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Uumugtly uncomfortable. All the time I Imd been jij 

 Cemin I had suffered much from the irriliitiiig biles ut' :ui 

 visible inacarus, which is worse than mosquitoes, uutii, 

 and every other pest, because it is impossible to f^nani 

 against them. This last joume)' in the ibrest ]e.i't me 

 covered from head to foot with inilamed Jumps, which, 

 after my return to Ambo)'na, proLlnced a serious disease, 

 etjiittniug me to the house fur nearly two umnths,— a not 

 very pleasant memento of my tirst visit to Coram, which 

 terminated with the year 18511. 



It was not till the 24th of February, 1860, that 1 started 

 again, intending? to pass from village to village along tlie 

 coast, staying where I found ii suitable locality. 1 had a 

 letter from the Governor uf tlie Moluccas, requesting all 

 the chiefs to supply mr^ with bunts and men to earr}' me 

 on my journey. Tlie lirst boat took Uie in two days to 

 Aniahay, on the oppotsite side of the bay to Aw^aiya. The 

 cliief here, woudGrful to relate, did not make any excuses 

 for delay, but immediately ordered out the boat which was 

 to caripr nie wi, put my baggrige on boaid, set up mast 

 and sails after dark, and had the men ready that uight ; 

 60 that we were actually on our way ut tive the next 

 ujorning, — a disjilay of energy and activity I scarcely ever 

 saw Iwfoie in a nativx' chief on such an occasion. We 

 touclied at Cepa, and stayed for the night at Tamilau, the 

 hist two Mahometiui villages on the south coast of Ceram. 

 The next day, about noon, we reaehed Hoya, which was as 

 far as my present boat and crew weie going to take me. 

 The anchorage is about a mile east of the villuge, which is 

 laced by coral reefs, and wc Iiad to vs^ait for the evening 

 tide to move up and unload the boat into the strange 

 rotten wooden pavilion kept for visitors. 



There was my boat here hirge enough to take mv 

 baggage; and although two \\'ould have done very well, 

 the itajali insisted upon sending four. The reason oi this 1 

 found >^ as, that there were four small villages under his 

 rule, and by sending a boat from each .he would avoid the 

 difficult task of choosing two and lettLng olf the others. I 

 was told that at the next village of Teluti there were 

 plenty of .cllfuros, and that I could get abundance of lories 

 and other birds. The Kajali declared that black and yellow 



