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loaded, and had a delightful row across the deep bay of 

 Teluti, Avith a view of the grand central mountain-range of 

 Ceram. Our four boats were rowed by sixty men, with 

 flags flying and tom-toms beating, as well as very vigorous 

 shouting and singing to keep up their spirits. The sea was 

 smooth, the morning bright, and the whole scene very 

 exhilarating. On landing, the Orang-kaya and several of 

 the chief men, in gorgeous silk jackets, were waiting to 

 receive us, and conducted me to a house prepared for my 

 reception, where I determined to stay a few days, and see 

 if the country round produced anything new. 



My iirst inquiries were about the lories, but I could get 

 very little satisfactory information. The only kinds known 

 were the ring-necked lory and the common red and green 

 lorikeet, both common at Amboyna. Black lories and 

 cockatoos were quite unknown. The Alfuros resided in the 

 mountains five or six days' journey away, and there were 

 only one or two live birds to be found in the village, and 

 these were worthless. My hunters could get nothing but 

 a few common birds ; and notwithstanding fine moimtains, 

 luxuriant forests, and a locality a hundred miles eastward, 

 T could find no new insects, and extremely few even of the 

 common species of Amboyna and West Ceram. It was 

 evidently no use stopping at such a place, and I was 

 determined to move on as soon as possible. 



The village of Teluti is populous, but straggling and very 



