CHAPTER XII.

THE ARRU ISLANDS.

Gathering of the People at Wokan.--Religious Exercises of the People.--Their singular Mode of Dress.--The Church.--The Fort.--State of Christianity on Wokan.--Dobbo, an important Trading Place.--Commercial Advantages that may be gained there.--Valuable Fishery.--The Pilandok.--Ludicrous alarm of the Arafuras. 187