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esctipud at Dory Harbour; (New Guiuou the 

 Hif^&t two I carried to Mindanao, where they 

 died.*** 



Wc ]>[issecl til rough the Straits of Dry an, with 

 a fine itrcL'ze from tlu; uortli-rast. On tliu uiorn- 

 iug oi' the 20tli, \vu spoke tlie llouourahlu Com* 

 pany's ship, Marquis of Huntley, about the en- 

 trance of tke B^nca §1n^t$;» fmM China, hound 

 to tlie Capi', and B|Qgitain4^ passed the 



Banca Straits, and Lnropara Sli«*;iU, and entered 

 the Java Sea on tin- 2"ind, ha\ iiig experienced 

 much rain duriug our passage h*oia Siugapore. 



Oji -^^ Mih we pmi IjtiwilifuUy pic- 



adjacent coast of Sumatra had also a rich wooded 

 appearance : the grand and majestic |)eaked 

 mountaiu of Rcijali JV^issa rose from the forest 

 land, towering to the obtod«a Ita^ d<Jlfeed iii Viir- 

 djm^ but m& someitmes concealed 1^ th&f 

 mists which passed over it, as well as owr tli*- 

 lower hind, diseli:irp,iiig tlieniselves in oe<'asi<jnal 

 light and rofresldng showers. The iiioistiu'e 

 of the atmosphere occasioued a delightful fra- 

 grance to visit ns ftw th^ shore. The i^M. 

 Thirart-the-icatf was pEt^d abunf eiii,lil a. m. ■ 



and in the afternoon we were hecalmed ofi" the 



