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Insulinde: experiences of a naturalist's wife in the Eastern Archipelago
Anna Forbes
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Frontmatter
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CHAPTER I. Eastward ho!--Colombo--The Java coast--Batavia--Hotel life--The sarong and kabia--A Batavian breakfast--The new town--Chinese peddlers--The Javanese (page 1)
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CHAPTER II. Java, Buitenzorg--Botanic garden--Morning walks--Visits of ceremony--Song of the cicads--Mosquitoes--Life in the tropics--A native feast--The theatre--Dances--Our route (page 19)
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CHAPTER III. At sea--Dutch official migrations--Samarang--Straits of Mednea--Surabaya--Mermen and mermaids--Cargo of birds--Characteristics of Java--The Dutch colonial system (page 30)
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CHAPTER IV. Macassar--Its trade--Gathering cocoa-nuts--Macassar prahus--The Dutch and their native servants--Catholic settlement--Crossing the Banda Sea--Cupang--Timor beads--A Chinese gentleman--The governor of Timor (page 42)
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CHAPTER V. Banda--Fire mountain--Arab school--Nutmeg woods--Life on shipboard--Clothing for the East--Bay of Amboina (page 57)
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CHAPTER VI. Amboina--A crushing disappointment--The captain of the Chinese--Paso--A peace celebration--Amboinese Christians (page 66)
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CHAPTER VII. Paso--The return of the Rajah--Obstacles to traveling--Tengah-Tengah--Bread-fruit--Village of Waai--Sago making--Provisions--The census--People of Waai--Natural treasures--Forest excursions--Tropical flowers (page 75)
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CHAPTER VIII. Waai--The rains--The Rajah--Native skiffs--Fish "mazes"--Aqueous life--Dangerous currents (page 93)
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CHAPTER IX. Departure from Waai--Through the forest--Brilliant colours--Back to Paso--Voyage to Amboina--Gaieties--The town of Amboina--Traces of the Portuguese--Evening scenes--Our Chinese friend--Mangosteens--The durian--Waiting for the steamer--Trassi--En route for Timor-laut--A Rajah pilot (page 100)
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CHAPTER X. En route for Timor-laut--Gessir attol--The market at Gessir--Macluer Bay--The first white woman in New Guinea--A New Guinean village--Papuan women--Crowded--An albino rival--Ké islanders--The Aru Isles--Dobbo--Pearls--The Rajah of Aru--Washing day--Approach to Timor--Her islands (page 119)
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CHAPTER XI. Tenimber--Larat Straits--Ritabel--The post-holder--Choosing a site for a house--Building--Our new dwelling--Our trade--Goods at a discount--Our visitors--A state of warfare--A palaver at Waitidal--Escape (page 137)
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CHAPTER XII. Ritabel--Tenimber children--Fever--Hairdressing--Native inquisitiveness--Tenimber women--Cloth-making--Marriages (page 155)
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CHAPTER XIII. Ritabel--Men--Their employment--Eating--War-dances--Morals--Boys--Babies (page 172)
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CHAPTER XIV. Tenimber--Holiday garb--Heat--Want of water--Barter for food--Difficulties about provisions--Cocoa-nuts--A goose feud--A false alarm (page 184)
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CHAPTER XV. Tenimber--Slavery--Vegetation--Fire--Religious belief--Burial rites--Departure (page 199)
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CHAPTER XVI. Amboina--The Machiks--Voyage from Tenimber--Our black parrot--Banda--Amboina society--Dutch housekeeping--A native wedding--Bride dancing for money--Santa Claus--Leave for Banda (page 209)
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CHAPTER XVII. Banda--Timor--Dilly--Fever--Church and monastery--The convent--"Very distinguished society" (page 228)
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CHAPTER XVIII. Portuguese Timor--Servants--Journey to the hills--Up the Tiring Rocks--Our hut--The house-warming--Explorations--The rainy season--Scarcity of food---Goma, the interpreter--Visitors--Coffee--Petroleum stores (page 241)
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CHAPTER XIX. Portuguese Timor--Visit to Dilly--Earthquakes--Departure of Goma--Flowers--Kambing Isle--Palm Sunday at Dilly--" Weak brandy-and-water" (page 262)
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CHAPTER XX. Portuguese Timor--Solitude--An old woman--Buffaloes--Encounter with a native--Letter from H.--Feelings in fever--Mountain-men (page 274)
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CHAPTER XXI. Portuguese Timor--Solitude and sickness--Succour in distress--Return of H.--Departure from Timor--Amboina--Menado--Surabaya--Conclusion (page 294)