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stating my intention of calling upon the Resident or 

 Governor. I was not received by any one on landing ; 

 the sentinels did not salute me in uniform ; and it was 

 only through the kindness of a countryman, Mr. Hart, 

 who .had been left behind, wounded in the ' Young Queen ' 

 in her affair, under the Hon. Mr. Murray, in the Coti 

 River, that I found my way to the Resident's house. 



Considering the object of my visit to be of importance 

 as connected with scientific observation, I scarcely heeded 

 these omissions of respect, beyond remarking to the Re- 

 sident, in reply to his reiterated apologies of having no 

 instructions how to proceed, " that the usages of civilized 

 countries, such as Holland, needed no instructions for the 

 reception of a ship of war ; especially, as in the present 

 instance, of one belonging to a nation in amity with his 

 own " ; and, declining to discuss the matter further, I in- 

 timated to him my intention of communicating this want 

 of courtesy to my superior. I then requested to be 

 informed, whether he had any instructions to prohibit my 

 making the scientific observations for which I had come 

 thither, and further told him, that his reply in the nega- 

 tive would oblige me to repair to the neighbouring Island 

 of Ternate where I could rely upon a hearty reception. 

 He affected to be displeased with my having so un- 

 ceremoniously passed his Peon on approaching the 

 harbour, but I gave him to understand, that the British 

 Flag required that persons of my rank, commanding a 

 Frigate, should be received on touching a foreign 

 shore, by an Officer, in the same manner as that ob- 

 served at Amboyna. Upon this he immediately sum- 

 moned his advisers, and decided that every facility 



