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| Keywords: bookid:naturalistswande01forb bookidnaturalistswande01forb bookyear:1885 bookyear1885 bookdecade:1880 bookdecade1880 bookcentury:1800 bookcentury1800 bookauthor:forbes__henry_o___henry_ogg___1851_1932 bookauthorforbeshenryohenryogg18511932 booksubject:natural_history booksubjectnaturalhistory bookpublisher:new_york__harper___brothers bookpublishernewyorkharperbrothers bookcontributor:the_library_of_congress bookcontributorthelibraryofcongress booksponsor:the_library_of_congress booksponsorthelibraryofcongress bookleafnumber:502 bookleafnumber502 bookcollection:library_of_congress bookcollectionlibraryofcongress bookcollection:biodiversity bookcollectionbiodiversity bookcollection:fedlink bookcollectionfedlink bhl collection bhlcollection bhl consortium bhlconsortium monochrome drawing bookid:naturalistswande01forb bookidnaturalistswande01forb bookyear:1885 bookyear1885 bookdecade:1880 bookdecade1880 bookcentury:1800 bookcentury1800 bookauthor:forbes__henry_o___henry_ogg___1851_1932 bookauthorforbeshenryohenryogg18511932 booksubject:natural_history booksubjectnaturalhistory bookpublisher:new_york__harper___brothers bookpublishernewyorkharperbrothers bookcontributor:the_library_of_congress bookcontributorthelibraryofcongress booksponsor:the_library_of_congress booksponsorthelibraryofcongress bookleafnumber:502 bookleafnumber502 bookcollection:library_of_congress bookcollectionlibraryofcongress bookcollection:biodiversity bookcollectionbiodiversity bookcollection:fedlink bookcollectionfedlink bhl collection bhlcollection bhl consortium bhlconsortium monochrome drawing Identifier: naturalistswande01forb Title: A naturalist's wanderings in the Eastern archipelago; a narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883 Year: 1885 (1880s) Authors: Forbes, Henry O. (Henry Ogg), 1851-1932 Subjects: Natural history Publisher: New York, Harper & brothers Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: e, by whose curious noteshe can convey signal sounds to a long distance; but by theunaided voice they are able, in a series of what seem onlydemoniacal howls, to hold long dialogues from peak to peakacross wide valleys. It was in this way doubtless that ourmen were nearly done out of their supper, which according tothe laws of their kingdom the officer was within his right indemanding. Eeaching about five oclock a little plateau, known asErlura, at 3500 feet above the sea, where we found a well andseveral tall gum-trees with their stems hollowed out by fire,we camped for the night. After seeing the baggage stowedinside the trees, I occupied the time till dark in assiduouslycollecting the herbaceous plants which dotted the ground. The IN TIMOR. 429 district being notorious for robbers, we picketed the horsesat dark within a quadrangle of fires—not an unnecessary pre-caution ; for in the middle of the night we heard very sus-picious low whistle-calls several times repeated, which gave Text Appearing After Image: SIGNALLING PIPE. vigour to the Alerto! of our guard. The Timorese are veryclever horsestealers, I understand, and, by abducting themoff from the very side of their owners, the astuter thievesamong them have obtained the reputation of being Swangies,who have the power of making their bodies invisible.29 430 A NATURALISTS WANDERINGS Next morning- at sunrise, after I had taken a round ofbearings, we started in a south-easterly direction, continuallyclimbing as on the previous day, along hogs-back ridges andround precipitous gorges. On the bare red clay of MountTehula, at 4200 feet, I gathered, with great delight, a newspecies of Epaeridaceas a heath-like plant, which formed inter-rupted shrubberies all over its summit. From Tehula by ashallow saddle, we reached Kelehoko, 4600 feet, where un-horsing to rest for an hour, I made a most interesting collec-tion of plants, many of them belonging to European familiesand genera, violets (V. patrinii), geraniums, bright azureCampamdacete on the b Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. Identifier: naturalistswande01forb Title: A naturalist's wanderings in the Eastern archipelago; a narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883 Year: 1885 (1880s) Authors: Forbes, Henry O. (Henry Ogg), 1851-1932 Subjects: Natural history Publisher: New York, Harper & brothers Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: e, by whose curious noteshe can convey signal sounds to a long distance; but by theunaided voice they are able, in a series of what seem onlydemoniacal howls, to hold long dialogues from peak to peakacross wide valleys. It was in this way doubtless that ourmen were nearly done out of their supper, which according tothe laws of their kingdom the officer was within his right indemanding. Eeaching about five oclock a little plateau, known asErlura, at 3500 feet above the sea, where we found a well andseveral tall gum-trees with their stems hollowed out by fire,we camped for the night. After seeing the baggage stowedinside the trees, I occupied the time till dark in assiduouslycollecting the herbaceous plants which dotted the ground. The IN TIMOR. 