162 LOMBOCZ [chap. X. 



Two or three other Malays aiui Bugia. as well as tha 

 Amboyzia man in whoso house we lived, coiitirraetl this 

 account, ami declared that it was a regular thing every 

 year, and tliat it was necessary bo keep a good watch and 

 never go out alone. I laughed at the whole tiling, ami 

 tried to persuade them that it was a mere tale, but to no 

 effect They were all tirndy pcrsiuided that their lives 

 were in danger, ^ranuel would not go out shooting 

 alone, and I was obliged to accompany hirn every raorn- 

 ing, but 1 soon gave him the slip in the jungle. Ali was 

 afraid to go and look for firewood without a companion, 

 and wonld not even fetch wat-er from the well a few yarcis 

 behind the house unless armed with an enormous spear. 

 1 wag quite sure all the time that no such order had htufn 

 sent or received, and that we were in perfect safety. This 

 was well shown shortly afterwards, when an American 

 sailor ran away from his ship on the east side of the 

 island, and made his way on foot and unarmed across to 

 Ainpanam, having met with the gi'eatest hospitality on the 

 whole route. Nowhere wonhl the smallest payoumt be 

 tikeii for the food and lodging which were willingly fur- 

 nished him. On pointing out this fact to 2^Ianuel, he re- 

 plied, '* He one bad man, — run away from his ship, — no 

 one can believe word he say and so I was obliged to 

 leave him in the uncomfortable persuasion that he might 

 any day have his throat cut, 



A circumstance occurred here which appeared to throw 

 some light on the cause of the tremendous surf at 

 Ampauam. One evening 1 heard a strange rumbling 

 noise, and at the same time the house siiook slightly. 

 Thinking it might be thunder, I asked, "What is that?" 

 "It is an earthquake," answered Incld Daud, my host; 

 and he then told me that slight shocks were occasionally 

 felt there, but he had never known thom severe. This 

 happened on tlie day of the last quarter of the moon, and 

 uonsequently when the tides were low and tlie surf usually 

 at its weakest On inquiry afterwards at Ampanam, I 

 found that no earthquake had been noticed, but that on 

 one night there had been a very heavy surf, which shook 

 the house, ami the next day there was a very high tide, 

 the water having flooded Mr. Carter's premises, higher 



