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lands, became isolated at an exceedingly remote geological epoch. 

 " It probably dates," says Mr. Wallace, " from a period not only 

 anterior to that when Borneo, Java, and Sumatra were separated 

 from the continent, but from that still more remote epoch when the 

 land that now constitutes these islands had not risen above the 

 ocean." 



We left Pogoyama early on the day following our arrival, and 

 dropping our friend the Kontroleur and his policemen and our 

 other passengers at Gorontalo, sailed the same evening for Ternate. 

 AVe had been very fortunate in our collections, and had added two 

 birds {Astur trivirgatvs and Alccdo lengalensis) to the list of the 

 Celebesian a\'ifauna ; we had had excellent weather and good sport, 

 and had met with many kind acquaintances and friends. But 

 foremost among our pleasant memories of the tune we spent in 

 Celebes were those of smiling faces and rose-bedecked cottages in 

 the mountains of ]\Iinahasa. 



