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slavery is noii-existeut. The characteristic Papuan nose, 

 which overhangs at tlie tip, is never seen, and there is 

 very little hair on the face and body. Even the hair, 

 though crisp or wavy, is not frizzled. There is there- 

 fore an absence of all the chief Papuan characteristics, 

 and the connection, if any, must date from a very remote 

 period. 



Burn contains deer and the babirusa. The presence 

 of the latter animal is difficult to account for, and it is 

 especially remarkable that it should be confined, as far as 

 is known, to the eastern extremity of the island. The 

 Waikolo Lake, near the centre, is 1900 feet above the 

 level of the sea, and, though some miles across, possibly 

 occupies the site of an ancient crater. There are two 

 resident Postholders, one at Kajeli Bay, and the other at 

 Masareti, on the south-west coast. The former place is 

 far the most important, large quantities of cajuput oil 

 being manufactured. This product is obtained from the 

 leaves of Melaleuca hajuputi, and is exported to the value 

 of about £10,000 annually. The town is low and 

 unhealthy, and the land here appears to be gaining 

 rapidly on the sea. Fort Defensie, built in 1778 close 

 to the water, now stands nearly half a mile inland. 

 The population of Burn is estimated at about 60,000. 



9. Ceram. 



Ceram is 216 English miles in length, and has an 

 estimated area of 7000 square miles. It is therefore 

 one of the great islands of the archipelago, but its im- 

 portance is by no means in proportion to its size. It 

 lies with its long axis east and west, and is traversed 

 from end to end by a very fine range of mountains, which 

 give it a grand and massive appearance from the sea. 



