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tabu— Passage to Fiji — Off Matuki — Anchor in Ngola Bay, 
Kandavu — Kandavu to Levuka— Anchor off Leyuka— Keturn 
to Kandavu — Natives of the New Hebrides on board for 
passage to Api— Survey Ngola Bay— The scenery — Tattooing — 
Meke Meke — Leave Fiji for the New Hebrides — Off Api — The 
natives land — The landing, and what was seen— Sounding and 
dredging — On our way again — In the Coral Sea — Off the 
Louisiade Archipelago — Baine Island — The Barrier Beefs — 
Anchor off Bird Island — Arrive at Somerset, Cape York, 
Queensland 178 
CHAPTEB IX. 
OAPE YORK (AUSTRALIA) TO THE ARRU AND KII ISLANDS, TO BANDA, 
AMBOYNA, AND TERNATE (MOLUCCA ISLANDS). 
The settlement at Cape York — The aboriginal Australians — Foliage 
and birds— Leave Somerset — Pass through Endeavour Straits 
— Off Hammond Island — Ceremonies relating to the dead — 
Australian graves— Off Booby Island — The post-office — 
Passage to the Arru Islands — Anchor off Dobbo — Visit of the 
Dutch officials — The settlement — Its natives — Forest scenery 
— Birds of paradise — Leave Dobbo— Passage to the Kii 
Islands — Anchor off Kii Doulan — The forests — Beautiful 
birds and insects — Boat-building — The village and natives — 
Leave the Kii Islands — Pretty scenery — The Molucca Islands 
—Anchor off Banda — Gunong Api — Banda Neira — Nutmeg 
plantation— Animals and birds found — Banda to Amboyna— 
At Amboyna — The city — Get a supply of coal— Chinese burial- 
places — The harbour — Arrival of the mail steamer — Leave 
Amboyna — Cross the Equator (second time) — Pass the islands 
of Bachian and Tawali — Tidore and Ternate in sight — The 
charming scenery — Anchor off Ternate — The village — Club- 
house-Sultan’s palace — Mohammedan mosque — Visit the 
spice plantations — Trees and fruits— Ball at Government 
House 202 
CHAPTEB X. 
TERNATE (MOLUCCA ISLANDS) TO SAMBOANGA, ILOILO, AND MANILLA 
(PHILIPPINE ISLANDS), AND TO HONG KONG (CHINA). 
Leave Ternate — Mindanao, Philippine Islands, in sight — Anchor off 
Samboanga — The village — Hospitality of the Spanish officials 
