CHAPTER XVI.

THE TENIMBER ISLANDS.

Departure for the Island Maling.--Laboba Island.--Productive Fishery.--Heavy Dew on the Island Wau.--Arrival at the Village of Maktia.--Occurrences there.--One of the Crew severely wounded.--Return towards Vordate.--Return of the Envoys to Serra.--Want of Water.--Poisonous Beans.--Death of the wounded Man.--Return to the Brig.--Arrival of the Chiefs of Serra.--Transactions at Vordate.--Departure from the Tenimber Islands.--Arrival at Amboyna. 268