CHAPTER XXII. 



GILOLO. 



(march and SErrHMBEK- 1858.) 



~r MADE but few and comparatively short visits to this 

 large and little known island, but obtained a consider- 

 able knowledge of its natural liistory by sending first my 

 boy Ali, and then my assistant, Charles Allen, who stayed 

 two or three months each in the northern peninsula, and 

 brought me back large collections of birds and insects. In 

 this chapter I propose to give a sketch of the parts which 

 I myself visited. INIy first stay was at Dodinga, situated 

 at the head of a deep bay exactly opposite Ternate, and a 

 short distance up a little stream wliich penetrates a few 

 miles inland. The village is a smaU one, and is com- 

 pletely shut in by low hills. 



As soon as I arrived, I applied to the head man of the 

 village fur a house to live in, but all were occupied, and 

 there was much difficulty in finding one. In the mean- 

 time I unloaded my baggage on the beach and made some 

 tea, and afterwards discovered a small hut which the 



