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AUSTRALASIA. 



North of Paiigi the peninsula still continues to contract between the Bays of 

 Dondo and Tomini. But the whole region is almost depopulated, and Toniini, 

 which o-ives an alternative name to the vast Gulf of Gorontolo, is an obscure 

 hamlet comprising some ten or twelve native cabins. Gorontolo [Ilolontalo) which 

 gives its name both to the gulf and to the northern peninsula of Celebes, lies in a 



Fig. 96. — Administrative Divisions of Celebes. 

 Scale 1 : 12,500,000. 



Government of Celebes. 



Residence of Menado. 



Residence of Timor. 



Residence of Ternate. Residence of Amboyna. 



Borneo. Portuguese Territory. 

 240 Miles 



dried-up lacustrine plain at the mouth of a narrow valley w^atered by a torrent 

 which issues from Lake Limbotto. Beyond this point the coast is almost unin- 

 habited as far as the shores of Minahassa, where follow the two ports of Belang 

 and Kern a. 



These places are connected by good routes across the peninsula with Menado, 

 capital of the province, and northern rival of Macassar in political and commercial 



