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for three years, as I found it very convenient to have a place to return to after my voyages to
the various islands of the Moluccas and New Guinea, where I could pack my collections, re-
cruit my health, and make preparations for future journeys. To avoid repetitions, I will in
this chapter combine what notes I have about Ternate.
A description of my house (the plan of which is here shown) will enable the reader to un-
derstand a very common mode of building in these islands. There is of course only one
floor. The walls are of stone up to three feet high; on this are strong squared posts support-
ing the roof, everywhere except in the verandah filled in with the leaf-stems of the sago-
palm, fitted neatly in wooden framing. The floor is of stucco, and the ceilings are like the
walls. The house is forty feet square, consists of four rooms, a hall, and two verandahs, and
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