FOOTNOTES:
[19] The island of Keffing, near the east extremity of Coram, is probably here alluded to.
[20] The Malay language is the Lingua Franca of the entire Indian Archipelago, but it is only generally understood in those places which enjoy some commerce. The natives, who reside in the mountains, and those who have no communication with strangers, speak only a dialect of their own.
[21] Lime is generally used for this purpose among the natives of these islands. It may, perhaps, be serviceable in preventing eruptions of the skin, to which they are very subject. Whenever they are afflicted with the headache they apply a plaster of lime to the temples as a remedy.
[22] This vessel, in all probability, was either the British colonial brig "Lady Nelson," or the trading schooner "Stedcombe," both of which left Melville Island in the year 1824, soon after the formation of our settlement there, to procure stock, and were never heard of afterwards. It will be seen in Chapter XIII. that the other was cut off by the natives of the east side of Timor Laut.—Translator.