182 CELEBES. [chap. viii. 



like result ? What is the condition of the natives in our colonies ; 

 in Australia, in New Zealand, in "Western Africa ? Year by year 

 hundreds of Englishmen travel round the world, just as the former 

 generation made the " grand tour." But they follow one another 

 like sheep in the beaten track, and hardly any turn aside into the 

 by-paths. It is, of course, almost an absurdity to suppose that an 

 Englishman could have anything to learn from the management of 

 another nation's colonies, but those who have not this idea too 

 deeply rooted may visit Northern Celebes with advantage. 



