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of April, 1623, of " two yachts despatched by their High 

 Mightinesses, the States General." Next day the Arnhem, 

 which had already given much trouble, " on purpose, 

 and with malice prepense, cut away from us." Carstenz 

 thought that the deserter would make for the island 

 of Aru, "to have a good time of it there " ; but, as we shall 



PART OF HONDIUS'S MAP, 1630. (From Coote, Remarkable Maps.) 



see, he was mistaken. The Pera sailed back along the 

 coast of Nova Guinea (Cape York peninsula), and then 

 along the coast of " the West End of Nova Guinea " 

 (New Guinea), and arrived at Amboyna on the 8th of 

 June. 



Both in coming and in returning Carstenz made short Cape York 

 expeditions into the inland of Cape York peninsula, with Pemnsula - 

 very unsatisfactory results. He did his best, in accordance 

 with Coen's instructions, to capture some natives. " By 

 showing them bits of iron and strings of beads we kept 

 them on the beach, until we had come near them ; upon 

 which, one of them who had lost his weapon was by the 

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