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regions ; here resided Yalentijn, and here died Kumphius, the pioneers of 

 scientific exploration in Indonesia. 



The chief port in Bum offers all the material advantages for a great centre of 

 trade, but on this magnificent and well- sheltered harbour nothing is seen except 

 the obscure village of Kayeli, with a mixed population of about two thousand 



Fig. 98— Poet of Akboyna. 

 Scale 1 : 80,000. 



Depths. 



Oto 16 

 Feet. 



16 to 96 

 Feet. 



96 to 320 



Feet. 



320 Feet and 

 upwards. 



.2* Miles. 



Mussulmans, Christians, and Chinese. The shores of Ceram also present no centres 

 of population beyond a few groups of cabins occupied by Malays, some Moham- 

 medan and Christian Alfurus, and a few foreign traders. Of these groups, known 

 as negerifen, from the Hindu nagar, a town, the chief are Ama/iai, centre of the 

 Dutch administration on the south side, and on the north Wahai, a fortified village 

 with an extensive harbour. 



