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The governor, M. Merkus, happened to be on circuit; but his absence was no obstacle to the supply of all the stores needed by the commander. The reception given by the authorities and the society of the place was of a very cordial kind, and everything was done to compensate the French explorers for the hardships undergone in their long and troublesome voyage.
The Coquille set sail again on the 16th September, coasting along the north side of the islands lying between Een and Yang, and after a brief stay at Cayeli reached Amboyna, where the remarkably kind reception given by M. Merkus, the governor of the Molucca Island, afforded the staff an interval of rest from the continual labours of this troublesome voyage.
Governor Merkus obtained for D'Urville's natural history collections some fine barberosas, a sapioutang the latter a little animal of the size of a calf, with the same kind of muzzle, paws, and turned-back horns serpents, birds, fishes, and plants. According to D'Urville the people of the Celebes resemble in externals the Polynesians rather than the Malays.
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