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CHAPTER X. 
El r JtOUTE FOR TIMGR-LAUT GESSIR ATTOL— THE MARKET AT 
OES3TR — MAGLUER BAY — -THE FIRST WHITE WOMAlfr IN 
NEW GUINEA A NEW GUINEAN VILLAGE PAPUAN 
WOMEN OROWDED— AN ALBINO RIVAL KE ISLANDERS- — - 
THE ARU ISLES DOBBQ PEARLS- — THE RAJAH OF ARU 
WASHING DAY“AFPROACH TO TIMOR— HER ISLANDS. 
At sm t en route for Timor-laut, 9th July. 
In the early evening of 6th July, we slowly 
wound out of the harbour of Banda, leaning on 
the rails to watch to the last the lovely verdure 
of this mid“Ocean speck. Turning from that 
prospect, I found that the sea wore the peculiar 
aspect which only three times iu ninny months 
of sailing 1 have witnessed. The water seemed 
as if oil, sweeping in long, crestless, gently 
undulating waves, while every colour in the 
brilliant sunset sky was reflected with kaleido- 
scopic intermingling in the gliding mirror. Any- 
thing more soothing than to sit quietly and 
