29*5 Drfirlpthn of the JJland of Cehhes, 



of theuT, after various revolts, were at lad reduced to cmit« 

 pletc obedience in 173B. 



I fliall omit faying any thing of the other fmall kingdoms 

 in the iflaud of Celebes, and proceed to a dcfcriplion of its 

 gold niiucs, and the method in which tlie gold is collefled. 

 Mining and the art of metallurgy are conduced in a very 

 carclefs manner in India ; \vhich is owing partly to the igno- 

 rance of the natives, and partly to their indolence. In ge- 

 Doral it needs excite little furprife, that people who live in a 

 mild climate, and who have few wants, fliould be little in- 

 clined to penetrate into the bowels of the earth to procure 

 metals, which are immedialelv extorted from them by the 

 avaricious Europeans, or of which they are in a great mea- 

 furc deprived by their own princes. If an Indian here and 

 tiiere be eompelk\l by force or neceflity to dig for or collccl; 

 gold, he never goes to w-ork with fufficient intelligence and 

 atUvitv, but contents himfelf with what he can procure tot 

 fatisfy his wants in the cafiefl and fpcedie(t manner. This is 

 exactly the cafe with the Indians who inhabit thofe parts of 

 Cel'_bcs which produce gold. 



Thev obtain that metal by collefting the fmall particles 

 ■which have been carried down by the llreams, or by wafliing 

 the fanil which they dig up, rather than by working the 

 mines in a regular manner. The auriferous mines in the 

 illand of Celebes commence on the fouthern fide of Bulang 

 and the northern fide of Kotta-Buna or Mogoiido, and pro- 

 ceed thence to Doiulo on the fouth-weft, and Tamperana on 

 the north-well: fide, at the Bay of Tomini. Every where be- 

 tween thefc two di(tri£ls gold is found in a greater or Icfs 

 quantity. Where the land of Celebes becomes fo narrow, 

 and the mountains fo low, that a perfon can with eafe pafs 

 from the one coafl; to the other in a few hours, the auriferous 

 mountains end j and on the whole coaft on the other fide, as 

 far as Mac;iflar, a fingle gold mine is not to be found. 



Befides the mines already difcovcrcd, a great mauv others 

 would no doubt be found, were there a fuflicicncy of labour- 

 ers ; for the villages in thefe auriferous niouiitains are ex- 

 ceedingly ill peopled. Another eaufe of thcfe treafures being- 

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