CHAP. XXV.] A BOAT VOYAGE. 87 



touched at Cepa, and stayed for the night at Tamilan, the 

 first two Mahometan villages on the south coast of Ceram. 

 The next day, about noon, we reached Hoya, which was as 

 far as my present boat and crew were going to take me. 

 The anchorage is about a mile east of the village, which is 

 faced by coral reefs, and we had to wait for the evening 

 tide to move up and unload the boat into the strange 

 rotten wooden pavilion kept for visitors. 



There was no boat here large enough to take my 

 baggage ; and although two would have done very well, 

 the Eajah insisted upon sending four. The reason of this I 

 found was, that there were four small villages under his 

 rule, and by sending a boat from each he would avoid the 

 difficult task of choosing two and letting off the others. 1 

 was told that at the next village of Teluti there were 

 plenty of Alfuros, and that T could get abundance of lories 

 and other birds. The Eajah declared that black and yellow- 

 lories and black cockatoos were found there ; but I am in- 

 clined to think he knew very well he was telling me lies, 

 and that it was only a scheme to satisfy me with his plan 

 of taking me to that village, instead of a day's journey 

 further on, as I desired. Here, as at most of the villages, 

 I was asked for spirits, the people being mere nominal 

 Mahometans, who confine their religion almost entirely to 

 a disgust at pork, and a few other forbidden articles of food. 

 The next morning, after much trouble, we got our cargoes 



