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side, and is the residence of the sultan, whose terri- 

 tory is no less extensive than that of the Sultan of 

 Ternate. It includes Tidore, Mari, the two eastern 

 peninsulas of Gilolo, Gebi, Misol, Salwatti, Battanta, 

 and the adjacent islands, the western and north- 

 ern shores of the western peninsula of New Guinea, 

 and the islands in Geelvink Bay. The population 

 of Tidore and Mari is about seven thousand five 

 hundred. The former cultivate the flanks of the 

 mountain up to a height of about three thousand 

 feet. Above this line is a dense wood, but the 

 pointed summit is quite bare. The income of this 

 sultan consists in his share of the produce obtained 

 on Gilolo, in the sago, massoi-bark, tortoise-shell, 

 tripang, and paradise-bii'ds, which are yearly brought 

 from Papua, and the islands between it and Celebes, 

 and in twelve thousand eight hundred guilders (over 

 five thousand dollars) paid him by the Dutch Gov- 

 ernment, in accordance Avith the promise made by 

 the East India Company, when they destroyed the 

 spice-trees in his territory. The extension of the 

 empire of Tidore eastward was probably effected by 

 Malays, who migrated in that direction; for it is 

 stated in regard to Misol that the Papuans, who are 

 now driven back into the interior, occupied the 

 whole island when it was first visited by Europeans. 

 This tendency to push on toward the coast is the 

 more interesting, because it is generally supposed 

 that, ages and ages ago, the ancestors of the present 

 Polynesian race passed out from this part of the 

 Malay Archipelago into Micronesia, and thence into 

 the wide area they now occupy. From the northern 



