I.] 



DISCOVER A THIRD CRATER-LAKE. 



15 



were growing. "We had no means of trying the depth of the water, 

 but in the other two Admiral Keppel foimd bottom at fifty-five 

 and thirty -nine fathoms respectively. The torrents of ram that 

 descended prevented our attempting photography, but we returned 

 to the sliip much pleaded at our unexpected discovery. 



PANDAXUS. 



From our friend the Pangerang and other sources we obtained 

 some general information on the island. Colonised originally from 

 Sulu, though at what date appears uncertain, there is still a certain 

 amoimt of communication with that group of islands as well as 

 with Sandakan at the north-east end of Borneo. The lan^uase is 

 purely Sulu, but many of the people speak JNIalay, the lingua 

 franca of the Indian Archipelago. Some years ago they suffered 

 much from the raids of Sulu pirates, the last of which occurred in 



