CHAPTER VII. 



BANDA. 



Two months had now passed since I arrived 

 at Amboina, and I had not only collected all the 

 shells figui'ed in Rmnphius's " Rariteit Kanier," which 

 I had come to seek, but more than twice as many 

 species besides. I was therefore ready to visit some 

 other locality, and turn my attention to a different 

 l»ranch of natural history. During all the time I 

 had been gathering and arranging my collection, Gov- 

 ernor Arriens liad frequently honored me with a visit, 

 and, as I was finishing my work, he called again, this 

 time to give me a pleasant surprise. He had a fine 

 steam-yacht, of three or four hundred tons. It was 

 necessary that he should go to Banda, and he took it 

 for granted that I would accompany him. If I had 

 ])lanned for myself, what could I have desired more ; 

 1)ut lie added that, when his yacht, the Telegrajili, re- 

 turned, there woul(] be an item of business foi* lier to 

 do on the north coast of Ceram, which I should also 

 visit, though alone, and that, when she returned to 

 Amboina a second time, we would go together to Ter- 

 nate, and, taking the Resident stationed there, proceed 

 to the north coast of Papua — a royal programme. 



