. The cruise of the Marchesa to Kamschatka & New Guinea : with notices of Formosa, Liu-Kiu, and various islands of the Malay archipelago. Marchesa (Schooner yacht); Natural history; Natural history. I.] DISCOVER A THIRD CRATER-LAKE. 15 were growing. "We had no means of trying the depth of the water, but in the other two Admiral Keppel foimd bottom at fifty-five and thirty-nine fathoms respectively. The torrents of ram that descended prevented our attempting photography, but we returned to the sliip much pleaded at our unexpected PANDAXUS. From our friend the Pangerang and
. The cruise of the Marchesa to Kamschatka & New Guinea : with notices of Formosa, Liu-Kiu, and various islands of the Malay archipelago. Marchesa (Schooner yacht); Natural history; Natural history. I.] DISCOVER A THIRD CRATER-LAKE. 15 were growing. "We had no means of trying the depth of the water, but in the other two Admiral Keppel foimd bottom at fifty-five and thirty-nine fathoms respectively. The torrents of ram that descended prevented our attempting photography, but we returned to the sliip much pleaded at our unexpected PANDAXUS. From our friend the Pangerang and other sources we obtained some general information on the island. Colonised originally from Sulu, though at what date appears uncertain, there is still a certain amoimt of communication with that group of islands as well as with Sandakan at the north-east end of Borneo. The lan^uase is purely Sulu, but many of the people speak JNIalay, the lingua franca of the Indian Archipelago. Some years ago they suffered much from the raids of Sulu pirates, the last of which occurred in. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Guillemard, F. H. H. (Francis Henry Hill), 1852-1933. London : J. Murray
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