Bukitans, 53, 242, 274
• Bul-bul (Alligator bird), 241, 288
• Busu, 288
• Camphor, 243, 255
• Canals, 16
• Cape Datu, 136
• Capital punishment, 103
• Casuarina trees, 4, 192
• Cataracts, 217, 221, 243, 245
• Chambers, Bishop, 56
• Characteristics—
• cleanliness, 18
• dignity, 66
• friendliness, 61, 90, 165
• garrulity, 282
• humour, 282
• lending, love of, 21 note
• oratory, love of, 113
• politeness, 188
• reserve, 183
• swimming, love of, 18
• tact, 234
• Chik-chak (lizards), 81
• Chinese, 15-6, 43, 62, 65, 103, 164-5, 255
• chemist, 256-7
• coffin, 257
• cook, 51, 301, 303
• gardens, 290-1
• houses, 288
• junks, 63
• plays, 164-5
• secret societies, 107
• superstitions, 177, 180
• temples, 63
• Cholera, 177-83, 284-6
• Churches—
• Protestant, 63
• Roman Catholic, 63
• Clerodendrons, 46
• Cobra, the, 224, 231, 239
• Cockroaches, 3
• “Cocoa de mer,” 174
• Consul, English, appointment of, to Sarawak, 97
• Council of war, 113
• Court of Justice, 66-7
• Crespigny, Mr. Claude Champion de, 137, 139-41, 143-5, 147
• Crocodiles, 6, 82-6
• legend concerning, 292-3
• Crookshank, Mrs., 92
• Crops, 44-5
• Customs—
• head-hunting, 34, 38, 46, 55, 68, 102, 155
• Milanoe, 138
• polygamy, 102
• Sir James Brooke’s respect for, xxiii, xxiv
• war-yell, 39, 40
• wounds, treatment of, 48
• Daiang Kho, 183
• Kota, 116
• Sahada, 29, 156, 162, 165
• Dalima, 117-8, 120
• Dancing, at Kapit, 224-8, 231-4
• Lundu, 203-6
• Munggo Babi, 306-7
• Dyak, 69
• Kayan, 148
• Datu Bandar, xx-xxi, 10, 20, 24, 87
• Bay, 13
• Cape, 136
• Hakim, xxi
• Imaum, xxi, 20, 161-2
• Isa, xxi, 23-5, 27-32, 87, 91-2, 101, 110, 135, 158-9, 162, 165, 170-3, 180-1, 309
• Mohammed, xxi, 182-3
• Patinggi Ali, xx
• Siti, 23
• Datu Tumanggong, xxi, 20
• Death sentence, 103
• Deshon, Mr. Harry, 262, 284-5
• Dictionary, Marsden’s, 23, 25
• Doctor, English, 72, 83, 91, 178
• Dogs, Chinese, 288
• Douglas, Mr Bloomfield, 198-9, 201, 206-8
• Dragons, legend of, 175
• Dress, 23, 26-30, 147, 202, 205, 223, 299
• Dyaks, vii, 16, 34, 65, 68, 103, 115, 154
• Land, 15, 297, 299, 304
• Sea, 15, 39, 46, 48, 53, 113, 138, 218, 220-1, 223, 231
• boy wrestlers, 206
• chiefs, 9, 198
• crew, 57
• customs, 273
• dances, 204-6, 231-4, 306-7
• dogs, 288
• feast, 305-6
• house, 56, 58, 60, 201, 265-6, 303-4
• humour, 282
• language, 113
• titles, 224
• village, 57
• war boat, 56, 115, 238
• women, 199, 205, 223, 264, 266, 299, 304, 306
• Edward, H.M. King, 311
• Egrets, 118, 120
• Execution, mode of, 104, 106
• Exports (Rejang river), 255-6
• Face of Day, 224, 245
• Feast, Munggo Babi, 305
• Fire-flies, 130, 207
• Fishing shed, 185
• Flags—
• Rajah’s, 97
