On the Equator
by
H. de W.
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[viii]—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 ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! | |