to keep Sarawak for the benefit of its own people, and, in so doing, from the devastating grasp of money-grabbing syndicates. 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