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CELEBES. 



[chap. 



For some little distance inland the country is flat, more or less 

 cleared, and dotted here and there with palms. Six miles north- 

 north-east is Klabat, a noble-looking mountain of regular shape, 

 whose steadily-rising slopes give it an appearance of more than its 



-MOUNT KL\B\T HIOM KEM.V. 



actual height. There is not 

 much coffee cultivation in the 

 immediate vicinity of the 

 village. Kema is in reality 

 merely a complemental port of 

 Menado, according to the pre- 

 valent monsoon. From April 

 until November ships anchor off the latter place, which is quite 

 protected from easterly and southerly gales, while from November 

 to April the anchorage at Kema alone is used. Notwithstand- 

 ing the season, however, we found two craft at anchor in the 

 roads. One of these, a schooner, was taking cattle to Ternate ; 

 the other, a small barque, had just brought 300 tons of coal 

 from Sourabava. There is but little trade in Northern Celebes, 



