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the Sangi Islands, &c. ; and at this moment he is in Europe, and occupied in 

 writing a book on Celebes in general. 



Mr. van Musschenbroek was always remarkably ready to sustain and 

 help every scientific traveller in the Dutch possessions — he himself 

 being a very good zoologist, botanist, and linguist, and therefore knowing 

 the wants of such travellers by his own experience. The Leiden 

 Museum possesses a good many of his collections made in the East ; and 

 Mr. von Rosenberg, indeed, could not do better than attach his name to a 

 bird of the rich Papuan fauna. 



As this bird has been named after Mr. Musschenbroek, a woodcut of 

 his residence (a large house in the town of Menado, situated on the right, in 

 the Chinese quarter) is here given, with an account of the attack upon it. 

 It may also be interesting, as this place is so often mentioned in these articles. 

 It is from a fine photograph of the spot. The Chinese "kampong," or 

 quarter, contains about 1000 Chinese ; the rest of the population is about 

 3000. 



"On Thursday, the 26th of August 1875, the chief place of the 

 Minahassa, in the north of Celebes, Menado, was attacked by a band of 

 mutineers. 



" In the morning, at 8 o'clock, there arrived from the west three native 

 prauws in the roadstead of Menado, and forty-eight men came ashore, all in 

 white clothes, with red girdles and turbans, and armed with lances and swords. 



" After having said a short prayer, the band entered the village, the 

 whole time dancing and shouting. All this did not much awaken the 

 attention of the inhabitants, as it is common in Menado that the rajahs 

 belonging to the district should pay a visit to the Resident in this style. 

 But soon the intention of the visitors became apparent ; for they killed and 

 wounded several persons in the market. They then tried to surprise the 

 small fort which Menado possesses, but were driven back by the soldiers 



