Heavy gales forced him nevertheless to take refuge at Gilolo.
Thence they sailed by the north of Gilolo, stopping at Bouton to take in provisions and water, till they reached Batavia.
The probable source, however, of the Papuan population must be sought for in the parts about Gilolo.
These are natives of a district in the extreme north of Gilolo, and are great wanderers over this part of the Archipelago.
Gilolo, or Halmaheira as it is called by the Malays and Dutch, seems to have been recently modified by upheaval and subsidence.
