%^ TRAVELS m THE EAST INDIAN ARCHIPBLAQD, 



and a small frying-pan ; and the little teapot that ao- 

 companied me on mj Amboina excursions was not 

 left beliind, 



October 16ih. — ^This morning we came ont to our 

 forest home. Our bouse is about eiglit feet wide, 

 twelve feet long, and perched upon large posts four 

 feet fi-'om the ground It is divided by a transverse 

 partition into a front room or parlor, and a back 

 room or kitchen* In one comer of the latter 'is a 

 square framework filled with ashes, in which ai'e in- 

 serted three long stones, whose tops slightly incline 

 toward each other. These are to support the ket- 

 tles, for no Malay has ever conceived of a machine 

 for cooking so complicated as a crane. As to a chim- 

 ney, there is none whatever, but the smoke is allowed 

 to escape under the eaves or through a hole in the 

 side of the house that also serves for a window. The 

 frame of the house is made from small trees. For a 

 flooring, broad sheets of bark ai-e used. The walls 

 are made of gaborgaha, the dry midribs of large palm- 

 leaves, and the roof is of atap. The front door is in 

 one of the gable ends, and is reached by a rickety 

 ladder of two rounds. This part is transformed into 

 a rude piazza by a shed-roof, beneath which we have 

 made a seat and a kind of table for the hunter to use 

 in skinning birds. 



My daily routine here is the same as before — 

 hunting every morning and evening, with a native 

 to caiTy my ammunition and to pick up the birds— 

 a very difficult task whenever we are in the thick 

 jungle or among the tall grass. Near our house is 

 the stony bed of a torrent, which is now perfectly 



