For Timor two lists of moon-months are given, the one from Bibiçuçu, the other from Samoro. The names are in some cases the same, they are not translated and perhaps cannot be explained, but they indicate the occupations of the months. 1, _funu_, _leet ali_, about October, _vater_, maize, is planted and mountain rice sown; 2, _fahi_, the fields are weeded; 3, _naru_, ‘the great month’, the maize flowers, heavy rain; 4, _fotan_, _tora_, the former word probably a corruption of the Malay _potong_, the cutting or harvest month: the maize is housed and a harvest sacrifice offered; 5, _madauk_, harvest of the mountain-rice; 6, _wani_, honey and wax are collected; 7, _uhi_, _uhi böot_, probably a corruption of _ubi_, sweet potato, these are now dug up and collected; 8, _madai böot_, _uhi kiik_, fogs and heavy rain; 9, _madai kiik_, _lakubutik_, little rain: during both these months little work can be done; 10, _lakubutik böot_, _madai_, still showers; 11, _lakubutik kiik_, _funu_, very hot, only in this month is gold sought for; 12, _leet_, _leet manuluk_, hot: the grass is burnt off and the ground prepared for maize-planting[787]. It is interesting to note how the names have departed from a common foundation: two names (_funu_, _madai_) denote different months. Note also the pairs of months in both lists. The Kiwai Papuans, who are well acquainted with the stars, have a very interesting list of months, compiled from names of stars and, as it seems, of natural objects. Accurate information about this list has very kindly been personally communicated to me by Landtman[788]. The year is divided into two parts in accordance with the monsoons[789]. The time of the S. E. monsoon (_uro_) embraces the months:--1, _keke_ (Achernar, our April); 2, _utiamo_ (the Pleiades); 3, _sengerai_ (Orion); 4, _koidjugubo_ (Capella, Sirius, and Canopus together); 5, _wapi_; 6, _hopukoruho_; 7, _abu_; and 8, _tagai_ (Crux). In the transitional period comes 9, _karongo_ (Antares). The time of the N. W. monsoon (_hurama_) includes:--10, _naramu-dubu_ (Vega); 11, _nirira-dubu_ (Altair); 12, _goibaru_; 13, _korubutu_. Each month, in the language of the natives called ‘moon’, is connected with a definite constellation, as is shewn above, and it is to be presumed that this constellation is properly the one that is to sink down to the western horizon during the month in question. Perfect accuracy does not however prevail in this nomenclature, but several adaptations have been made. (This is natural and necessary, on account of the dislocation of the lunar months with regard to the solar year). Even in the matter of the succession of the months different statements were made, this no doubt being due to the fact that all the natives were not equally masters of the calendar. The statements fluctuate as to whether _karongo_ is the last month of the _uro_ or the first of the _hurama_. (The fluctuation is natural, since this month falls in the time of transition between the two).