132 ISLAND OF TERN ATE. [1844 



From this island we had a clear view of some of the most 

 remarkable peaks in this neighbourhood, Klabat, Tyfore, 

 Ternate and Tidore. 



On the morning of the 1st of June, being becalmed 

 off Ternate, I landed on the western side, and obtained 

 observations, placing it in Lat. 45' 20" N., and Long. 

 127 10' 57"; during the night we endeavoured to work 

 through the strait between it and Tidore, but calm and 

 currents eventually pressed us, broadside on, to a reef on 

 Tidore, where we had to await the change of tide. With 

 the morning breeze and fair tide, we worked up to the 

 town of Ternate, where we were immediately visited by 

 a guard boat, containing a pilot, and bringing offers of 

 assistance from the Governor, accompanied by an invita- 

 tion to stay at his house. I mention this circumstance 

 more to show that the want of courtesy we experienced 

 at Manado did not originate in any order from the 

 Netherlands Government, as the same would have been 

 in force at all their possessions in these seas, and having 

 experienced the most flattering reception at Arnboyna 

 and Macassar, on my homeward route in the ' Sulphur ', I 

 feel confident that the conduct of the Resident at Manado 

 cannot but be open to disapproval from the Dutch autho- 

 rities, famed in these seas for their politeness to strangers, 

 as well as for their efforts in the furtherance of every 

 Scientific Expedition which has visited their ports. 



" The Island of Ternate resembles a huge green moun- 

 tain, covered with dense forest, with here and there large 

 patches of tall grass. Jn some parts, where man has 

 been at work, you will see the Durian (Duriozibethinus), 

 and Limes (Citrus limetta), mixed up with the fantasti- 



