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Bay, the ship was already flying signals for our recall, 

 go we started immediately and went on board. We an- 

 chored for the night in Wallace Bay. 



August 14. — I stayed on board to-day, owing to a slight 

 injury to my foot, and thus missed the only opportunity I 

 had of visiting the black sandy beach where the maleos 

 lay their eggs. These birds and their strange habits have 

 already been so well described by Wallace and Guillemard 

 (25 and 83) that I must refer the reader to the works of 

 these authors for an account of them. We anchored for 

 the night in Banka Strait. 



August 15. — Early this morning we left the Banka 

 Strait for Manado, sounding occasionally on the way. 



