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+i i 11 f ound some interesting Polyrechus nests on the way down - 
tne nest made of chewed-up bark fastened together with silk, and hun 
on 8 thorn bush, looking so ething like a small-sized oriole nest. 
o., chasing efter a beetle, got stung by a wasp, but as he explained 
suwing his finger, "that was a good wasp; that big black one there 
is a bad wasp. Even a cow will die if that one stings her." 
April&E 20-21 
We did little for two days, except supervise carpenters working 
on cages for us, shop occe sioxnaily, having so e shoes made for ire 
picking up various food supplies that w e thought we might need in 
Oerara. The Toko Makassar is our favorite store. One day I saw in 
a glass jar some packages of chewing gum, looking patheticallv 
American in their pink wrapping, and I helped myself to a piece. It 
Had been sent out before the iinvention of cellophane, had lost all 
its elasticity, and alarmingly dissolved down mv throat before I 
realized what had happened. 
April 22 - 
Our steamer, which was supposed to sail yesterday, did not 
leave until today. We pasked up once more, leaving behind the 
Esplanade Hotel with all its minor co forts - a little brush to 
kill mosquitoes is carefully placed in the bed each night, our 
clothes are hung d>n a rack that has a klarnbo draped over it - a 
good idea, for mosquitoes love to rest in one's clothes during the 
daytime. 
We had to take a launch out to the Makian, the little freighte 
tnat goes to Ceram. It is a >AOtor ship, with two cabins for 
passengers, and we felt as though we were on a private yacht. The 
saloon is on the forward deck, and here we spent the evening! watchin 
Ambane disappear into the distance. We came out of the deep bav 
and around the island, so that the although the town lights soon 
vanished, the bulk of the island remained visifcble as long as there 
was light to see it. 
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+ n i 11 A S f 1 ^ in f aro F ld ^on (incidentally the island is Ambon, 
tne twon is Ambomej . We stopped at Sapoeroea for a couple of hour* 
in the ormng, but as we did not dock, and as it was raining hard 
there seemed little reason for going ashore. 
Shortly after noon we came in sight of Ceram, and took three 
nours to sail up the deep bay that leads to the little town of 
Piroe. FroY*the sea there is little to indicate that the island 
is inhabited. £n occasional wisp of smoke curls up from the 
mountains, which are heavily forested, with occasional wide patches 
of grassland. Piroe itself is indicated by a small dock, a 
lew little thatched houses, and the large roof of the resthouse. 
We got ashore about 4'. 50, and found that the main street of 
the town runs directly away from the sea, and that there is more of 
a village here than we had thought. On our way to call on the 
Controller we stopped first at the Assistant Controller's house 
to ssk the way, and sew some animals in an outdoor cage. There were 
four cuscus, a big white cockatoo, a fruit pigeon, and a purple 
