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than he liticl ever known it before. These unusual titles 

 occur every now and thiiu, and are not thought much of ; 

 but by careful inquiry I a-icertained tliat Uie suif had 

 occurred oa the very night I had felt tlie earthquake at 

 Labuan Tringj nearly twenty miles off. This woiild seem 

 bo indicate, tlxat although the orduiary heavy surf may be 

 due to the swell of the fjreat Southern Ocean confined in 

 a narrow channel, combined with a peculiar form of bottom 

 near the shore, yet the sndcieu heavy surfs and high tides 

 that occur occtisionally in perfectly calm weather, may be 

 tine to aligfit upheavals of the ocean-bed in this emiueutly 

 volcanic region. 



CHAPTER XT. 



L03O0CK: MANNERS AI*D CUSTOMS OF THE PEOPLE. 



HAVING made a very fine and interesting collection of 

 the birds of Labuan Tiiug, I took leave of my kind 

 liost, Inchi Daiui, and returned to Ampanam to await an 

 opportunity to reach Macassar, As no vessel had arrived 

 bound for that port, I determined to make an excursion 

 into the interior of the island, accompanied by Mr. Eoss, 

 an Englishman born in the Keeling Islands, and now 

 employed by the Dutch Government to settle the alTaii-s 

 of a missionary who had unfortunately become bankrupt 

 here, Mx. Carter kindly lent me a horse, and Mr, Ross 

 took his native groom. 



Onr route for some distance lay along a perfectly level 

 country, bearing ample crops of rice. The road was 

 straight and generally bordered with lofty trees forming 

 a fine avenue. It was at first sandy, afterwards grassy, 

 with occasional streams and raud-holes. At a distance 

 of about four miles we reached Mataram, the capital of 

 the island and the residence of the Rajah. It is a large 

 village with wide streets bordered by a magnificent avenue 

 of trees, and low houses concealed behind mud walls. 



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