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but also a fine of five hundred guilders. To find a crew for this boat was not 

 difficult, and she is far better to handle than the smaller one and no more 

 expensive to man, probably cheaper. Having crossed to Celebes in this boat, 

 1 should not care to do it in the smaller one, for Macassar Strait is 140 miles 

 wide and over a thousand fathoms deep. A current running against the wind 

 sometimes makes bad weather. Nearly all the coast of Celebes is rocky, with 

 deep water close in to shore, so that in case of storm we sometimes have to 

 run out to sea rather than chance going on rocks. In such cases it is exceed- 

 ingly difficult in a small boat to keep anything dry. 



Fig. 22. — Dyak woman, Segah River, Borneo. Note ear ornaments and 

 tattooing on thighs. Tattooing is difficult to photograph on account of its 

 coloring. Photograph by Raven. 



On reaching Celebes Mr. Raven immediately began his field work, 

 with what success may be inferred from further passages from the 

 letter of August 28. 



The country here is a great contrast to that of Borneo and mammal life not 

 nearly so plentiful. There is a mining company located at Paleleh working 

 gold, and they have cut trails back into the jungle. There are several Euro- 

 peans and they allowed me to use their trails. I went inland about four or 

 five miles over the mountains and made camp at the edge of the Paleleh River, 



