Excerpt from A Naturalist's Wanderings in the Eastern Archipelago: A Narrative of Travel and Exploration From 1878 to 1883 Mb. A. R. Wallace's Malay Archipelago' is so accurate and exhaustive an account of the Eastern Isles, that there have been left but few gleanings for those who have followed him to gather. Most of the islands visited by me were also visited by him; but my route has in each island been altogether different from his. In as far as it refers to islands visited by both of us, I should desire this volume, which is a mere transcript of what I have thought the more interesting of the field notes made during my wanderings, to be considered in the light Of an addendum to - unfortunately without any of the literary elegance and finish Of - that model book of travel. N o detailed account of the Timor-laut Islands has appeared before the present and very little has been published on the inhabitants Of the interior of Timer.ale In the chapters devoted to these lands I have contributed some ethnological notes which I trust may be found new and of interest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.