• Sarawak, 85
• Flowers, native, 17, 43, 46, 166, 199-200, 243-4, 288
• Fruits, native, 22, 47-8, 105, 203, 287, 291, 300
• Gading, 295
• Garlic, 212
• Gemuti palm, 302 and note
• George, H.M. King, 311-2
• God of Sickness, 265
• Gould, Baring, xxv
• Grass, lalang, 46, 139
• Grave, Muhammadan, 163-4, 259, 297
• Gutta-percha, 243, 255
• Hadji Ahmad, 185, 190-1
• Haji Matahim, 209-11
• Hajis, 65
• Hamadryads, 82
• Hands, ceremony of touching, 223
• Heartsease, H.H.S., 3, 9, 42-3, 54, 60, 84, 93, 139
• Malay crew, 5
• Hindoos, 62, 189
• Honey bears, 299
• Hose, Dr. Charles, xxv, 145-6, 241, 258, 274-5
• Hose, Mrs., 263
• Hovering Hawk, 220, 239-40, 243
• Ima, 73, 75, 110, 117-8, 120, 132-3, 182, 238, 267
• Imaum, Datu, 20, 161-2
• Inchi Bakar, 164-5
• Inchi Sawal, 159-64
• Indiarubber, 255
• Industries—
• basket-making, 237
• coal-mining, 88
• embroidery, 31-3, 186
• farming, 45, 53 note
• fishing, 48, 74
• furniture-making, 45
• weaving, 29, 54, 59
• Insects. See under Animal life
• Ireland, Mr. Alleyne, xii, xiv
• Isle of birds, 259
• Jambusan, 290
• Jarum, Rajah (founder of Sarawak), xx
• Jury, 103
• Kalaka river, 15, 54
• Kanowit, schools at, 213
• Kanowits, 48, 213
• Kapit, 214, 216-8, 221, 238
• Kayans, 15, 53, 123-8, 136, 139-47, 154, 215, 217, 222, 224
• dances, 224, 231-4
• Kayans, dancing-man, 148-9
• Queen, 145
• Keluri, 231
• Kemp, Mrs., 92
• Kenyars, 53
• Keppel, Sir Henry, xxii
• Kijang (roebuck), 254 and note
• Kirkpatrick, Mr., 260-6
• Knotted string, 112
• Kong Kong, 152
• Koran, the, 161-2, 297
• Kris, 103-4
• Kromang gong, 203
• Kuching, 8, 62-4, 157, 215
• Labuan, Island of, 136
• Lalang grass, 46, 139
• Lang Endang, 261
• Langmore, Dr., 185, 188, 201, 215, 238, 253, 256, 295
• Lawas River, 136
• Legends, 269
• Cat story, 272-4
• Crocodile story, 292-3
• Daughter of the Moon, 193-6
• Daughter of the Sun, 276-9
• Dragons and cocoa-nuts, 175
• Flood, 247-50
• Gift of Petara, 279-81
• Half-Petrified Girl, 269-72
• Pig Lady, 250-3
• Pontianak Ghost, 170-1
• Ungrateful Son, 275-6
• Lilies—
• Crinum Northianum, 295
• Paddy lily, 281
• Limbang river, 136
• Lingga, 55, 60, 111, 129
• mountain, 276
• Lintong, 35-8
• Lizards (chik-chak), 81
• Lobok Antu Fort, 129
• Lotus flowers, 291
• Low, Mr., 36, 50, 54
• Lucille, steam launch, 212
• Lundu, 197-8
• dances, 203-6
• River, 15
• MacDougall, Bishop, 100
• Madu, 202
• Magistrates, 185, 287
• Malaria, 4, 71-5, 78, 101
• Malayan Archipelago, 97
• Malays, vii-ix, 15, 65, 103
• chiefs, 66, 90
• houses, 289, 295
• language, 158-62
• women, 11, 20, 26-7, 31, 92, 101, 125, 157, 289
• Mangroves, 6, 14, 130, 139, 188
