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Celebes, 



abundance of large reticulated fruit, serving as an excellent 

 vegetable. The ground was as thickly covered with dry 

 leaves as it is in an English wood in November ; the little rocky 

 streams were all dry, and scarcely a drop of water or even a 

 damp place was anywhere to be seen. About fifty yards below 



SUGAR-PALM {Arenga saccharifera). 



my house, at the foot of the hill, was a deep hole in a water- 

 course, where good water was to be had, and where I went 

 daily to bathe, by having buckets of water taken out and 

 pouring it over my body. 



My host Mr. M. enjoyed a thoroughly country life, depend- 

 ing almost entirely on his gun and dogs to supply his table. 

 Wild pigs of large size were very plentiful, and he generally 



