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AUSTRALASIA. 



in. a o-eneral way. The Latimojoug highlands, which form the central nucleus, 

 and from which flow the largest rivers, are one of the least known regions, and 

 travellers have hitherto failed to form an estimate of the elevations. According 

 to Schneider the main range, beginning at Cape Palos (Donggala) on the west 

 coast, runs south-east towards the Latimojong mountains, beyond which it traverses 



Fig. 91. — Explored Regions op Celebes. 

 Scale 1 : 8,000,000. 



120° 



Easb oF Greenwicln 



125° 



to 100 



Fathoms. 



100 to 500 

 Fathoms. 



Depths. 



500 to 1,000 

 Fathoms. 



1,000 to 2,000 

 Fathoms. 



180 Miles. 



2.000 Fathoms 

 and upwards. 



The finished parts of the map represent the regions completely surveyed by the Dutch. 



the south-eastern peninsula. The framework of these highlands consists of gneiss 

 and granites, which in some places crop out above the secondary and tertiary rocks 

 of both slopes. A lateral ridge of gneiss, radiating from the central nucleus, forms 

 the backbone of the Balante peninsula, while that of Macassar, traversed in 1888 

 by Weber and Wichmann, is also dominated by crystalline or paleozoic ranges, 



