Notes and Queries

Notes and Queries Reprint 15
Notes and Queries

By W.E. Maxwell
146pp. Size:150x220mm Hardcover

Contents:

Introduction
N & Q 1
Botany

  1. Daun Sengugu
  2. Gutta Percha

  3. History
  4. Ancient Settlement in Penang before British Occupation
  5. Title and Offices of the Officers of Perak
  6. Ophir

  7. Language
  8. Pantang Baharu
  9. Modes of Sitting in Driving an Elephant
  10. Johor

  11. Natural History
  12. Sumatran Mawar
  13. Turtles
  14. Breeding Pearls and Bacteria in Rice
  15. Are Cockatoos Carnivorous?
  16. The Octopus<
  17. Tiger Traps
  18. Man Eaters
  19. Tigers eating Frogs
  20. Charms

  21. Malay Folklore
  22. Signs and Omens
  23. Legends of Changkat Rambia
  24. Nakhoda Ragam

  25. Social Customs
  26. Ganju

  27. Medicine
  28. (No title)

  29. Games and Amusements
  30. Daun Tiga ‘lei

  31. Miscellaneous
  32. (no title) query on a point in Maxwell’s Malay Manual

N & Q 2
History

  1. Perak and Penang in 1829
  2. Visit of Lord William Bentinck to Penang in 1828
  3. The Dutch in Perak
  4. Ancient Chinese Colony in North Borneo

  5. Language
  6. Management of Elephants
  7. The Menangkabau Code

  8. Folklore
  9. Legends of Petrified Ships
  10. The Berik Berik of Biberik
  11. Malacca Legends of Nakhoda Ragam
  12. Penang Legends of Nakhoda Ragam
  13. Mantra Sandaran
  14. Legend of Toh Kuala Bidor
  15. Gelegak nasi
  16. Serawa langut
  17. Magic Circle
  18. Legend of Kubang Aji
  19. Legend of Pulau Tunggal
  20. Sang Kelembai
  21. Origin of Orchids

  22. Social Customs
  23. The Malay Howdah
  24. Fighting Dress of the Malays
  25. Malay Superstitions

  26. Games and Amusements
  27. "Chai Mui" (Hokkien "Hoah-koon")
  28. Daun Tiga ‘lei

  29. Miscellaneous
  30. Armenian inscription
  31. Land Tenure in North Borneo
  32. Rate of Speed of Elephant

N & Q 3
Botany

  1. The Lagundi
  2. The Ipoh Tree

  3. History
  4. The Stone Age in Perak
  5. Letter of the King of Achin to King James I
  6. Rembau
  7. Sang Kelambu
  8. The title "Sang

  9. Language
  10. Malay Words of Portuguese Origin
  11. Malay Titles in Ulu Perak
  12. Malay in Cornell University

  13. Biography
  14. T J Newbold

  15. Natural History
  16. Death from Snake Bites
  17. The Bite of the Python

  18. Social Customs
  19. Birth Ceremonies in Perak
  20. Sacred Fire
  21. Pelas Negri
  22. Legend of Toh Panglima

  23. Miscellaneous
  24. Index of Asiatic Journals
  25. The Borneo Coal Fields
  26. Malayan Antiquities
  27. Rock-Pictures in New Guinea
  28. Astronomy

N & Q 4
Botany

  1. The Brinjal
  2. Ketiar

  3. Language
  4. Malays
  5. Pagar
  6. Temikei; Mendikei; Kamendikei
  7. Jalibut
  8. Cockup
  9. Galgal
  10. Jam
  11. Manuk
  12. The Sakai Language

  13. History
  14. English Trade with Perak
  15. The Founding of Singapore
  16. Seals of Johor and Pahang in 1819
  17. Date of the Foundation of Singapore

  18. Biography
  19. The Light Family

  20. Medicine
  21. Senna

  22. Social Customs
  23. Panjat
  24. Influence of the Breath in Healing
  25. Modes of Carrying
  26. Raja of the Bamboo
  27. The Crocodile
  28. Ceremonies when shooting Rapids

  29. Demonology
  30. Mantra
  31. Belief in Spirits and Demons

  32. Miscellaneous
  33. Land Revenue System in China
  34. The Indian Notes and Queries

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