• Marsden’s Dictionary, 23, 25
• Matang, mountain of, 11-2, 151, 154, 166
• Matu river, 15
• Maxwell, Sir Benson, 2, 260
• Mr. Frank, 109, 111, 113-6, 129, 260-2, 295
• MᶜDougall. See Hose, Dr. Charles
• Mecca, 5, 27
• Mice, 274
• Milanoes, 15, 137-8, (Bintulu) 147
• Military service, exemption from, 112
• “Mingo.” See Rosario, F. Domingo de
• Missions, Protestant, 56, 215
• Roman Catholic, 213
• schools, 163, 213
• Monkeys, 6, (wah-wahs) 17, 87-8, 255
• Monsoon, South-west, 13
• North-east, 84
• Mosquitoes, 71, 74, 76, 80, 82, 117
• Mountain of the Moon, 256
• Mountains. See under respective titles, viz., Lingga, Matang, Mountain of the Moon, Poe, Santubong, Sebigi, Singghi
• Muda Hassim, Rajah, 170
• Muhammadans, 15, 90
• graves of, 163, 164, 259, 297
• Muka, fort, 137-8
• Muka river, 15
• Munggo Babi, 295, 299
• bachelor house, 301
• chief of, 305
• dances at, 306
• granaries at, 300
• head-house, 301-3
• Ngmah, 49, 216
• Nipa palms, 6, 14, 139, 188, 197
• North, Miss Marianne, 150-5
• Octopuses, 187
• Officers, Rajah’s English, 108
• Opium, 257
• Orang Kaya Stia, Rajah, 198
• Ord, Sir Harry, 2
• Owl, little, 253
• Oya river, 15
• Pa Baniak, 291-4
• Paddy, 279, 281
• Paddy birds (Egrets), 118, 120
• Paku, 287-8
• Palmerston, Lord, 97
• “Pamale,” 140
• Panau, 282-3
• Pangiran Matali, 115-6
• Pau Jinggeh, 175
• Peahen, 167-8
• Pelagus Rapid, 221, 243
• Peniamuns, 122
• Penus, 234-7
• Pepper vines, 200, 287
• Pheasants, Argus, 200
• Piano, effect of, on natives, 69
• Pigafetta, xvii
• Pitcher plants, 151-3
• Pleiades, 281
• Poe Mountain, 197
• Police, 107-8
• Pontianak ghost, 170-1
• Porcupines, 256
• Punans, 53, 214
• Quicksilver, 287, 289
• Rainbow, superstition concerning, 172
• Rajah Brooke, S.S., 309
• Rajah Muda (Vyner). See under Brooke, Vyner
• Rajah’s Council, 67, 91, 185
• Rajahs, The White, 95-100, 312
• Rapids, shooting, 244-5
• Rats, 3, 71, 77-9, 80, 117-8
• Rattans, 54, 214, 243
• Rawieng, 217, 229-31
• Reciters, 157-8
• Rejang, river, 15, 35, 37, 42, 44, 51-4, 136, 184, 192, 209, 216-7, 243
• Rengas, 45
• Rentap, 55
• Rhinoceros, 256, 261
• Rice, 92
• River plants, 296
• Rivers. See under respective titles, viz., Baram, Batang Lupar, Bintulu, Kalaka, Lawas, Limbang, Lundu, Matu, Muka, Oya, Rejang, Sadong, Samaraham, Sarawak, Saribas
• Roads, scarcity of, 16, 65
• Rosario, F. Domingo de, 215-6, 224-5, 228-9, 231, 236
• Russell, Lord John, 97
• Sadong river, 15, 133, 136, 295
• Safflower, 276-8
• Saffron, 92
• Sago, 15, 137;
• factory, 137;
• palms, 44, 152
• Salaries, official, 108
• Salleh, 218-9, 221, 234, 238, 244-7, 253-4
• Samaraham river, 133
