108 VISIT CALDERAS. [1844. 



native authorities, and that I should have no opportunity 

 of visiting him personally that evening, as intended ; in 

 proof, however, of his kindness and consideration, he 

 begged to present me with a handsome Malay Kris. 

 This present was entrusted to the Midshipman in charge 

 of the tent, who for security placed it under his pillow, 

 but ere long it was dexterously abstracted during his 

 slumbers. The present remonstrance originated in the 

 law to which I have already referred, relative to carrying 

 on any operations within a certain distance of the 

 Forts, as the second in command thought that our 

 sounding boats carried their lines too abruptly, and, I 

 must confess, somewhat too openly, up to their defences. 

 This arranged, all went on smoothly, two boats were 

 despatched to carry out the easterly survey, and, taking 

 two others with myself, I proceeded to the examination 

 of the western, making our bivouac the first evening on 

 the beach at Calderas, and indulging our boats' crews 

 with wild hogs which we had been fortunate to procure 

 from the people residing in that neighbourhood. The 

 name Calderas implies the presence of thermal springs, but 

 ' none could be found, nor were the residents aware of any 

 having existed. Some of our party amused themselves 

 in their inland rambles shooting birds, monkeys, &c., of 

 which the following from Mr. Adams furnishes an 

 account. 



"As we landed in the boats on this our first visit, the 

 scenery had a very pleasing appearance. The dark 

 mountains of Mindanao, covered, nearly to the summits, 

 with dense forests, with richly-wooded eminences placed 

 beneath their feet, formed a grand, imposing back- 



