INDEX. 547 Laws of the Indian Islanders — their origin, iii. 75 — account of writings on, 77 — modes of administering justice, 79 — rules of evidence, 87 — laws of purchase and sale, 92 — deposits, 93 — letting and hiring, 94 — ^loans, 96 — inheritance, 98 — marriage-contracts, 99 — description of punishments, 104 — modes of execution, 108 ^lex ialionis, 110 — pecuniary composition for crimes. 111 — ^al- lotment of punishment according to rank, 11'2 — offences against property, 114 — against persons, 119 — against the state and so- vereign, 133 — against the laws of nature, 137 Lead — its use confined to the manufacture of musket-bullets, i. 192 — natives taught the use of it by Europeans, ib. Lemon — its culture, i. 425 Lignum-aloes — history of the tree yielding, i. 519 — an article of commerce, iii. 420 Lingoa — its culture and uses, i. 452 Literature of the Javanese — divided into ancient and modern, ii. 16 — their lyrical compositions, 22 — romances founded on Hindu legends, 24 — on native story, 26 — histories of modern transac- tions, 27 — prose compositions, 31 — works founded on Arabic ori- ginals, 34 — education, 35 — books and manuscripts, 36 — ^general character of their compositions, 37 ■ of the ]Ialays — character of their literature, ii. 47 — their metrical composition, 48 — ^jirose composition, 50 — romances, 5(i -of the nations of Celebes — character of their literature, ii. 61 — specimen of their love songs, R'^ Logwood — its culture and uses, i. 463 Lontar — its culture, i. 443 Mahomedanism — See Religion iIaize — indigenous to the Indian Islands, i. 366 — ^its culture, 367 — fecundity, 369 — an article of exportation, iii. 348 Malor or Malati — its culture, i. 437 Mango — its culture, i. 423 Mangkudu — its culture, i. 463 Mangustin — its culture, i. 417 IMarbao — its culture, i. 453 Marriage — an universal ordinance in the Archipelago, i. 73 — time of its taking place, 86 — mode of courtship before, 87 — three de- scriptions of, ib. — ceremonies of the Javanese at, 88 — ceremo- nials, detail of, 91 Massoy — its culture and uses, i. 510 Meals — Indian islanders observe little delicacy at, i. 100 — their posture and manner of eating at, ib. — ablutions before and after, ib. Measures of the Indian islanders — native, estimated by bulk and not weight, i. 271 — their measures of capacity, 273 — weight, ib. — length, 275 — and surface, 277 Medicine — character of the practitioners of, i. 328 — nature of their prescriptions, ib. — advantages of their practice in fevers, 330 —
