248 Celebes. 



tratecl into every part of it, and I began to have the greatest 

 difficulty in keeping my specimens dry. 



Early in November I returned to Macassar, and having 

 packed up my collections, started in the Dutch mail-steamer 

 for Amboyna and Tei*nate. Leaving this part of my journey 

 for the present, I will in the next chajDter conclude my account 

 of Celebes by describing the extreme northern part of the isl- 

 and, which I visited two years later. 



