PKEPARIXG TO GO FARTHER EAST. 4X 



had come to the East, and, after thanking the gov- 

 ernor-general for such great consideration and kind- 

 ness, I began making preparations for a voyage 

 through the eastern paii; of the archipelago. I had 

 brought with me a good supply of large copper cans 

 with screw covers. These were filled with arrack, a 

 kind of rum made of molasses and rice. Dip-nets, 

 hooks, lines, and all such other paraphernalia, I had 

 fully provided myself with before I left America. Yet 

 one paper, besides a ticket, was needed before I could 

 go on board the mail-boat, and that was a " permis- 

 sion to travel in the Netherlands India." This paper 

 ought to have been renewed, according to law, once 

 every month ; but the governor-general's letter was 

 such an ample passport, that I never troubled myself 

 about the matter again during the year I was jour- 

 neying in the Dutch possessions. 



