I am under the impression that he told me he came from Copenhagen, but in those days the phrase "Dutchman" had a very wide application.

If a man hailed from Holland, Sweden, Norway, or any neighbouring country, he was always referred to as a Dutchman.

This was in 1863.

We grew quite friendly, Jensen and I, and he told me he had a small forty-ton schooner at Batavia, in which sturdy little craft he used to go on his pearling expeditions.
"I am now," he said, "about to organise a trip to some untouched pearling grounds off the south of New Guinea, but have not sufficient capital to defray the preliminary expenses." This hint I took, and I offered to join him.

He once agreed, and we commenced our preparations without delay--in Batavia.