CHAPTER X. 



INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO. 



LEAVE PORT ESSINGTON DOBBO ISLAND — VISIT FROM THE 



SCHOOLMASTER CHURCH — TRADE OF THE ARROU ISLANDS 



THEIR PRODUCTIONS — VISIT FROM NATIVES- — THE BANDA 



GROUP PENAL SETTLEMENT ADVENTURES OF A JAVANESE 



CAPTAIN DE STUERS — NATIVE DANCE AND SPORTS — 



NUTMEG PLANTATIONS — MODE OF PRESERVING THE FRUIT 



— AMBOYNA VISIT A NATURAL GROTTO — SAIL FROM AM- 



BOYNA — ISLAND OF KISSA — VILLAGE OF WAURITI — MIS- 

 SIONARY ESTABLISHMENT — SERWATTY GROUP — RETURN 

 TO PORT ESSINGTON. 



We sailed from Port Essington on the 19th of 

 June, and found a very heavy confused sea running 

 outside, which made the topsides leak so much that 

 we were obliged to have recourse to the pump every 

 hour. On the second day we made the south-end 

 of the Arrou Islands, the latitude of which aorrees 

 with the position assigned to it in the Admiralty 

 Chart. On attempting to close the land, which is 

 very low, wo shoaled the water suddenly from 15 to 



