CHAPTER I.

EXPEDITIONS IN THE MOLUCCA AND JAVA SEAS.

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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. 1