The constant walking in water, and over rocks and pebbles, quite
destroyed the two pair of shoes I brought
With me, so that, on my
return, they actually fell to pieces, and the last day I had to
walk in my stockings very painfully, and reached home quite lame.
On our way back from Makariki, as on our way there, we had storm
and rain at sea, and we arrived at Awaiya late in the evening,
with all our baggage drenched, and ourselves thoroughly
uncomfortable. All the time I had been in Ceram I had suffered
much from the irritating bites of an invisible acarus, which is
worse than mosquitoes, ants, and every other pest, because it is
impossible to guard against them. This last journey in the forest
left me covered from head to foot with inflamed lumps, which,
after my return to Amboyna, produced a serious disease, confining
me to the house for nearly two months, a not very pleasant
memento of my first visit to Ceram, which terminated with the
year 1859.
It was not till the 24th of February, 1860, that I started again,
intending to pass from village to village along the coast,
staying where I found a suitable locality. I had a letter from
the Governor of the Moluccas, requesting all the chiefs to supply
me with boats and men to carry me on my journey. The first boat
took me in two days to Amahay, on the opposite side of the bay to
Awaiya.
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