On board the tender I found a brother naturalist, a German named Rosenberg, who was draughtsman to the surveying staff.

He had brought two men with him to shoot and skin birds, and had been able to purchase a few rare skins from the natives.

Among these was a pair of the superb Paradise Pie (Astrapia nigra) in tolerable preservation.

They were brought from the island of Jobie, which may be its native country, as it certainly is of the rarer species of crown pigeon (Goura steursii), one of which was brought alive and sold on board.

Jobie, however, is a very dangerous place, and sailors are often murdered there when on shore; sometimes the vessels themselves being attacked.