290 TRAVELS m THE EAST INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO. 



Temate, tlie very place I was ansious to reach, and 

 at the same time to leave an order for sapiSf which 

 she would take to Ceram on her return. The sapi 

 or Madui'a cattle have been introduced into all these 

 islands by the government to be used as food for the 

 soldiers, but only in cases of emei^ency. I imme- 

 diately prepared to continue my travels to other isl- 

 ands, and that day, September 6th, we steamed out 

 of Kaycli Bay. For two months I had wandered 

 over hills and mountains, penetrating the densesit 

 jungles, and picking my way thi^ough bogs filled with 

 thoiTiy vines. Again and again the natives enter- 

 tained me with descriptions of the gi'eat pythons 

 with which the whole island abounds, but whenever 

 I saw a bird that I wanted, I always followed it as 

 long as I could see it. The result was, that I had 

 collected eighty-one species,* which were represented 

 by over four huntlred specimens, nine-tenths of which 

 I had shot myseK 



This bay is a good harbor for our whalers, and, 

 before the war, several came here eveiy year. It is 

 a free poi-t, and there is a safe anchoi'age, plenty of 

 good water and wood, and vegetables can be obtained 

 at cheap rates. 



For the last time I looked back on the mountains 

 rising behind in the inteiior of the \nllage. Many 

 and many an hour, as the sun was setting, I used to 

 stand by the shore of the bay where a lai'ge cannon 

 was planted erecfc in the sand, and, leaning against its 

 dmub, rusty mouth, watch the changing of beautiful 



* In the same length of lime iL% A. R, Walkce collected sbtty-ws 

 specieB on this island 



