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naturalist, and characterize its fauna as one of the most re- 

 markable and beautiful upon the globe. On the 20th of Feb- 

 ruary I finally quitted Amboyna for Ceram and Waigiou, 

 leaving Charles Allen to go by a Government boat to Wahai, 

 on the north coast of Ceram, and thence to the unexplored 

 island of Mysol. 



