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natives are said to be very hostile in parts. The Dutch 

 as early as 1613 drove the Portuguese out of a small 

 settlement they had established here. Adonara is more 

 populous and larger ; its highest peak, the volcano Mount 

 Wokka, attains a height of 4882 feet. Lomblen or 

 Kawella is 55 miles long, and has an area of about 400 

 square miles. The coast is high, bold, and barren in 

 appearance, and at least four volcanic peaks exist, of 

 which Lamararap (5800 feet), at the southern extremity 

 of the island, is the most lofty. It was through this 

 group that the Victoria — the last remaining ship of 

 Magellan's squadron — passed, most probably by the 

 Flores Strait, and the islands are mentioned by Pigafetta. 

 Pantar is about 28 miles long, and is said to be sparsely 

 populated by natives who are not to be trusted. Ombay 

 or Allor is the largest of the five islands, being about 65 

 miles in length by 15 in breadth. It is almost all high 

 land, especially at the east end, and, unlike many others' 

 of the chain, is covered with high trees to the summit of 

 the mountains. The Victoria refitted here in 1522, and 

 Pigafetta speaks of the natives as cannibals, and even at 

 the present day they are said to be head-hunters in the 

 interior. 



7. Wetta and the Serwatti Group. 



East of the (3mbay Passage lies Kambing, a small 

 island about 12 miles long, which is noteworthy as 

 belonging to the Portuguese, although it is in no way 

 connected with Timor, being separated from it by a 

 channel nearly 2000 fathoms deep. It has a mountain 

 3273 feet in height, at the summit of which are numbers 

 of small mud volcanoes, exhibiting eruptions at regular 

 intervals. "Wetta is a considerable island, 70 miles in 



