CHAPTER VI.

DAMMA.

Arrival at the Island of Damma.--Description of the Country and Inhabitants.--Warm Springs.--Retrograde Movements of the Natives in point of Civilization.--Their Attachment to the Religion and Manners of the Dutch.--Productions of the Soil.--Dangerous Channel along the Coast.--The Columba Globicera.--Wild Nutmeg Trees.--General Meeting of the Chiefs.--Transactions of M. Kam. 91