The Keffing Islands.--Dwellings of the Chiefs.--Pass the Goram Islands.--Description of the same.--Acquaintance of the Natives with the Coast of New Guinea.--The Products of these Islands of vital Importance to Banda.--Small Portion of the Trade enjoyed by our Settlements.--Coin.--Costume of the Inhabitants.--Equipment of Paduakan.--Snake-Eaters.--The Fishery.--Arrival of the Brig at Wadia.--Number of trading Prahus at Dobbo.--Adjustment of Disputes.--Christian Teachers on the Arru Islands.--Their Poverty.--Visit Wokan.--Appointment of an Upper Orang Kaya, and other Transactions on the Arru Islands. 302 CHAPTER XIX. NEW GUINEA. Voyage towards the St. Bartholomeus River.--Encounter a Multitude of Whales.--Discover a Sand-bank.--Nautical Remarks.--Difficulty in approaching the Land.--Sharks.--Crocodiles.--Discover a River.--The Author ascends it.--Remarkable Behaviour of the Natives.--Their Wild State.--Unable to land.--Arrival at an uninhabited Bay on the Island of Lakahia.--Visit from some of the Chiefs. 317 CHAPTER XX. NEW GUINEA. Armed Boats sent on Shore.--Treacherous Attack of the Natives.--A Soldier killed.--Cowardly Conduct of the Officers in Charge of the Watering-Party.--The Author personally visits the Bay.--Causes of the Barbarism of the Natives of New Guinea.--Faithless and arbitrary Conduct of the Ceramese.--Profitable Nature of the Trade.--Departure from New Guinea. 332 CHAPTER XXI. THE KI AND TENIMBER ISLANDS. The Ki Islands.--Character of the People.--Arrive at Vordate.--Improved Condition of the Natives.--Ceramese Pirates.--The English Captives at Luora.--The Author departs for Serra in the Boats.--Meet with a Prahu-tope.--Honesty of the Natives in their Dealings.--Arrival at Serra.--Native Warfare.--Ceremonies attending the Peace-making.--Return towards Vordate.--Turtles and their Eggs.--Wild Cattle.--Arrival on Board the Brig.--Singular Customs with regard to Trade.--Demand for Gold Coin.--Departure from the Tenimber Islands.--Arrival at Amboyna.--Approval of our Proceedings by the Government.--Conclusion. 344 [Illustration: THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO. 1837.] VOYAGES OF THE DUTCH BRIG DOURGA, &c. &c. CHAPTER I. EXPEDITIONS IN THE MOLUCCA AND JAVA SEAS. Outward Voyage.--Tristan D'Acunha.--English Settlement.--Expedition in the Molucca Seas.--Voyage to Palembang and Banka.--Fidelity of Javanese Seamen.--Expedition to Macassar.--Particulars concerning the Macassar War. As an introduction to the narrative, I will communicate to the reader a short account of my outward voyage to India, and of the various expeditions in which I was engaged previous to undertaking the voyage to the eastern parts of the Indian Archipelago, which forms the subject of this volume.