CHAP. XXV.] KILWARU. ^75 



they experioDCi}, owing to tlie vast extent of wild mountain 

 and furest country forbidding all pursuit or attempt at 

 punisliineut. lii the very same village, four yeara before, 

 more than fifty Gorum niou were murdered; and as 

 these savages obtain an immense buoty in the praus 

 and all their appurtenances, it is to be feared that snch 

 attacks will continue to be made at intervals as lung as 

 traders visit the name spots and attempt no ret^iliation. 

 Punishment could only be indicted on these people by 

 very arbitrary measures, such as by obtaining posaession 

 uf soiue of tlie chiefs by stratagem, and rendering tliem 

 responsible fur the capture of the murderers at the peril of 

 their own heads. But anything of this kind would be 

 quite contrary to the system adopted by the Dutch 

 Government in its deidings with natives. 



GOILVM TO WAHAI IN CERAM. 



When my boat was at length launched and loaded, I got 

 my men together, and actually set sail tlie next day (iiay 

 27th), much to the astonishment of the Goram pcopk-, to 

 whom such punctuality was a novelty. 1 had a crew oi 

 thi-ee men and a boy, besides my two Amboyua lads ; 

 which was suflicient for saiUng, though rather too few if 

 obliged to row nmeli- The next day wtis very wet, 

 with sciualls, cahua, and contrary winds, and with sonie 

 ditliculty we reaciied Kilwai'u, the metropolis of the Bugis 

 ti-aders in the far East As I wanted to make some 

 purchases, I stayed here two days, and sent two of my 

 boxes of spechncns by a Macassar prau to be forwarded to 

 Teruate, thus relieving myself of a considembie incum- 

 brance. I bought knivcis^ basins, and handkerchiefs for 

 barter, which with the chopper's, cloth, and beads I had 

 brought with me, made a pretty good assortment. I also 

 Ijought two tower muskets to satisfy my crew, who insisted 

 on the necessity of being armed against attacks of pirates ; 

 and with spices and a few articles of food for the voyage 

 nearly my last doit was expended. 



The little inland of Kilwaru is a mere sandbank, just 

 large euuugh to eontiiiu a small village, and situated 

 between the islands of Ceram-laut, and Kissa — straits about 



