372 TRAVELS IX THE EAST INDIAN ARCIIirELAGO. 



Besides tlie fi'uits already mentioned, tliere are 

 durians, mangostins, j ambus or rose-apples, lansiums, 

 pompelmuses, limes, l)read-fi'uits, bananas, pine-ap- 

 ples, and oranges. The latter are particularly nice, 

 and in one of the kinds the leathery rind is not yel- 

 low when the fruit, which is merely a berry, is ripe, 

 but still remains as green as when only half-gro^vn. 

 It is the custom here at the table to peel this fruit 

 with a knife, exactly as we peel an apple. 



From Tondano to Kema the road is built in a 

 deep, zigzag ravine, and commences to descend a mile 

 north of the lake. Throug-h the ravine flows a 

 stream which is the outlet of the lake. On the 

 northern side of the plateau where the road begins 

 to descend, this stream is changed into a waterfall, 

 which is known as the waterfall of Tondano. It 

 consists of three falls, but, when seen from the usual 

 point, a short distance north of the lower fall, the 

 upper and middle ones form a boiling rapid, and only 

 the lowest one presents a grand appearance. Where 

 the fii'st and second occur the water shoots down 

 through a deep canal, which has been apparently 

 formed in the rock by the strong current. Having 

 rolled in a foaming mass through this deep canal, the 

 water takes a flying leap down seventy feet into a 

 deep, circular pool, the outer edges of this falling 

 stream breaking up into myriads of sparkling drops, 

 which fall in showers into the dark pool, where they 

 disappear forever. 



Here a strange tragedy occurred in the year 1855, 

 when the governor-general from Java was journeying 

 through this land. One of the highest officers on 



