CHAPTER XXXII. 



THE ARU ISLANDS. — SECOND RESIDENCE AT DOBBO. 

 (may and JUNE 1857.) 



T\OBBO was full to overflowing, and I was obliged to 

 occupy tlie court-house where the Commissioners 

 hold their sittings. They had now left the island, and I 

 found the situation agreeable, as it was at the end of the 

 village, with a view down the principal street. It was a 

 mere shed, but half of it had a roughly boarded floor, and 

 by putting up a partition and opening a window I made it 

 a very pleasant abode. In one of the boxes I had left 

 in charge of Herr Warzbergen, a colony of small ants had 

 settled and deposited millions of eggs. It was luckily a 

 fine hot day, and by carrying the box some distance from 

 the house, and placing every article in the sunshine for an 

 hour or two, I got rid of them without damage, as they 

 were fortunately a harmless species. 



Dobbo now presented an animated appearance. Five or 

 six new houses had been added to the street; the praus 

 were all brought round to the western side of the point, 



