CHAPTEB XXXII.
THE ARU ISLANDS.— SECOND RESIDENCE AT DOBBO.
(MAY AND JUNE 1857.)
TYOBBO was full to overflowing, and I was- obliged to
occupy the court-liouse where the Commissioners
hold their sittings. They had now left the island, and I
found the situation agreeable, as it was at the end of the
village, with a view down the principal street. It was a
mere shed, but half of it had a roughly boarded floor, and
by putting up a partition and opening a window I made it
a very pleasant abode. In one of the boxes I had left
in charge of Herr Warzbergen, a colony of small ants had
settled and deposited millions of eggs. It was luckily a
fine hot day, and by carrying the box some distance from
the'house, and placing every article in the sunshine for an
hour or two, I got rid of them without damage, as they
were fortunately a harmless species.
Dobbd now presented an animated appearance. Five or
six new houses had been added to the street; the praus
were all brought round to the western side of the, point,