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CHAPTEE III 



ON BOAED H.M.s. ' FLYING FISH ' — Continued, 



Sail for Euang — Visit to the Eajali and the missionary at Tagulandang^ — 

 Eeturn to Tindela — Back again to the Euang — ' Loods ' — Attempt to 

 •walk round the Euang Island — Maleos — Ascent of the volcano — Fauna 

 of the woods — The lip of the crater — Magnificent view of the neighbour- 

 ing islands — Eefusal of our guides to proceed to the highest point — 

 Keoent history of the Euang — The lava roads — The descent — Difficulties of 

 the collector — Biarro — Tanjong Aros — Caves — Edible birds' nests — The 

 foam of the sea — Pollicipes — Distichopora — Farewell to the ' Flying 

 Fish.' 



August 17. — We left Manado this morning for Tagulandang, 

 a small island about fifty miles distant in an easterly 

 direction. Close to the island, and separated from it only 

 by a narrow channel, lies the Euang volcano, whose 

 slopes, now partially covered with vegetation, are marked 

 by great roads of black lava and debris stretching from 

 the lip of the crater to the sea-shore. On our arrival, 

 some of the principal natives came off in a canoe to meet 

 us, and they seemed very much astonished when, instead of 

 coming as near as possible to their village, we anchored for 

 the night close to the foot of the Euang. 



August 18. — I went ashore this morning on Tagulandang 

 with Mr. de Vries, a Dutch merchant who had accompanied 

 us from Manado. We were received upon the beach by 

 the Eajah of the islands and his principal officers attired 

 in the correct costume of a black frock coat and white 

 trousers, and by a crowd of natives beating little drums. The 

 Eajah's house, to which we were forthwith invited, is built 



