14 PYGMIES AND PAPUANS 



admirable service to the expedition, and was subse- 

 quently promoted to be jjtandoer* 



At Macassar we stopped a few hours only to add to 

 our already excessive deck cargo, and to hear a little 

 of the gossip of Celebes. I was interested to learn that 

 the power of the Raja of Goa, whom I had visited a 

 few years before, had come to an end. That monarch 

 was an interesting survivor of the old native princes 

 of the island. His kingdom extended to within three 

 miles of Macassar, and he was apparently not answerable 

 to any law or authority but his own. The place became 

 a refuge for criminals fleeing from justice, and it was 

 a disagreeable thorn in the side of the Dutch authorities, 

 who were at last compelled to send a small expedition 

 to annex the country. The Raja himself, it was said, 

 came to a very unpleasant end in a ditch. 



There had also been a small war on the east side of 

 the island, which resulted in the pacification of the large 

 and prosperous district of Boni. Now the Island of 

 Celebes, which only a few years ago was dominated by 

 savage tribes and where it was unsafe for an European 

 to travel, has been almost completely brought within 

 the Dutch administration, and it seems likely that its 

 enormous mineral and agricultural wealth will soon 

 make it one of the most prosperous islands of the 

 Archipelago. 



On December 30th we anchored in the harbour of 



Amboina, where we were joined by the last member 



of the expedition, Mr. W. Stalker, who had been for 



some months collecting birds in Ceram, and recently 



* i.e. leader of a gang. 



