OllAP. I XV.] 



A BOAT VOYAGE. 



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lories and black cockatoos were luuad there; but T aia in- 

 cliued to tbiiik he knew very wtiU he was tp-Uin*^ me lies, 

 arid tliat it was only a scheme to satisfy me with his plan 

 of taking me t(y tliat villaf^e, instead of a day'a journey 

 furtlier on, as T desired. Ilerti, as at most of the villages, 

 1 was asked for spirits, the ]ieo]de being mere nominal 

 Mahometans, who confine their rcliirion almost entirely to 

 a Hisgiist at pork, and a few other fnrbiddeii urtides of food. 

 The next morning, after much troidde, we fjot our cargoes 

 loaded, and had a deliL'"htfal row across the deep bay of 

 Teluti, with a -view of the grant! central mountain-i-an*;e of 

 {'eram. Our four boats were rowed by sixty men, with 

 tl.igs tlying and tom-toms beatin^i, as well as very vigtjrous 

 shouting and suiging to keep up their spirits. The sea was 

 MiJO<ith, the nutruing bright, and the wliole scene very 

 exhilarating. On hmding, the Oraiig-kiiya and several of 

 the chief men, in goi-geous ssilk jackets, were waiting to 

 receive us, and conducted me to a house prepared for my 

 reception, where I determined to stay a few days, and see 

 if the country round produced anything new. 



My first incitiiiies were about tlie lories, hot I could gel 

 very little satisfactory information. The only kinds known 

 \s'ere the ring-necked lory and the common red ami green 

 lorikeet, both common at Amboyntu Black lories and 

 l ockatoos were quite unknown. The Alfmos resided in the 

 Miouatains five or six days' journey away, and there were 

 only one or two live birds to be found in the village, and 

 tho.se were worthleys. My hunters could get nothing but 

 a few common birds ; and notwithstanding tine mountains, 

 iu.vuriant forests, and a locality a hundred miles eastwanl, 

 1 could find no new insects, and extremely few even of the 

 e,ommon species of Amboyua and West Cemm. It was 

 evidently no use stopping at such a place, and I was 

 determined to move on as soon as possible. 



The village of Teluti is populous, but straggling and very 

 dirty. Sago trees here cover the mountain side^ instead of 

 growing as usual in low swamps ; but a closer examination 

 shows that they grow in swampy patches, which have 

 formed among the loose rocks that cover the ground, and 

 which arc ke|)t constantly full of moisture by the rains, ami 

 by the abundance of rills" which trickle down among thenL 



