DOOKGA STftAlT. 
hair were displayed very distinctly. The shaUownesa of the water 
preventing us from approiichiug close up to tho shore^ we were 
obliged to be satisfied with an inspectiun from a short distance. 
Mr, Van Oort profited by tliia opportunity of making a sketch of 
the singular scene, of which we have given a life-like representation 
(eene aanschonwelijkc voorstclling) in Plate iv. [Plate iii of this 
work is a very accurate copy.] After tariying for about half an 
hour, we proceeded w^tward towards the mouth of the creek, the 
savages following us, clambering through the upper branches of the 
trecs^ and over the roots of the mangrove trunks, even Uke great 
monkeys, with their naked and dark-coloured bodies. The fall of 
night obliged us, whether willing or unwilling, to return on board." 
— " Bijdragcn tot de Kennis van Nieuw Guiaeaj" p. 41. 
