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iDgciiiously coEStructed of a piece of tough forked timber, 

 the lliike being strengthened by twisted rattans binding 

 it to the stem, while tiie crosa-piece is funned of a long 

 fiat fitone, secured in the same uiainier. Tiiese auclioi-a, 

 when well made, hold exceedingly firm, and, owing to 

 the expense of iron, are still almost universally used 

 on board the smaller praus. In the afternoon the 

 head men arrived, and promised me as many rowers 

 as I could put on the pmu, and also hrought me a few 

 eggs and a little rice, which were very acceptable. On 

 tlie 14th there was a north wind all day, which wonld 

 have been invaluable to us a few days earlier, but which 

 was now only tantalizing. On the IGth, all being ruadyj 



we started at daybreak with two new anchors and ten 

 rowei^, who nuderstood their work. By evenhig we had 

 come more than half-way to the point, and anchored for 

 the night in a small bay. At three the next morning I 

 ortlered the anchor up, but the rattan cable parted close to 

 the bottom, having been chafed by rocks, and we then lost 

 our third anchor on this unfortunate yoyage. The day was 

 calm, and by noon we passed the southern point of Gilolo, 

 which had delayed us eleven days, whereas the whole 

 voyage during this monsoon should not have occupied more 

 than half that time. Having got round the point our course 

 was exactly in the opposite dii*ection to what it had been, 

 and now, as usual, the wind changed accordingly, coming 

 from the north and north-west, — so that we still had to row 

 every mile up to the village of Gani, which we did not 

 njach till the evening of the ISth. A Bugia tmder who 



