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expanle of water, north of the Kanari ides, in Lat. i" 17' foiith^ 

 They are well mhabited, and produce plenty of fifli, fait, and 

 coco nuts, and the Kima Chama. Almoft contignous to Po/)o, 

 are nine or ten fmall low ifle?, faid to be well inhabited, and the 

 refidcnce of a Rajah. 



Molucca Due north of Oiibi are the celebrated Molucca iflands, which 



form a chain from the little ifle of Se/and, in Lat. 0° 50' fouth, to 

 Ternate, in about Lat. 0° 50' north. Within that fpace are con- 

 tained the immenfe treafures of cloves in poffeffion of the Dutcb>- 

 Their hiliory and fate are fo nearly limilar to thofe of Banda, and 

 fo intermixed, that we have included them in our account of 

 thofe iflands. The nam.es of the Molucca group, are Ternatey 

 Tidor<i Motir^ Matchian^ and Batchian. M. UAnville makes 

 thefe rich iflands comprehend the whole from Moratay or Mortyy 

 at the north of Gilolo, quite to the-Tlmorian chain ; but the above 

 is the true definition of the Molucca illes. 



TsLE OF Se- The fmall ifle of Selang may be fpoken of as an appurtenance 



XANG. 



to Batchtan ; it is nearly united to its fouthern end by a coral 

 reef, which has in the middle a gap of a hundred fathoms in 

 width, and twelve in depth, with a muddy bottom ; on each lide 

 of the reef is a fafe harbor. The ifland is moderately high, 

 aiFords good water, and produces nutmeg trees of a great height. 

 Mr. Forrejl faw the fruit lying on the ground, and in a ftate of 

 .vegetation. He gives, in plate 5, k plan of the harbor, and a 

 view of part of the ifland, and of the high wooded hills of La- 

 Imkat, on the ifle of Batchian. 

 Batchian. Batchian is the largeft of the Moluccas. It is governed by a 



fultan, the leaft dependent on the Dutch of any of thefe Regtdi. 

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