NEW GUINEA. 
(perliaps a sentence from tlie Koran), written in the 
Malayan cliaracter, and wbicii bad probably been given 
bim by a Mohammedan priest from Cerara ; for according 
to the account of the native interpreter who trans- 
lated it, the people of Cerain carry on a trade with the 
Outanata Hiver, a faet which was afterwards confirmed by 
our being sbowu tbe houses in which the traders reside 
during their stay upon the coast. Our new friend called 
bimseif Abrauw {anfflicCf Abraham) j and w*aa well ac- 
quainted with our native interpreter, as was evident 
from the joy he displayed on recognising him. The 
interpreter had often spoken of an 'Abrauw' and a 
'Makaai' as chiefs of tbe Ontauata, and tbe latter we 
became acquainted with subsequently. 
" Abrauw, according to his own account, w^s tbe chief 
of all the Papuans who had visited us on the preceding 
day. The Commander and the Commissioner took bim 
into the cabin to hold a conference, and they were able 
to get on very well, for altbongb the native interpreter 
was only slightly acquainted with the Papuan language, 
Abrauw, from ba\'ing ])ersonany visited Ceranij, and held 
long intercourse with the traders, was wel! acquainted 
with tbe Ceram dialect, the mother tongue of the inter- 
preter.* During the audience, which lasted for some 
time, his people showed great uneasiness, shouting re- 
peatedly 'Abrauw f as loud as they could, so that bis 
sable Majesty was obliged now and then to show himself 
* The dialects of Ccram differ matermlly from the Malayan, but 
the interpreters arc also aef^uainted with the latter language, whicli, 
as the Lingm Frama of the ArcMpclago^ is ac(juired bj ail Euro- 
peana who become residents there. — G. W. E, 
