408 A NATURALIST'S WANDERINGS 



Deventer, tHe Commander of the troops Colonel Demini, now 

 H.E. the Governor of Acheen — to whom I am indebted for 

 the gift of a large and valuable collection of ethnological 

 objects from Ceram — Major Van der Weide, the Chief of 

 the Medical Staff, and Dr. and Madame Machik, our most 

 kind hosts to whom we owe our introduction to so many- 

 delightful friends, paid us the compliment of accompanying 

 us on board to say farewell. 



