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SPICYISLANDS. 



their upper tufks on fome boughs. Their tufks, from their 



form, ufelefs in fight. 

 Upper Part Qver the upper portion of the Spicy fea are fcattered feveral 



OF THE Spicy .^^^^^^ ^^^^.^^ ^^^^^j ^^^-^^^ irregularly from the ifle of Celebes 



to the coalt of New Guinea. I have now before me M. UAn- 

 rjille'?, map, and that of our countryman captain Forreji, who with 

 infinite hazard examined or paft by moft of the iflands of this 

 part of the fea, for the patriotic defign of procuring the nutmeg 

 tree for the benefit of our country. I fliall add his names to 

 thofe of the French geographer, as more famihar to us. The 

 moft wefterly on the coaft of Celebes is Bangy ; then appears 

 grouped Xulla, Xulla bejy, and a larger, the Xulla Mangoli of 

 jyAnville^ and two or three leflTer ides. Farther to the eaft, in 

 vLat. i°4o'fouth, is the long illand of Ouby^ with the little ones 

 of 'Tappa, Mya, Lyongi and Gomman, near its coafts. To the 

 eaft is Mixoal, or Myfol, a triangular ifle of fome extent. To 

 the north-weft is the fmall ifle of Kanari, and north of that 

 are the very fmall ifles of Polo Pifang, Bo, and Pope. 



Qu3Y. Oi{by is one of the larger ifles. The Dutch have a fmall fort 



on the weft fide ; the inhabitants of this ifland are fugitive flaves 

 from Ternate, and other places, who have no communication 

 with any people except fome Buggejfes^ who come in their prows 

 to buy the cloves (which Ouby produces) from the runnaways. 

 The general form of the mountains of this ifland are given by 

 Mr. Porrejl in his fifth plate. 



Lyong, Pulo Lyong is a fmall ifle off" the eaft end of Ouby : to the eaft of 

 isANG, c. ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ pretty wooded ifles of Liliola, Tapiola, 



and 



