TABLE OF CONTENTS.
VOLUME I.
Introduction. Pp. v–xxi.
Chapter I. Distribution of the people, forms of government and administration of justice; Pp. 1–193.
(1) Introduction; p. 1. (2) Elements of population; p. 16. (3) Dress, food, luxuries, dwellings, household equipment; p. 25. (4) Distribution of the people; clans and tribes; p. 44. (5) The Gampōng, its government and adats; p. 58. (6) The mukim and its administration; p. 80. (7) The ulèëbalangships and their constitution; p. 88. (8) The Rajas (Sultans) of Acheh; p. 120. (9) Rivals of the traditional authorities; political adventurers and representatives of religion; p. 151. Appendix; p. 190.
Chapter II. Achehnese Calendars, festivals and seasons. Agriculture, navigation and fishery. Laws relating to land and water; Pp. 194–294.
(1) The Achehno-Mohammedan divisions of time; p. 194. (2) Feasts and appointed times and seasons; p. 202. (3) The civil or Season Calendar; p. 245. (4) Agriculture, tenths and sugar-cane planting; p. 258. (5) Navigation and fisheries; p. 275. (6) Rights on land and water; p. 285.
Chapter III. Domestic life and law; Pp. 295–439.
(1) Proposal, betrothal and marriage contract; p. 329. (3) Early days of married life; polygamy and concubinage; financial relations of husband and wife; p. 356. (4) Divorce; p. 367. (5) Pregnancy and birth; early years of childhood; p. 371. (6) The parents as bringers-up of their children; p. 401. (7) Sicknesses; their origin and cure; p. 408. (8) Death and the disposal of the dead; p. 418. (9) Distribution of Effects; p. 434.
