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CHAPTER IV. 
MACASSAR ITS TRADE GATHERING COCOA-NUTS MACASSAR 
PRAHUS THE DUTCH AND THEIR NATIVE SERVANTS 
CATHOLIC SETTLEMENT CROSSING THE BANDA SEA — * 
CUFANG TIMOR BEADS A CHINESE GENTLEMAN THE 
GOVERNOR OF TIMOR, 
Coasting Flores, 30(ft April. 
It has been very rough and almost cold crossing 
from Macassar to Sumbawa, and we were truly 
thankful to gain the shelter of the Ba} r of Bima. 
When you are fairly in, no outlet can be seen, 
and the general aspect of the bay with its 
mountainous surroundings vividly suggests Loch 
Lomond. A few short hours, and we were out 
again on the troubled waters. To-day, however, 
we are running along the coast of Flores, the 
Land of Flowers of the early Portuguese 
mariners, in more placid waters, and I make 
an attempt to continue. 
We lay four days at Macassar, and had ample 
opportunity to see all that is to be seen. Let 
