THE
INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO.
1837.
VOYAGES
OF THE
DUTCH BRIG DOURGA,
&c. &c.
CHAPTER I.
EXPEDITIONS IN THE MOLUCCA AND JAVA SEAS.
Outward Voyage.—Tristan D'Acunha.—English Settlement.—Expedition in the Molucca Seas.—Voyage to Palembang and Banka.—Fidelity of Javanese Seamen.—Expedition to Macassar.—Particulars concerning the Macassar War.
As an introduction to the narrative, I will communicate to the reader a short account of my outward voyage to India, and of the various expeditions in which I was engaged previous to undertaking the voyage to the eastern parts of the Indian Archipelago, which forms the subject of this volume.