CHAPTER m. 



THE FLOEA AISTD FAUNA OF THE TEOPICAL EAST. 



June loth. — At 8 a. m. we left our ancliorage off 

 Surabaya, and steamed down tlie Madura Strait for 

 Macassar, the capital of Celebes. Along the shores 

 of the strait were many villages of fishermen, and 

 bamboo weirs extending out to a distance of five or 

 six miles from both the Java and Madui^a shores, and 

 showins: well how shallow the water must be so 

 far from land. During the forenoon it was nearly 

 calm, but the motion of the steamer supplied a 

 pleasant air. In the afternoon the wind rose to a 

 light breeze from the east. At noon we passed Pulo 

 Kambing (" Goat Island "), a small, low coral island 

 off the south coast of Madura. Near by was a fleet 

 of small fishing-boats, each containing two men, who 

 were only protected from the broiling sun by a hat 

 and a narrow cloth about the loins. These boats 

 and other larger ones farther out to sea were ex- 

 tremely narrow, and provided with outriggers. 



Madura receives its name from a Hindu legend, 

 which makes it the abode of the demigod, Baladewa. 

 It lias but one mountain-range, and that crosses it 

 fiMiii north to south. It is, therefore, not well wa- 



