Wonders of Nature in South-East Asia

by Earl of Cranbrook; King, Victor T.

• ISBN13: 9789676530882
• ISBN10: 9676530883
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-03-27
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The origins of mountains and plains. The power of winds and sea. the turbulent courses of the rivers. The mysteries of plant and animal life. These are just a few of the wonders of southeast Asia, now illuminated in this anthology. The editor, a well-known environmental biologist who spent forty years in the region, has collected writings, from ancient times to the present, that reveal its natural beauty. Each abstract describes the area as directly experienced by the writer, and some passages have been taken from specialist sources that general readers rarely encounter. The book also includes illustrations and commentary from Lord Cranbrook himself. His collection will fascinate travelers, geographers, historians, naturalists, and general readers alike.

Table of Contents

Foreword	v	(6)
VICTOR T. KING
Acknowledgements	xi	(10)
Introduction	xxi	(3)
EARL OF CRANBROOK
Invocation	xxiv
GEORGE MAXWELL
Marvels of the Ancients	1	(11)
1 Golden Island	1	(1)
RUFUS FESTUS AVIENUS
2 Vayu Purana	2	(2)
ROLAND BRADDELL
3 The Poison Tree from Macassar	4	(3)
GEORGIUS EVERHARDUS RUMPHIUS
4 The Archipelago	7	(1)
J. R. LOGAN
5 Placid Loveliness	8	(2)
JOHN CAMERON
6 Tropical Scenery	10	(2)
RAMON REYES LALA
Continents Adrift	12	(6)
7 Physical Review	12	(1)
J. R. LOGAN
8 Dispersal of Gondwanaland	13	(5)
M. G. AUDLEY-CHARLES
Mountains and Mountain Ranges	18	(10)
9 Earth Storm	18	(1)
CHARLES A. FISHER
10 The Shan Plateau	19	(2)
F. KINGDON WARD
11 The Blue-green Hill	21	(1)
R. RAVEN-HART
12 Wonderful Kinabalu	21	(3)
TOM HARRISSON
13 A Virgin Peak	24	(1)
F. KINGDON WARD
14 Dak Lac	25	(2)
NORMAN LEWIS
15 Bok-kor	27	(1)
ALAN HOUGHTON BRODRICK
Vulcanism	28	(20)
16 Telluric Energy	28	(2)
J. R. LOGAN
17 A Volcano and an Earthquake	30	(6)
ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE
18 Mount Semiru	36	(2)
M. ZOLLINGER
19 Lombok Volcano	38	(1)
W. COOL
20 The Lake of Taal	39	(3)
JOSEPH EARLE STEVENS
21 Krakatoa	42	(3)
STANLEY COXON
22 Submarine Volcano	45	(1)
HENRI MOUHOT
23 Hot Springs and Mud Volcanoes	46	(2)
ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE
Wind and Weather	48	(12)
24 Cochin-China: The Climate	48	(2)
DR GUTZLAFF
25 Climate of the Philippines	50	(3)
JOHN CRAWFURD
26 Typhoon	53	(3)
JOSEPH EARLE STEVENS
27 Seasonal Rainfall	56	(2)
E. BANKS
28 Storm	58	(2)
CHARLES HOSE
The Sea	60	(13)
29 Typhoon in the South China Sea	60	(1)
EDWARD H. CREE
30 Typhoon in the Visayas	61	(2)
MARY H. FEE
31 The Straits of Bali	63	(4)
DANIEL BEECKMAN
32 Ampanam Bay	67	(1)
ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE
33 Sarawak Approaches	68	(2)
JAMES BROOKE
34 Tide and Wind	70	(3)
TOM HARRISSON
Coasts and Islands	73	(20)
35 Work of the Dragon	73	(1)
ANON
36 Baie d'Along	74	(2)
LORD MOYNE
37 The Coast of Cochin-China	76	(1)
JOHN WHITE
38 As Far as Champawn	77	(1)
H. WARINGTON SMYTH
39 Junkceylon	80	(1)
G. E. GERINI
40 Northward from Dongalla	81	(2)
WALTER G. HARRIS
41 Cagayan Sulu	83	(2)
W. CHIMMO
42 Banda Islands	85	(5)
ALBERT S. BICKMORE
43 Arru Islands	90	(3)
ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE
Estuaries	93	(8)
44 The Bight	93	(1)
H. WARINGTON SMYTH
45 Influenced by the Tide	94	(3)
ODOARDO BECCARI
46 Mangrove Forests of the Malay Peninsula	97	(2)
J. G. WATSON
47 The Lupar Bore	99	(2)
WILLIAM M. CROCKER
Rivers	101	(19)
48 Rivers of Burma	101	(4)
J. ANNAN BRYCE
49 The Upper Defile	105	(1)
BEATRIX METFORD
50 The Second Defile	106	(2)
E. B. SLADEN
51 The Third Defile	108	(1)
G. T. GASCOIGNE
52 The Lower Irrawaddy	109	(2)
HENRY YULE
53 Shooting the Rapids	111	(3)
CARL A. BOCK
54 Keng Karm	114	(3)
NOEL WYNYARD
55 The Mekong	117	(2)
J. S. BLACK
56 Mother of Rivers	119	(1)
H. W. PONDER
Floodplains	120	(17)
57 Raheng Flood	120	(2)
HOLT S. HALLETT
58 Mattabong Plain	122	(2)
D. O. KING
59 The Great Lake of Cambodia	124	(1)
