Volume 2

The Malay archipelago : the land of the Orang-Utan, and the bird of paradise : a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature / Alfred Russel Wallace.

  • Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913.
Date:
1869
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Credit: The Malay archipelago : the land of the Orang-Utan, and the bird of paradise : a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature / Alfred Russel Wallace. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Waidono, district chief in Java, i. 159. Waigion, island of, i. 9; voyage from Ceram to, ii. 331 et scq.; map of, 332 ; dilliculties of approaching, 315 ; lost servants recovered, 348; arrival at, 349; birds of Para- dise at, 353; inclement weather at, 354; the inhabitants a mixed race, 355; their language entirely Pa]man, ih.-, collections obtained in, 366, 367 ; voyage from to Ternate, 368 et scq.; sketch ma]) of the voyage, 369; dilliculties of the voyage, 374, 375, 381, et scq. Wamma, village of, ii. 198. Wangi-wangi, island of, ii. 167. Wanumbai, village of, ii. 237; lodgings at, 238, 239; savage in- habitants of, 240; inquisitiveness of the natives, 247 et seq.; legend respecting, 260, 261; the author’s mysterious character, 264; war ainong the natives, 264, 265; de- ]>arture from, 266 ; the people perfect savages, 280. Warus-warus, village of, ii. 115; the country around, 122. VVarzbergen, Capt. Herr, obtains a house for the author, ii. 197. Watelai Channel, ii. 235-237. Watelai River, ii. 286. Water, scarcity of, ii. 341. Wayapo, village of, ii. 129. Wayapo vocabulary, ii. 473. AVaypoti, locality of, ii. 130, 131; the author’s house at, 133; igno- rance of the natives, 136. Weapons of war, ii. 265. AVestern Islands, resemblance to Asia, i. 20. AA'^okan, island of, ii. 208; map of, 219. Wonosalem, road to, i. 162 ; position of, 167; noted for its jicacocks, ib.; collections in, 172. AVood-boring insects, ii. 275, 276. AVoodpecker.s, i. 22, 24, 429. AVords, nine, selections of in fifty- nine languages, ii. 476, 477. AVords, one hundred and seventeen, in thirty-three languages, ii. 478- 496. Z. Zingiberaceous plants, i. 51. Zollinger, the Dutch naturalist, his account of the island of Pali, i. 317. THE END. icixmis ; K. ci-.w. SONS, anp tayi.pr. crintkks.