CELEBES :',0." 



Off the iS.E. promontory we come to the large islands 

 of Mima and Butung (Boeton). The latter is over 100 

 miles long, and is composed chieHy of coralline limestone, 

 although it is said to have an extinct volcano at its 

 northern extremity. The united population of the two 

 islands exceeds 20,000, and large quantities of cotton 

 are grown. 



The island of Salaier, off the southern point of Celebes, 

 is 40 miles in length, and is densely peopled, the popula- 

 tion of the entire group being over 50,000. The Dutcli 

 have a small settlement and a fort here, and have planted 

 the teak tree with success. This completes the enumera- 

 tion of the islands of any importance belonging to Celebes. 

 The whole western and northern coast after leaving 

 Makassar, for a distance of more than 800 miles, presents 

 not a single island of the slightest importance. A deep 

 sea everywhere approaches close to the shore, and prob- 

 ably indicates that on this side the land has undergone 

 little change, either of elevation or of subsidence, for a 

 very long period. 



