Notes and Queries

Notes and Queries Reprint 15
Notes and Queries
By W.E. Maxwell
146pp. Size:150x220mm Hardcover
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Contents:

Introduction
N & Q 1
Botany
  1. Daun Sengugu
  2. Gutta Percha


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


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


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


    18. Malay Folklore
  18. Signs and Omens
  19. Legends of Changkat Rambia
  20. Nakhoda Ragam


    21. Social Customs
  21. Ganju


    22. Medicine
  22. (No title)
    23. Games and Amusements
  23. Daun Tiga ‘lei


    24. Miscellaneous
  24. (no title) query on a point in Maxwell’s Malay Manual
    25.

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
  5. Management of Elephants
  6. The Menangkabau Code


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


    20. Social Customs
  20. The Malay Howdah
  21. Fighting Dress of the Malays
  22. Malay Superstitions


    23. Games and Amusements
  23. "Chai Mui" (Hokkien "Hoah-koon")
  24. Daun Tiga ‘lei


    25. Miscellaneous
  25. Armenian inscription
  26. Land Tenure in North Borneo
  27. Rate of Speed of Elephant
    28.

N & Q 3
Botany

  1. The Lagundi
  2. The Ipoh Tree


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


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


    11. Biography
  11. T J Newbold

    Natural History
  12. Death from Snake Bites
  13. The Bite of the Python


    14. Social Customs
  14. Birth Ceremonies in Perak
  15. Sacred Fire
  16. Pelas Negri
  17. Legend of Toh Panglima


    18. Miscellaneous
  18. Index of Asiatic Journals
  19. The Borneo Coal Fields
  20. Malayan Antiquities
  21. Rock-Pictures in New Guinea
  22. Astronomy
    23.


N & Q 4
Botany

  1. The Brinjal
  2. Ketiar


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


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


    16. Biography
  16. The Light Family


    17. Medicine
  17. Senna


    18. Social Customs
  18. Panjat
  19. Influence of the Breath in Healing
  20. Modes of Carrying
  21. Raja of the Bamboo
  22. The Crocodile
  23. Ceremonies when shooting Rapids


    24. Demonology
  24. Mantra
  25. Belief in Spirits and Demons


    26. Miscellaneous
  26. Land Revenue System in China
  27. The Indian Notes and Queries
    28.

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