HENRI MOUHOT
60 Tonle-sap	124	(2)
ANON
61 Floods	126	(4)
E. J. H. CORNER
62 Danau Lamadjan	130	(3)
ODOARDO BECCARI
63 Lake Seriang	133	(2)
W. M. CROCKER
64 Peatswamp	135	(2)
J. WYATT-SMITH
Trees and Forests	137	(28)
65 Trees of Java	137	(2)
H. W. PONDER
66 Amherstia	139	(2)
G. T. GASCOIGNE
67 The Carmine Cherry	141	(1)
F. KINGDON WARD
68 Along the Rawas	142	(1)
HENRY O. FORBES
69 The Forests	143	(2)
J. R. LOGAN
70 Tropical Dendrons	145	(2)
E. J. H. CORNER
71 Figs	147	(2)
HENRY O. FORBES
72 Strangling Fig-trees	149	(4)
E. J. H. CORNER
73 The Palm Scene	153	(2)
E. J. H. CORNER
74 The Durian Tree	155	(4)
GEORGIUS EVERHARDUS RUMPHIUS
75 The Durian	159	(2)
ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE
76 Bat Flowers	161	(2)
E. J. H. CORNER
77 Midnight Horror	163	(2)
E. J. H. CORNER
Plant Wonders	165	(30)
78 Exuberance of Life	165	(2)
G. B. CERRUTI
79 Abundance of Rattans	167	(1)
ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE
80 Rattans Explained	168	(3)
E. J. H. CORNER
81 Bamboos	171	(4)
ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE
82 The Greater Moth Orchid, Phalaenopsis	175	(3)
F. W. BURBIDGE
83 Orchids in Java	178	(2)
HENRY O. FORBES
84 Pitcher Plants	180	(3)
F. W. BURBIDGE
85 Gingers	183	(2)
HENRY O. FORBES
86 Rafflesia	185	(3)
THOMAS STAMFORD RAFFLES
87 Fungi	188	(1)
E. J. H. CORNER
88 Ant Plants	189	(4)
HENRY O. FORBES
89 Korthalsia	193	(2)
E. J. H. CORNER
Invertebrate Marvels	195	(17)
90 Insects of Burma	195	(1)
F. KINGDON WARD
91 Butterflies of Sulu	196	(2)
F. W. BURBIDGE
92 Rajah Brooke's Birdwing	198	(1)
HENRY O. FORBES
93 Curious Butterflies	198	(3)
ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE
94 Butterfly Swarms	201	(1)
L. WRAY JR.
95 Catching Moths	202	(2)
ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE
96 Ornithoscatoides	204	(2)
HENRY O. FORBES
97 Fireflies	206	(1)
JOHN CAMERON
98 Weaver Ants	207	(3)
HENRY N. RIDLEY
99 Leeches	210	(2)
GEORGE MAXWELL
Quadrupeds and Others	212	(26)
100 Orang-utan	212	(3)
SPENSER ST JOHN
101 Game in Cochin-China	215	(2)
JOHN WHITE
102 Hunting Sladang in Malaya	217	(1)
GEORGE MAXWELL
103 The Royal Elephant Hunt	218	(4)
P. A. THOMPSON
104 Bearded Pig Migrations	222	(2)
E. BANKS
105 A Horde of Pork	224	(2)
JULIAN CALDECOTT
SERENA CALDECOTT
106 The Babirusa of Celebes	226	(1)
ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE
107 The Flying Lemur	227	(1)
ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE
108 Wallace's Flying Frog	228	(2)
ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE
109 Bats in Bamboo	230	(1)
HENRY N. RIDLEY
110 Boa and Pig	231	(2)
ANON
111 The Irrawaddy Dolphin	233	(2)
JOHN ANDERSON
112 Turtles of Talang-talang	235	(1)
JAMES BROOKE
113 The Vu Quang Ox	236	(2)
VU VAN DUNG ET AL
Birds	238	(15)
114 The Great Contrast	238	(1)
ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE
115 Hornbill Casque	239	(1)
HENRY O. FORBES
116 Hornbill and Young	240	(1)
ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE
117 Megapodidae	241	(3)
ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE
118 The King Bird of Paradise	244	(2)
ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE
119 The Eastern Palaearctic Migration	246	(3)
IAN C. T. NISBET
120 First Wild Argus	249	(1)
WILLIAM BEEBE
121 Cave Swiftlets	250	(3)
LORD MEDWAY
Caves	253	(15)
122 Klouwang and Its Caves	253	(3)
L. H. WALLON
123 Caves at Sungei Batu	256	(3)
D. D. DALY
124 The Dark Cave at Batu	259	(4)
WILLIAM BEEBE
125 Caves at Biserat	263	(1)
W. W. SKEAT
126 Caves of Niah	264	(4)
NIGEL CAMERON
The Past	268	(6)
127 Kain Hitam	268	(2)
NIGEL CAMERON
128 Glaciation of Kinabalu	270	(2)
LYNNE C. MYERS
129 Stegodonts from Flores	272	(2)
D. A. HOOIJER
Gold of the Chersonese	274
130 Gold in Sumatra	274	(1)
HENRY O. FORBES
131 The Golden Coast of Kei	275	(1)
ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE
132 A Hundred Flaming Lances	276	(1)
E. A. POWELL
133 Wrought in Amethysts	277	(1)
MRS CAMPBELL DAUNCEY
134 Revelation	278	(2)
GEORGE MAXWELL
135 Envoi	280
ABDUL RAZAK BIN HASSANUDIN