86 CELEBESOR MACASSAR. 



55' north, and Lat. 5° 50' fouth ; it is of an oblong form, but al- 

 moft divided by two deep bays, one, which penetrates far weft 

 into the country near the north end ; and another which pene- 

 trates ftill moft extenfively from the north, running abov^e a 

 hundred and fifty miles due fouth. 

 vToLCANoEs. This ifland is prodigioufly mountanous, and lofty; the 



mountains increafe in height towards the central parts, and are 

 generally richly clothed with wood. In Macajfar, as well as in 

 Mindanao^ are fome active volcanoes. Mr. Dalrympk^ in the 29th 

 plate of his elegant views of land, gives a fine idea of the country. 

 Mr. Loten informed me that none of the Indian iflands had fuch 

 grand and beautiful fcenery. It abounds with rivers, which 

 fpring high in the mountains, and precipitate down vaft rocks, 

 among a fylvan fcene of lofty and fingular trees. The lakes, and 

 more ftill parts of the rivers, give fecurity to numberlefs water 

 fowl of the larger and more clumfy kinds, which retire there 

 by fear of the crocodiles, which haunt the lower and marfhy 

 parts. Thofe are not deferted by the lelTer palmated birds, fuch 

 as ducks and teal, which being quick fighted and nimble, eafily 

 evade the approach of the enemy. 



This ifland was difcovered in 1525, by Antonio de Britto and 

 Garcias Henriguezy \\\\o at that time commanded in the Mohic- 

 cas. Celebes was reckoned one of the greateft of thofe iflands. 

 The Portiigueje eftablifhed themfelves here, and whether their 

 condudl w-as more moderate than in other places I know not, 

 but they gained the good opinion of the inhabitants, who pre- 

 fcrved towards them the moft inviolable fidelity. They kept their 

 ground here till the year 1660, when the Dutch ^ with a ftrong 



fquadron, 



