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back, sending my baggage rouud by sea ; and had just 

 time to pack up all my collections to go by the next 

 mail steamer to Amboyna. I will now devote a few 

 pages to an account of the chief peculiarities of the 

 Zoology of Celebes, and its relation to that of the sur- 

 rounding countries. 



