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Opening The Malay Archipelago, Volume 1
Alfred Russel Wallace
Public domain text from Project Gutenberg.
Produced by Martin Adamson, David Widger and Colin Choat
THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO, VOLUME I. (of II.)
By Alfred Russel Wallace
The land of the orang-utan, and the bird of paradise.
A narrative of travel, with sketches of man and nature.
To CHARLES DARWIN,
AUTHOR OF "THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES,"
I dedicate this book,
Not only as a token of personal esteem and friendship
But also
To express my deep admiration
For
His genius and his works.
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Contents
PREFACE.
THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO.
CHAPTER I. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.
CHAPTER II. SINGAPORE.
CHAPTER III. MALACCA AND MOUNT OPHIR.
CHAPTER IV. BORNEO--THE ORANGUTAN.
CHAPTER V. BORNEO--JOURNEY INTO THE INTERIOR.
CHAPTER VI. BORNEO--THE DYAKS.
CHAPTER VII. JAVA.
CHAPTER VIII. SUMATRA.
CHAPTER IX. NATURAL HISTORY OF THE INDO-MALAY ISLANDS.
CHAPTER X. BALI AND LOMBOCK.
CHAPTER XI. LOMBOCK: MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE PEOPLE.
CHAPTER XII. LOMBOCK: HOW THE RAJAH TOOK THE CENSUS.
CHAPTER XIII. TIMOR.
CHAPTER XIV. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE TIMOR GROUP.
CHAPTER XV. CELEBES.
CHAPTER XVI. CELEBES.
CHAPTER XVII. CELEBES.
CHAPTER XVIII. NATURAL HISTORY OF CELEBES.
CHAPTER XIX. BANDA.
CHAPTER XX. AMBOYNA.
PREFACE.
My readers will naturally ask why I have delayed writing this book
for six years after my return; and I feel bound to give them full
satisfaction on this point.
When I reached England in the spring of 1862, I found myself surrounded
by a room full of packing cases containing the collections that I had,
from time to time, sent home for my private use. These comprised nearly
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Contents
CHAPTER XX. AMBOYNA.
Page 2 CHAPTER I. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.
Page 7 CHAPTER II. SINGAPORE.
Page 23 CHAPTER III. MALACCA AND MOUNT OPHIR.
Page 27 CHAPTER IV. BORNEO--THE ORANGUTAN.
Page 35 CHAPTER V. BORNEO--JOURNEY INTO THE INTERIOR.
Page 60 CHAPTER VI. BORNEO--THE DYAKS.
Page 78 CHAPTER VII. JAVA.
Page 84 CHAPTER VIII. SUMATRA.
Page 106 CHAPTER IX. NATURAL HISTORY OF THE INDO-MALAY ISLANDS.
Page 117 CHAPTER X. BALI AND LOMBOCK.
Page 127 CHAPTER XI. LOMBOCK: MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE PEOPLE.
Page 139 CHAPTER XII. LOMBOCK: HOW THE RAJAH TOOK THE CENSUS.
Page 150 CHAPTER XIII. TIMOR.
Page 157 CHAPTER XIV. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE TIMOR GROUP.
Page 171 CHAPTER XV. CELEBES.
Page 180 CHAPTER XVI. CELEBES.
Page 194 CHAPTER XVII. CELEBES.
Page 205 CHAPTER XVIII. NATURAL HISTORY OF CELEBES.
Page 229 CHAPTER XIX. BANDA.
Page 242 CHAPTER XX. AMBOYNA.
Page 247
finally quitted Amboyna for Ceram and Waigiou, leaving Charles Allen to
go by a Government boat to Wahai on the north coast of Ceram, and thence
to the unexplored island of Mysol.
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