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V)y tlie officials who liad visited it, must be nearly as 

 larsre as the famous one in the Teno;er Mountains 

 on Java. On Morti itself is Mount Tolo, which 

 suffered a severe eruption in the previous century. 

 Before that time Morti was said to be well peopled, 

 but now only the natives of the adjoining coast of 

 Gilolo, who are most notorious pii'ates, stay there 

 from time to time. 



A large number of the natives of Gilolo were 

 then here at Ternate. Though frequently called 

 " Alfura," they are strictly of the Malay t}^3e, and 

 have not the dark skin and frizzly hair of the Al- 

 fara of Ceram and Buru, though representatives 

 of that peo^ole may exist in other parts of Gilolo. 

 Of the whole population of Gilolo, which is supposed 

 to be about twenty-seven thousand, all but five thou- 

 sand are under the Sultan of Ternate. During the 

 war in Java, from 1825 to 1830, the sultan sent a 

 considerable force of his subjects to assist the Dutch, 

 and those who were then at Ternate had been 

 ordered to come over to hold themselves in readiness 

 to aid in suppressing the revolt in Ceram, for the 

 Dutch believe in the motto " cut diamond with 

 diamond." These natives appear to be quite as mild 

 as most Malays, Ijut the foreigners here say that they 

 fought so persistently \vhile in Java, that soon they 

 were styled " the bloodhounds of Gilolo." A small 

 number of Papuans are also seen in the village. 

 They were mostly brought here from Papua by the 

 fleet that collects the yearly tribute for the Sultan 

 of Tidore. While I was at Amboina a very unfavora- 

 ble account of them was given by a native captain of 



