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CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER V. 
Banda — Fire mountain— Arab school — Nutmeg woods — 
Life on shipboard — Clothing for the East — Bay of Am- 
boina, ....... 57 
CHAPTER VI 
Amboina — A crushing disappointment — The captain of 
the Chinese — Paso — A peace celebration — Amboinese 
Christians, , . . ,66 
CHAPTER VII. 
Paso — The return of the Rajah — Obstacles to travelling — 
Tengah-Tengah — Bread-fruit— Village of Waai — Sago 
making — Provisions — The census — People of Waai — 
Natural treasures — Forest excursions— Tropical dowel's, 75 
CHAPTER VIII 
Waai — The rains — The Rajah — Native skiffs— Fish 
“ mazes ” — Aqueous life — Dangerous currents, . . 93 
CHAPTER IX. 
Departure from Waai — Through the forest — Brilliant 
colours — Back to Paso — Voyage to Amboina — Gaieties 
— The town of Amboina — Traces of the Portuguese- 
Evening scenes — Our Chinese friend— Mangosteens — 
The durian — Waiting for the steamer — Transi — En 
route for Timor-Inut — A Rajah pilot, . . . 100 
CHAPTER X. 
En route for Timor-laut — Geaair attoi— 1 The market at 
Gessir — Macluer Bay — The first white woman in New 
Guinea — A New Guinean village— Papuan women — 
