NARRATIVE 



OF THE 



SURVEYING VOYAGE OE H.M.S. FLY, 



COMMANDED BY 



CAPTAIN F. P. BLACKWOOD, R.N. 



IN 



TORRES STRAIT, NEW GUINEA, AND OTHER ISLANDS 



OF THE EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO, 



DURING THE YEARS 1842-1846 : 



TOGETHER WITH 



AN EXCURSION 



INTO THE 



INTERIOR OF THE EASTERN PART OF JAVA. 



BY 



J. BEETE JUKES, M.A. F.G.S. 



NATURALIST TO THE EXPEDITION, 

 AUTHOR OF " EXCURSIONS IN NEWFOUNDLAND." 



Published by permission of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. 



IN TWO VOLUMES. 

 VOL. I. 



LONDON : 

 T. & W. BOONE, NEW BOND STREET. 



1847. 



