NEW 
Mr. Bastiaansc succeeded in obtaining one in exchangt 
for some cloth, tbey appeaiiid to repent so of tbeb bar- 
gain, and commenced such a howling when he wanted to 
take it away, that he was obliged to return it. Sago, fish 
and shell-fish, and turtle-eggs, are the chief food of the 
Outanatas'. They brought us some bananas, cocoa-nnts, 
papayas, nutmegs, bread-fruit, and very large oranges, 
which were bartered for all sorts of cloth, so that we are 
in a position to state that the former are grown here. Mr. 
Zippclius (the botanist to the Expedition) found, among 
other known and unknown plants, the Tacca'pinnatifida, 
a root which, when dried in the sun and afterwards 
baked J, has some resemblance to our potato, and is used 
as a substitute for that root in the South-Sea Islands. 
A couple of turtle-shells hanging to the trees, and a 
number of turtle-eggs which we saw in the possession 
of the natives, showed that the^je animals existed, but we 
did not meet with any. The river yields many esctjient 
fish, some of which were new varieties.^'* 
The circumstances under which the village at the mouth 
of the Outanata was erected, subsequent to the arrival 
of the Expedition, show that this spot is only occupied 
occasionally by the tribe, probably dunng the season in 
which the Ceram traders visit the coast. The plantation Sj 
which, in addition to the articles mentioned by Mr, 
Modera, produce yams, sugar-cane, and Cbili-pepper,t 
are situated towards the upper parts of the river, where 
the more permanent habitations of the natives may also 
• * Modera, " Ecize/' &c,, pp. 74 et seq. 
t Pr. MiiOer. "Bijdrag^jB," &o., p. 50, 
