CHAPTEK XXXV. 



VOYAGE FROM CERAM TO WAIGIOU. 



(JUNE AND JULY 1860.) 



TN my twenty-fifth chapter I have described my arrival 

 at Wahai, on my way to Mysol and Waigiou, islands 

 which belong to the Papuan district, and the account of 

 which naturally follows after that of my visit to the main- 

 land of New Guinea. I now take up my narrative at my 

 departure from Waliai, with the intention of carrying various 

 necessary stores to my assistant, Mr. Allen, at Silinta, in 

 Mysol, and then continuing my journey to Waigiou. It 

 will be remembered that I was travelling in a small prau, 

 which I had purchased and fitted up in Goram, and that, 

 having been deserted by my crew on the coast of Ceram, 

 I had obtained four men at Wahai, who, with my Amboy- 

 nese hunter, constituted my crew. 



Between Ceram and Mysol there are sixty miles of open 

 sea, and along this wide channel the east monsoon blows 

 strongly ; so that with native praus, which will not lay up 

 to the wind, it requires some care in crossing. In order to 



