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tlie Authority iit Anibobii that I w^is forced to kmvo boliintl 

 me tlu' herbarium I had tuken such pubis to collect. The 

 Bkius I curried myself, leavhig niy own meu free to assist with 

 the. food supply. Rcuehing, with our ovcrhnrdtmed portcjrs, 

 the little hamlot of Wasilale, where we had spent a night 

 oil our coming, my companion who was suffering from fever, 

 wished to remain till the attack had passed ; we agreed, there- 

 fore, that, iis I was anxious to reach Kajeii before the arrival 

 of the AmUoina steamer, I should press on in advance with 

 my own servants and baggage, and on arrival at the Bloi 

 river send him the necessary additional porters. On the fore- 

 noon of the flCth day from the Lake I re^iched the Wai Bloi 

 village, whence I despatched {distance to my companion, and 

 reached Kajeli the same evening, 



I had ho|>ed to be ablo to get across to the region in the 

 S»E. of the Bay of Kajeli, where alone in Buru the singular 

 Hog-deer (the Bahirimi)^ which is known elsewhere only in 

 Celebes, was to be found ; but again I was tlisappointed for 

 want of porters and rowers. This singular animal uses its 

 curious upturned and hooked teeth, the natives told me, to 

 hold to the bottom of ponds by, when hard pressed by hunters* 



So disappoiute<l was 1 with my trip to Buru, from which 

 I had hoped much, and might have accomplished much but 

 for a display of absurd and petty jealousy, that I was glad 

 when the steamer of the 12th arrived from Batjian to carry me 

 back to AmbtJina, which was reached the same evening. 



rinding that Mr, liiedel's attitude towards us was suoh as to 

 make it quite useless to attempt to carry on any investiga- 

 tions in the islands of the Sloluccas under his sway, I determined 

 to leave for a time to attempt a journey in the interior of 

 the little known region of Timor under the Portuguese crown. 

 It is only fair to state that the conduct of the llesident was 

 utterly repudiated by the Dutch Government in Javti, and 

 on my arrival in Batavia, sis months afterwards, 1 received 

 from them the kindest and most ample apologies. 



The steamer, from which I had just disembarked, having 

 to remain two days in Amboina, we hastily packed up our 

 belongings and contmued our voyage in the same vessel. The 

 friends through whom this last sojourn in Amboina had been 

 made so full of enjoyment, Mr. Justice and Madame Van 



