THE ISLAND OF SUMBAWA. HI 



wind, was met off the southwest promontory of 

 Floris by a current with the wind from the east, and 

 at once the sea rose up into pyi'amidal masses, or 

 formed waves that rolled over and broke a2;ainst the 

 wind, lihe those from the windward quarter of a ship 

 which is sailino- " on a wind," Hio-h mountains also 

 line the Commodo and Floris side, but the scenery 

 became especially grand as we rounded the south- 

 west promontory of the latter island. It reminded 

 me of the pictures of the precipitous coast of Scot- 

 land, except that, while those rocks are all bare, these 

 are all covered with the trailing plants that have 

 gained a foothold in the crevices of these precipices. 

 Floris is also called Ende, from the principal port of 

 that name on its southern coast. The trade of this 

 place is mostly with Sandal- wood Island. It is also 

 called Mangerai, the name of the chief place on its 

 northern shore. The people of the latter port trade 

 mostly with the Bugis and Malays. In the coves 

 and bays on the northern coast near this strait many 

 pirates fonnerly took shelter. They were merely 

 Malays or Bugis from Bali, Sumbawa, or Celebes. 

 In the interior there is a people whose hair is fi'izzled. 

 A similar one also live in the interior and moun- 

 tainous part of Solor, Pintar, Lombata, and Ombay. 

 Those living; on the sea-coast belono; to the bro^vn 

 or Malay race. On the south coast there is a tribe 

 called Rakka, who are reported to be the worst 

 kind of cannibals, accustomed not only to devour 

 their enemies, but the bodies of their deceased rela- 

 tives. 



At sunset we could just discern the outline of 



