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hunters brought in every afternoon, and the few insects 

 caught by my Ternate man, Lahagi, who now went out 

 daily in my place, but who of course did not get a fourth 

 part of what I should have obtained. To add to my 

 troubles all my men were more or less ill, some with 

 fever, others with dysentery or ague ; at one time there 

 were three of them besides myself all helpless, the cook 

 alone being well, and having enough to do to wait upon us. 

 The Prince of Tidore and the Eesident of Banda were both 

 on board the steamer, and were seeking Bmls of Paradise, 

 sending men round in every direction, so that there was no 

 chance of my getting even native skins of the rarer kinds ; 

 and any birds, insects, or animals the Dorey people had to 

 sell were taken on board the steamer, where purchasers 

 were found for everything, and where a larger variety of 

 articles were offered in exchange than I had to^ show. 



After a month's close confinement in the house I was at 

 length able to go out a little, and about the same time I 

 succeeded in getting a boat and six natives to take Ali and 

 Lahagi to Amberbaki, and to bring them' back at the end 

 of a month.. Ali was charged to buy all the Birds of 

 Paradise he could get, and to shoot and skin all other rare 

 or new birds ; and Lahagi was to collect insects, which I 

 hoped might be more abundant than at Dorey. When I 

 recommenced my daily walks in search of insects, I found a 

 great change in the neighbourhood, and one very agreeable 



