987 



Tugoiiha, and, according to F. S. A. de Olehcq resulted from a 

 landslip consequent on heavy rains'). 



Tiie communication given by the "Aardrijkskundig en Statistiek 

 Woordenboek van Nederlansch Oost-Indië" Ihat from time to time 

 steam is emitted by the crater*) has been discredited by F. S. A. 

 DE Clekcq '). 



The peak wilh its broad base has encroached the whole of the 

 southern part of the island. We could say '/, of (he whole island, 

 but for a considerable deviation from the regular cone-shape, brought 

 about by the formation of three associated cones by subsequent 

 eruptions, the most eastern of which is 820 m. high and is called 

 Kiè Kitji"). In Verbekk's i-eproduction this is vent N°. 3 to which by 

 him a height of 903 m. ') is assigned. 



Behind the Kiè Kitji and to the west of it rises a nameless sum- 

 mit whose height has not been mentioned; judging from the curves 

 of height it must be 870 m. Due North lies the Buku Nagafura 

 (830 m.), which — like the preceding — will be visible from the 

 sea. Deep ravines run down from the three summits; no doubt 

 these formations must be considered as parasitic cones. 



Contiguous to the Buku Tagafura are two summits, at a distance 

 of only 400 m. from each other, the Buku Gnlili (-4:85 m.) and the 

 Buku Tululu (500 m.). Together they correspond to Verbeek's vent 

 of eruption 2, whose height is estimated at 600 m. 



With respect to Verbeek's fourth vent of eruption, which we will 

 call the volcano of Maftutu, his map brought us a surprise. In fig. 3 

 we give part of the map on a small scale. As will be seen directly, 

 what Verbeek conceived intuitively, has proved to be correct. He 

 could see only the elevations of the eastern crater-rim, viz. the 

 Bulu Pandanga (570 m.) the Bulu iVIafu Murot (560 m.) and the 

 Tasuma Mabulu (500 m.). The highest summits visible from the sea 

 in the neighbourhood of the coast, rise higher than the west-rim. 

 They are the summits of Buku Kabahoso, one of which, towards 

 the south, rises to 680 m. ; the others only to 570 m. 



On the caldera, 325 m. above the sealevel rises the Bulu Maitara 



1) L.c. p. 68—69. 



2) 3. Amsteidam 1869, p. 956. 



') "Bijdragen tot de kennis der residentie Ternate." Leiden 1890, p. 68, aant. 4. 



*) This volcano and the Kiè Malubu are the only mountains that the Tidorese 

 deem worthy to be called so; the others are in their eyes only hills: "buku". 



5) We cannot say which estimation is the more reliable, until we know in what 

 way the surveyor performed his measurement. 



