CHAPTER XII. 



LEAVE PORT ESSINGTON — REACH TIMOR LAUT — MEET PROAS 

 — CHIEF LOMBA — TRACES OF THE CREW OF THE CHARLES 

 EATON — THEIR ACCOUNT OF THE WRECK AND SOJOURN 

 ON THE ISLAND — CAPTAIN KING's ACCOUNT OF THE RESCUE 

 OF THE SURVIVORS — BOY IRELAND'S RELATION OF THE 

 SUFFERINGS AND MASSACRE OF THE CREW — APPEARANCE 

 OF THE SHORES OF TIMOR LAUT — DESCRIPTION OF THE 



INHABITANTS — DRESS — LEPROSY CANOES — VILLAGE OF 



OLILIET — CURIOUS HOUSES — REMARKABLE ORNAMENTS — 

 VISIT THE ORAN KEGA — BURIAL ISLET — SUPPLIES OB- 

 TAINED—GUNPOWDER IN REQUEST AS BARTER — PROCEED 

 TO THE ARRU ISLANDS — DOBBO HARBOUR — TRADE — PRE- 

 SENT TO CHIEF — BIRDS OF PARADISE — CHINAMING 

 JUNKS' BOTTOMS — 'CHARACTER OF NATIVES — SOME OF 



THEM PROFESS CHRISTIANITY — VISIT THE KI ISLANDS 



VILLAGE OF KI LLI — HOW PROTECTED — PLACE OF WOR- 

 SHIP — POTTERY — TIMBER BOAT-BUILDING — CULTIVATION 



OF THE EASTERN KI — NO ANCHORAGE OFF IT — VISIT KI 

 DOULAN — ANTIQUE APPEARANCE OF — LUXURIANT VEGE- 

 TATION — EMPLOYMENT OF NATIVES— DEFENCES OF THE 



PLACE — CARVINGS ON GATEWAY — CIVILITY OF CHIEF 



HIS DRESS POPULATION OF THE KI GROUP — THEIR RE- 

 LIGION TRADE — PLACE OF INTERMENT — AGILITY OF 



AUSTRALIAN NATIVE SUPPLIES ANCHORAGE OFF KI 



DOULAN ISLAND OF VERDATE — VISIT FROM CHIEF — 



EXCITEMENT OF NATIVES — THEIR ARMS AND ORNAMENTS 

 — CARVED HORNS ON HOUSES — ALARM OF THE ORAN 



KEGA PUNISHMENT OF THE NATIVES OF LAARAT BY THE 



DUTCH— REVISIT OLILIET — DISCOVER THAT MR. WATSON 

 HAD RESCUED THE EUROPEAN BOY — RETURN TO PORT 

 ESSINGTON — MR. WATSOn's PROCEEDINGS AT TIMOR LAUT. 



In pursuance of orders from Sir G. Bremer, C.B. 

 we sailed from Por/t Essington on the 18th March, 



