Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co.
LUDGATE HILL, LONDON E.C.
To
JOHN LANCASTER, ESQ.,
OF
BILTON GRANGE, NEAR RUGBY, WARWICKSHIRE.
This Volume
IS DEDICATED, WITH THE BEST WISHES OF
THE AUTHOR.
CONTENTS.
| [CHAPTER I.] | |
| PAGE | |
| Our Plan of Travel Outfitters—Journey toMarseilles—Departure—"The Inevitable"—JourneyOut—Singapore—Leave for Kuching—TheAline—"Talang-Talang"—TheSarawak River—Kuching—The Bazaar,&c.—Comfortable Quarters | [9] |
| [CHAPTER II.] | |
| Territory of Sarawak—History of the Country—Raja Brookeand Muda Hasim—Rebellions in Sarawak—Brooke proclaimedRaja—Chinese Insurrection—Military and NavalEstablishment—Exports—Progress of Sarawak—Deathof Sir James Brooke | [24] |
| [CHAPTER III.] | |
| Kuching—Society—The Club—Amusements—The SarawakGazette—The Bazaar—Health of Kuching—Life inKuching—Rats—Preparations for Journey to the MatangMountain | [36] |
| [CHAPTER IV.] | |
| Travel in Borneo—Travelling Boats—Leave for Matang—OurCrew—Alligators—Mosquitoes—Matang Bungalow—TheGarden—Ascend the Mountain—The Waterfall—ANasty Jump—View from the Summit—Snakes—Returnto Kuching | [44] |
| [CHAPTER V.] | |
| The Rejang Residency—Wild Tribes of the Interior—Startfor Rejang—Timber Ships—Sibu—Attack byKatibus—A Dinner Party—TheFireship—Kanowit—"Jok"—Kanowits'Dwellings—Human Heads—"Bones" and"Massa Johnson" | [58] |
| [CHAPTER VI.] | |
| Leave Kanowit—Scenery—War Canoes—Arrive atKapit—Wild Tribes—Kayan Burials—Head Feast—Lat—HisFamily—Tattooing—The Sumpitan—Kayan and DyakWar Dances—The Kok-Goo—The Bock Expedition toCentral Borneo—Cannibalism—Return to Kuching | [75] |
| [CHAPTER VII.] | |
| Sport in Borneo—The Orang-Utan—His Habits—Start forSadong—A Rough Journey—Sadong—The Fort andVillage—L. Capsized—The Mines—Our Cook—TheAbang—Start for Mias Ground—Our Hunt forOrang—Lost in the Forest—Leave for Sadong—AnUncomfortable Night—Small-Pox—Manangs—A Dyak DonJuan—Return to Kuching | [93] |
| [CHAPTER VIII.] | |
| Preparations for Departure—Leave Sarawak—A Squall—ADutch Dinner—Batavia—Weltereoden—Life inJava—Buitenzorg—Koerapan—Dutch Soldiers—AReview—Modes of Execution in the Archipelago—TheWorld-Wide Circus—Return to Singapore—Leave forEurope—Gibraltar | [114] |
| [CHAPTER IX.] | |
| Cadiz Custom-House Officers—SpanishCourtship—Marketplace—Leave for Seville—Jerezde la Frontera—Seville—Pilate's House—LasDelicias—Triana—Madrid—BullFighting—"Espadas"—A Bull Fight—Frascuelo—Crueltyto Horses—Leave for Paris—A Stormy Passage—HomeAgain—Adieu | [128] |