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falls, the lower being the most lofty ; and it is possible, by 

 a long circuit, to descend into the valley and see them 

 from below. Were the best points of view searched for 

 and rendered accessible, these falls woidd probably be 

 found to be the finest in the Archipelago. The chasm 

 seems to be of great depth, probably 500 or 600 feet. 

 Unfortunately I had no time to explore this valley, as I 

 was anxious to devote every fine day to increasing my 

 hitherto scanty collections. 



Just opposite my abode in Burukan was the school- 

 house. The schoolmaster was a native, educated by the 

 Missionary at Tomohon. School was held every morning 

 for about three hours, and twice a week in the evening 

 there was catechising and preaching. There was also a 

 service on Sunday morning. The children were all taught 

 in Malay, and I often heard them repeating the inulti- 

 plicati on-table up to twenty times twenty very glibly. 

 They always wound up with singing, and it was very 

 pleasing to hear many of our old psalm-tunes in these 

 remote mountains, sung with Malay words. Singing is 

 one of the real blessings which Missionaries introduce 

 among savage natioDS, whose native chants are almost 

 always monotonous and melancholy. 



On catechising evenings the schoolmaster was a great 

 man, preaching and teaching for three hours at a stretch 

 much in the style of an English ranter. This was pretty 



