470 ISLAND OF VORDATE. 



supplies on this occasion, we found on a subsequent 

 visit, when our stay was longer, that they could be 

 obtained at a very moderate price ; firewood and 

 water may also be obtained without difficulty. 



Off the town of Ki Doulan the water is too deep 

 for a ship to anchor, but the shoal which projects 

 from the point of the island three miles north of the 

 town affords good anchorage in both monsoons. 



There seem to be clear passages between all the 

 islands in this group, though contracted in places 

 by reefs, which, from the clearness of the water, can 

 be distinctly seen from the mast head. 



On the morning of the 6th we got under weigh, 

 and passing to the westward of the Ki group, saw 

 the Nusa Tello Islands indistinctly through the 

 haze to the westward of us. At dawn on the 7th 

 we made the high land of Vordate, but light winds 

 prevented our making much progress till the even- 

 ing, when a light air carried us along the land, and 

 soon after sunset we anchored in twenty fathoms off 

 a small village. Daylight on the 8th did not 

 impress us with a favourable idea of our anchorage, 

 for it appeared we had entered by a narrow and 

 deep channel between two reefs upon which there 

 was not more than 4J fathoms. 



At 8, a chief came off from the village in a large 

 canoe pulled by about a dozen men, with a tom-tom 

 beating in the bow. He was very anxious to get 

 some arrack, and promised plenty of supplies. 



After breakfast we landed, and were saluted by 



