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while the cross-piece is formed of a long flat stone, secured 

 in the same manner. These anchors, when well made, hold 

 exceedingly firm, and, owing to the expense of iron, are still 

 almost universally used on board the smaller praus. In the 

 afternoon the head-men arrived, and promised me as many 

 rowers as I could put on the prau, and also brought me a 

 few eggs and a little rice, which were very acceptable. On 

 the 14th there W9,s a north wind all day, which would have 

 been invaluable to us a few days earlier, but which was now 

 only tantalizing. On the 16th, all being ready, we started 

 at daybreak with two new anchors and ten rowers, who un- 

 derstood their work. By evening we had come more than 

 half-way to the point, and anchored for the night in a small 

 bay. At three the next morning I ordered the anchor up. 



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but the rattan cable parted close to the bottom, having been 

 chafed by rocks, and we then lost our third anchor on this 

 unfortunate voyage. The day was calm, and by noon we 

 passed the southern point of Gilolo, which had delayed us 

 eleven days, whereas the whole voyage during this monsoon 

 should not have occupied more than half that time. Having 

 got round the point, our course was exactly in the opposite 

 direction to what it had been, and now, as usual, the wind 

 changed accordingly, coming from the north and north-west, 

 so that we still had to row every mile up to the village of 

 Gani, which we did not reach till the evening of the 1 8th. 

 A Bugis trader who was residing there, and the senaji, or 

 chief, were very kind ; the former assisting me with a spare 

 anchor and a cable, and making me a present of some vege- 

 tables, and the latter baking fresh sago cakes for my men, 



