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around all the evening. The weather all the morning was 

 hot and sultry; in the afternoon heavy clouds came up, and a 

 steady rain set in all the evening." At seven o'clock next 

 morning the man with the dingy turned up without having 

 seen anything of Andrews, and several hours later the second 

 boat's crew made their appearance with the report that they 

 had not seen any trace of the missing man. At noon Samuel 

 White left with a fresh crew in one of the ship's boats, and 

 made along the coast to the north, and after a few hours' 

 search, found Andrews in a hollow tree, where he had spent 

 the night. He was taken on board, seemingly little the worse 

 for his adventure. All Andrews could find to eat were some 

 large green frogs, which he described as being of excellent 

 flavour. During the afternoon Samuel White, with Cockerell, 

 landed on the island of Maykor, but they had barely set foot 

 on land when heavy rain fell, and continued till sunset, and 

 they had to return to the craft without procuring anything. 

 Under this date my father writes : — "Just before sunset, when 

 the weather showed signs of clearing, I ordered a boat out and 

 landed on the reef close by at low water, to look for shells, but 

 there was nothing worth gathering. A canoe full of natives 

 came off this evening with shells and a few birds, 

 all of which I purchased to encourage them to collect. 

 There are Paradisea apoda near here I know, for I heard 

 them this morning. I rose before it was light, to sit on the 

 deck and listen to the sounds and calls of birds, and among 

 numerous voices I heard that of the great bird of paradise. 

 Being otherwise occupied to-day, I shall endeavour to make 

 their acquaintance to-morrow." The weather all the morn- 

 ing was fine and hot, but the afternoon was wet. Samuel 

 White in his notes under July 3rd, says: — "This morning I 

 took Cockerell and landed on the left bank of the Watelai 

 Channel, or what is according to Wallace's chart, Wokan. 

 We pushed our way several miles back, but the country was 

 exceedingly rough and unproductive. The moment T lauded 

 I heard and saw several of the great birds of paradise, and in 

 a few minutes shot one, but found it was a female, and of a 

 chocolate brown colour all over, much darker on the head and 

 chest. During the day I procured four, and saw several more, 

 but they were all of the same colour. They are as large as 

 a small crow. The old birds being like the rifle birds of 

 Australia, very shy, and surrounded by perhaps fifty females 

 and immature birds. We returned to the craft in the after- 

 noon wet to the skin as usual." Before dark that evening, 



