CONTENTS. Xlll 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Stay at Amloyna. One of the boys belonging to 

 the Recherche is drowned in the road. A vifit 

 to the Governor. Various excurfions into the 

 interior of the ijland. One of the naturalifls 

 falls dangeroifly ill. Defcriplion of his diforder. 

 Agreeable juice of the Jago-palm. Sugar ex- 

 tracted from it. Ufe of different parts of this 

 valuable tree. Means employed by the flying 

 lizard to JupporVitfelf in the air. Matai which 

 preferves the harvefl from pillage. A Dutch 

 Jailor conceals himfelf in the woods for fear of 

 going to Batavia. A very dexterous manner of 

 catching the cancer carcinus. Houfes of the 

 natives of Amboyna. Their dre/s, &c. Their 

 method of procuring fire ; their manner of Jifliing 

 during the night. Culture of the ?iutmeg-tree 

 and of the clove- tree. A long bamboo cut fo as 

 to give, in a frejh breeze, very agreeable founds. 

 -Filing-places of the inhabitants. Sago-palm. 

 Extraclion of its pith. Cutaneous diforders 

 common at Amboyna. Various obfervations re- 

 Jpecling the ijland and its inhabitants. Page 3 1 1 



CHAPTER IX. 



Departure from Amboyna. Singular ejfecl of the 

 tides. IVe get fight of different ijlands. Ra- 

 vages 



