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A NATUBALIST IN CELEBES 



all, and produced an old and very dirty model of an ancient 

 Spanish whaler, which he said was very beautiful and could 

 be sold. I bought this as a preliminary to further negotia- 

 tions, for it was of very little interest to me compared with 



Fig. 20.— Sakit oanoe. 



the other more valuable canoes hanging from the rafter. 

 Subsequently I was successful in purchasing, for many 

 yards of cloth, the god-cage and all the fetish praus, and 

 immediately gave them to my boy to be carried back to the 

 ' Ternate.' I hope sincerely that our visit to Karaton was 