• Sand-flies, 109
• Santubong, mountain, 4, 42, 167, 197;
• legend of, 193-6;
• stone figure, 188;
• village, 185
• Sapphires, 241
• Sarawak—
• apathy concerning, 108
• British protection extended to, 310
• extent of, 136
• flag of, 85
• founder of, xx
• heat of, 110
• police, 107
• Rangers, 105, 112
• recognition of, by England, 97
• situation of, 1, 13
• tribes, 16
• Sarawak, bay of, 15
• Sarawak river, 8, 15, 109-10, 133
• Saribas river, 15, 54
• Schools, institution of, 163-4
• Scorpions, 81-2
• Screw pines, 296
• Sea-serpent, 209-12
• Seaweed bangle, 173
• Sebigi, mountain, 290
• Sensitive plant, 152
• Sentries, 103, 168
• Seripa Madjena, 30-2, 65
• Serips, 30;
• Bagus, 129-130;
• Hussim, 31
• Sherip Masahor, 47
• Sibu, 35-8, 42-5, 49-51, 54, 209, 255
• Sibuyow, 129
• Sigobang, 287
• Sikhs, 36, 43, 50
• Simanggang, 114-5, 119, 126-7, 132, 261
• Singapore, 2-3, 6, 13, 88
• Singghi, mountain, 293
• Sirih, 31-2
• Sirik, 14
• Skelton, Mr. Harry, 35-7, 40-1, 43-4, 49-52, 54, 261
• Snakes, 82
• Societies, Chinese secret, 107
• Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, 56
• Song, 213
• Spring, hot, 291
• Subu (Umbrella Bearer and State Executioner), 10, 66, 85, 101-4
• Sugar-cane, 117, 287
• Sunok, 116-7, 124, 125
• Superstitions—
• animals, 190, 274-5, 294
• babies, 172
• bamboos, 308
• Bintulu, 147
• black seaweed, 173
• children, 172
• Chinese, 177-80
• cholera, cure of, 183
• cocoa-nuts, 174-5
• comparison with European, 175-6
• garlic, 211-2
• medicine, 58
• milk, 24 note
• paddy, 281
• “pamale,” 140
• Peniamuns, 122
• rain, 294
• rainbows, 172
• red hair, 202
• thunderstorms, 174
• women, 172
• Supreme Council, xxiv
• Sword chair, 178
• Syces, 64-5
• Talip, 19-24, 40, 86, 101, 182-3
• Tama Paran, 123, 127
• Tana Mera, 297
• Tanjong Datu, 13
• Sirik, 13
• Tanjongs, 214-8, 220, 237;
• dance, 226-8;
• girls, 224-5;
• women, 223
• Taxes, 112
• Thunderstorms, 174
• Titles, Sea Dyak, 224
• Tombs, Kayan, 217
• Torrent of Blood, 224, 231
• Trial, murder, 103
• Trusan river, 136
• Tuan Bungsu. See under Brooke, Harry
• Muda. See under Brooke, Bertram
• Tuba root, 48
• Tubam, 218-9, 221-2
• Tunku Ismael, 116, 120-4, 126
• Umbrella, State, 10, 66;
• Chinese, 294
• Ukits, 53;
• woman, 234-6, 274
• Victoria, H.M. Queen, 97-9, 310-1
• Wah-wahs, 17, 87-8
• War-boats, 56, 115, 122
• yells, 39-40, 128
• Water, abundance of, 16-8
• Windt, Mr. Harry de, 93
• Women, Dyak, 190, 205, 223, 264, 266, 299, 304, 306
• education of, 162, 165
• Malay, 11, 20, 26-7, 31, 92, 101, 125, 157, 289
• Tanjong, 223
• Wormia (river plants), 296

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