CHAPTER XVIII.

GORAM AND THE ARRU ISLANDS.

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