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A NATURAL PILOT. 
till the moon rose to let him see to join the ship. 
There was bright moonlight at 10 the previous 
evening. 
There is one European passenger on board 
besides ourselves, a Dutch gentleman, inspector 
of native schools, who, from the wide knowledge 
thus gained of the people and their customs, is 
a most interesting companion. The pilot is a 
remarkable character. There is no chart of 
these seas for the ships course, and since this 
old man has sailed them from bis boyhood, and 
is perfectly at home in this quarter of the archi- 
pelago, lie is quite an important personage. We 
hear that he was banished from the island where 
he was Rajah for heading an insurrection. 