429 district being notorious for robbers, we picketed the horsesat dark within a quadrangle of fires—not an unnecessary pre-caution ; for in the middle of the night we heard very sus-picious low whistle-calls several times repeated, which gave Text Appearing After Image: SIGNALLING PIPE. vigour to the Alerto! of our guard. The Timorese are veryclever horsestealers, I understand, and, by abducting themoff from the very side of their owners, the astuter thievesamong them have obtained the reputation of being Swangies,who have the power of making their bodies invisible.29 430 A NATURALISTS WANDERINGS Next morning- at sunrise, after I had taken a round ofbearings, we started in a south-easterly direction, continuallyclimbing as on the previous day, along hogs-back ridges andround precipitous gorges. On the bare red clay of MountTehula, at 4200 feet, I gathered, with great delight, a newspecies of Epaeridaceas a heath-like plant, which formed inter-rupted shrubberies all over its summit. From Tehula by ashallow saddle, we reached Kelehoko, 4600 feet, where un-horsing to rest for an hour, I made a most interesting collec-tion of plants, many of them belonging to European familiesand genera, violets (V. patrinii), geraniums, bright azureCampamdacete on the b Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. Identifier: naturalistswande01forb Title: A naturalist's wanderings in the Eastern archipelago; a narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883 Year: 1885 (1880s) Authors: Forbes, Henry O. (Henry Ogg), 1851-1932 Subjects: Natural history Publisher: New York, Harper & brothers Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: e, by whose curious noteshe can convey signal sounds to a long distance; but by theunaided voice they are able, in a series of what seem onlydemoniacal howls, to hold long dialogues from peak to peakacross wide valleys. It was in this way doubtless that ourmen were nearly done out of their supper, which according tothe laws of their kingdom the officer was within his right indemanding. Eeaching about five oclock a little plateau, known asErlura, at 3500 feet above the sea, where we found a well andseveral tall gum-trees with their stems hollowed out by fire,we camped for the night. After seeing the baggage stowedinside the trees, I occupied the time till dark in assiduouslycollecting the herbaceous plants which dotted the ground. The IN TIMOR. 429 district being notorious for robbers, we picketed the horsesat dark within a quadrangle of fires—not an unnecessary pre-caution ; for in the middle of the night we heard very sus-picious low whistle-calls several times repeated, which gave Text Appearing After Image: SIGNALLING PIPE. vigour to the Alerto! of our guard. The Timorese are veryclever horsestealers, I understand, and, by abducting themoff from the very side of their owners, the astuter thievesamong them have obtained the reputation of being Swangies,who have the power of making their bodies invisible.29 430 A NATURALISTS WANDERINGS Next morning- at sunrise, after I had taken a round ofbearings, we started in a south-easterly direction, continuallyclimbing as on the previous day, along hogs-back ridges andround precipitous gorges. On the bare red clay of MountTehula, at 4200 feet, I gathered, with great delight, a newspecies of Epaeridaceas a heath-like plant, which formed inter-rupted shrubberies all over its summit. From Tehula by ashallow saddle, we reached Kelehoko, 4600 feet, where un-horsing to rest for an hour, I made a most interesting collec-tion of plants, many of them belonging to European familiesand genera, violets (V. patrinii), geraniums, bright azureCampamdacete on the b Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. Identifier: naturalistswande01forb Title: A naturalist's wanderings in the Eastern archipelago; a narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883 Year: 1885 (1880s) Authors: Forbes, Henry O. (Henry Ogg), 1851-1932 Subjects: Natural history Publisher: New York, Harper & brothers Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: e, by whose curious noteshe can convey signal sounds to a long distance; but by theunaided voice they are able, in a series of what seem onlydemoniacal howls, to hold long dialogues from peak to peakacross wide valleys. It was in this way doubtless that ourmen were nearly done out of their supper, which according tothe laws of their kingdom the officer was within his right indemanding. Eeaching about five oclock a little plateau, known asErlura, at 3500 feet above the sea, where we found a well andseveral tall gum-trees with their stems hollowed out by fire,we camped for the night. After seeing the baggage stowedinside the trees, I occupied the time till dark in assiduouslycollecting the herbaceous plants which dotted the ground. The IN TIMOR. 429 district being notorious for robbers, we picketed the horsesat dark within a quadrangle of fires—not an unnecessary pre-caution ; for in the middle of the night we heard very sus-picious low whistle-calls several times repeated, which gave Text Appearing After Image: SIGNALLING PIPE. vigour to the Alerto! of our guard. The Timorese are veryclever horsestealers, I understand, and, by abducting themoff from the very side of their owners, the astuter thievesamong them have obtained the reputation of being Swangies,who have the power of making their bodies invisible.29 430 A NATURALISTS WANDERINGS Next morning- at sunrise, after I had taken a round ofbearings, we started in a south-easterly direction, continuallyclimbing as on the previous day, along hogs-back ridges andround precipitous gorges. On the bare red clay of MountTehula, at 4200 feet, I gathered, with great delight, a newspecies of Epaeridaceas a heath-like plant, which formed inter-rupted shrubberies all over its summit. From Tehula by ashallow saddle, we reached Kelehoko, 4600 feet, where un-horsing to rest for an hour, I made a most interesting collec-tion of plants, many of them belonging to European familiesand genera, violets (V. patrinii), geraniums, bright azureCampamdacete on the b Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. | ||||
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