192 CELEBES. [chap. 



the village we found that a dance had been got up to welcome our 

 return, apparently at the instigation of our friend j\Ir. Eijkschroeft". 

 There were no Dutch in Likoupang, and the guests consisted 

 almost entirely of half-castes, known in many parts of ]\Ialaysia as 

 the orang sirani or Nazarenes, a term which seems to include all 

 those descended from white parents whether Dutch or Portuguese. 

 They correspond more or less to the " burghers " of Ceylon, but 

 differ socially in forming, here at least, the upper stratum of society. 

 Mr. Wallace has noticed^ the occurrence of Portuguese w^ords 

 among the natives of Amboina and tlie Ke Islands, and I was 

 astonished to find several traces of this language — with which a 

 previous residence in j\Iadeira had made me tolerably familiar — in 

 Likoupang, although I was unaware at the time, and have not 

 since been able to discover, that the Portuguese ever had a settle- 

 ment in this part of Celebes. The dance was held in a roomy 

 apartment in the largest house in the village, and five and twenty 

 or tliirty people were present. The gentlemen, dressed in black 

 jackets and white trousers, occupied the verandah, and on the 

 music striking up went in search of theii' partners, who, wearing 

 Malay dress, sat inside round the ballroom. Some of tlie latter were 

 decidedly pretty, but it was altogether a new sensation to dance with 

 a sarong-cla,d young lady whose stockingless feet were protected 

 only by Turkish slippers. Their upper garments were of lace- 

 edged linen, — garment, however, I ought to say, for in most cases 

 one only was worn. In the rare instances where there were two 

 the kihaya was transparent, and revealed another garment bordered 

 with " insertion " trimming. Polkas, a species of quadrille, lancers, 

 and mazurkas formed the programme, and the dance was kept up 

 until two or three o'clock m the morning. 



Mr. Eijkschroeft' was obliged to return to Talisse Island next 

 day, but the Hukum Kadua, the pilot, and several natives went on 

 with us to the nameless beach where, in 1859, Mr. "Wallace camped 

 and observed the curious habits of the Maleos. It was not difficult 



^ Oj). cit. pp. 300 and 425. 



