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among islands and reefs, and guided only by a small map, 

 whiicli was very incorrect and quite useless, and by a 

 general notion of the direction we ought to take. In the 

 afternoon we found a tolerable anchorage under a small 

 island and stayed for the night, and I sliot a large fruit- 

 pigeon new to me, which I have since named Carpophaga 

 tumida. I also saw and shot at the rare white-headed 

 kingfisher (Halcyon saurophaga), but did not kill it. 

 The next morning we sailed on, and having a fair wind 

 reached the shores of the large island of Waigiou. On 

 rounding a point we again ran full on to a coral reef 

 with our mainsail up, but luckily the wind had almost 

 died away, and wdth a good deal of exertion we managed 

 to get safely off. 



We now had to search for the narrow channel among 

 the islands, which we knew was somewhere hereabouts, 

 and which leads to the villages on the south side of 

 Waigiou. Entering a deep bay which looked promising, 

 we got to the end of it, but it was then dusk, so we 

 anchored for the night, and having just finished all our 

 water could cook no rice for supper. Next morning early 

 (29th) we went on shore among the mangroves, and a 

 little way inland found some water, which relieved our 

 anxiety considerably, and left us free to go along the coast 

 in search of the opening, or of some one who could direct 

 us to it. During the three days we had now been among 



