PADDEWA V BAY, SANDALWOOD ISLAND. 391 



A little beyond this the coast trended rapidly away 

 to the N.W. beyond our vision, its outline being 

 very different from that laid down in the chart. So 

 little, indeed, does the island appear to have been 

 surveyed, that not only its form but its size varies 

 in different charts, to the extent of one-half. Hors- 

 burgh making it nearly as large again as it is in 

 Flinders's general chart of Australia, published by 

 the Admiralty. 



We saw smoke rising from several parts of the 

 land, as if the woods were being burnt for clearing 

 and cultivation. From the little we saw, it ap- 

 pears to be a very fine island. It is, however, 

 almost totally unknown, and its inhabitants have 

 the character of ferocity given them by their neigh- 

 bours, though, probably, in a great measure unde- 

 servedly. 



In the following year, Mr. Evans was told by the 

 master of an American whaler, whom we met in 

 A lass Strait, that having been shipwrecked, and 

 found his way to Coupang, in Timor, he was taken 

 to Batavia by a Dutch brig. That on their way 

 they lay, together with a schooner, for nearly a month 

 in Paddeway Bay, on the north side of Sandalwood 

 Island. He said that it was rather difficult to make 

 out the entrance of the bay from the outside, but 

 that when entered it was found to be a perfectly 

 land-locked harbour, five miles in diameter, with ten 

 fathoms nearly all over it, and no hidden danger ; 

 that the inhabitants were very friendly and civil. 



