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shells, Melania, Neritina, Navicetta, and Assiminete. It 

 was here, also, I captured several specimens of that rare 

 and singular fresh-water crustacean, the Utica gracilipes. 

 During the evening, vast numbers of Pteropi (gigantic 

 bats) pass over head, on slow flapping wing, from the 

 islands in the distance, to pursue their wonted depreda- 

 tions on on the fruits of the forests beyond Samboanga." 

 No good fresh water is to be procured at Calderas 

 Point, but it may be obtained from a small rivulet upon 

 the opposite side of the bay within. About a mile beyond, 

 to the N.W., I fell in with several streams running into the 

 sea, and one so very convenient for the approach of the 

 ship, and so very inviting, with its bright clear water 

 gushing across the pebbly beach into the sea, that I deter- 

 mined to bring the * Samarang' thither for water before 

 proceeding to sea. Having completed our survey of this 

 coast, we returned to Samboanga, and, after taking 

 leave of the authorities, shaped our course for the Is- 

 land of Sooloo, the residence of the Sultan of that 

 Archipelago, as well as the legitimate ruler of part of 

 the north-eastern coast of Borneo, Banguey, and islands 

 adjacent. 



