NARRATIVE 



OF THE 



VOYAGE OF H.M.S. SAMARANG, 



DURING THE YEARS 1843-46; 

 EMPLOYED SURVEYING THE ISLANDS OF THE EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO ; 



ACCOMPANIED BY A BRIEF 



VOCABULARY OF THE PRINCIPAL LANGUAGES. 



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BY 

 CAPTAIN SIR EDWARD BELCHER, R.N., C.B., 



F.R.A.S., F.G.S., &c. 

 COMMANDER OF THE EXPEDITION. 



WITH 



NOTES ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE ISLANDS, 

 BY ARTHUR ADAMS, ASSISTANT-SURGEON, R.N. 



IN TWO VOLUMES. 

 VOL. I. 



LONDON: 

 REEVE, BENHAM, AND REEVE, KING WILLIAM STREET STRAND. 



1848. 



