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CHAPTER IX. 



Massacre Islands — More Treachery — Wallace's Island invaded — The Castle at- 

 tacked — The Assailants defeated — Henneen slain — Massacre Island evacuated 

 by the Natives — The Antarctic's Crew land — Interment of the Martyrs' Sculls — 

 Holmes's narrow Escape — The Enterprise abandoned — Sail for Bouka Island — 

 St. George's Channel — New-Ireland — The Natives — Fertility and natural 

 Riches of the Country — New-Britain — Dampier's Island 448 



CHAPTER X. 



New-Britain — New-Guinea — Dekay's Bay — Description of the Natives — Natural 

 Productions — Birds of Paradise — Requisites for a Voyage thither — Livingston's 

 Cape — Burning Mountains, with Volcanic Eruptions — Cape Woodbury, and 

 Woodbury Harbour — Another new Discovery — The Antarctic attacked — The 

 Natives astonished — Sunday and Monday taken — Return to Manilla — Health 

 and Fidelity of the Crew — Directions to Ship-masters — Importance of Cleanli- 

 ness and wholesome Food — Vegetable Acids, &c 458 



CHAPTER XI. 



Disappointed Hopes — Take Freight for Cadiz — Touch at Singapore to lighten 

 the Vessel — Description of the Place — Climate, Soil, Health, and Beauty of the 

 Country — An Aerial Excursion — Delightful Prospects — Sail from Singapore — 

 The treacherous Malays — Precautions necessary to be observed — Double the 

 Cape of Good Hope — Saldanha Bay — Necessary Repairs — Island of St. Helena 

 — Tomb of Bonaparte — History and Description of the Island — The Azores 

 — Cadiz — Bordeaux — Homeward Bound — Safe Arrival — Melancholy News — 

 The Conclusion , 469 



