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upland* mil thu si il TIjivh- plain* nre in Bruno plains rnrr-tvd with denM 

 primeval fniKMit, ati»i elftowhora orvmvwn with hi-rl <h ami gniM, atfoo.ling 

 excellent pasture for hones and cattle* (Touuuinek.) 



Rivera and Lofcea.— Owing to it* f momentary character, CWlies 

 nlF<>nl- nu space f.-r the deodnpuieni. "f -„avuS rivers. Tin: largest in 

 the Smiling, winch enters Mnudhar Buy on the west coast, after a 

 suiilluttidy eourse of lfiti mill*: hut tlm jin*t ii*i-fiil for rinvi^iitioii is 

 the C'hturana, accessible for good-sized native crtift to the larurc Lake 

 Luboya, some 20 miles from its mouth mi the we^t ebb; of ihe Gulf 

 of BonL Besides the Luboyo, there are several ether lacustrine 

 basins of considerable sue in every part of the island, Celebes in this 

 respect resembling Sumatra and the Philippine*. Tondrmo in 

 MlnnhflBBa, And Limbotto in the Gorongtftlo district further west] 

 send their overflow to the Celebes Sen ami Gulf of Toinini re- 

 spectively, and most of the lakes stand at a considerable elevation in 

 the midst of wild and romantic scenery* 



Climate.— Notwithstanding its equatorial position, Celebes en- 

 joyn a relatively cool and healthy climate, thanks partly to the high 

 relief of the land, partly to the sea-breezes, by which the tropical 

 heats an; everywhere tempered. But for the violent iMrtflqttakea and 

 vulcanic eruptions of the northem peninsula, thin inland would be 

 in every respect erne of ihe most favoured regions in the world. 



Minerals.— f nm, *«R, and. p Id h™ found in trim whin en, llt« 

 latter being widely dittetminuted throughout the northern districts, 

 and more extensively exported than from any other island except 

 liomen. 'I in and cupper also occur, and mines of both are worked 

 in several places. But nlttnuigli the carboniferous) strata are well 

 developed, they have hitherto yielded nothing but coal of poor 

 quality, 



Flora and Fauna.— The rhh'f venial »lg product! are maize, 

 rice, cassava, tobacco, coffee, yams, sugar, and magn, while the forests 

 contain a great variety of valuable trees, from one of which the well- 

 k n ■ ■ w i l K-fieaHWl Macassar oil is extracted. f3 titer useful specie-' 1 are 

 the oak, leak, cedar, ebony, nandahvood, pepper, betel, areua, liesideS 

 tin- i'b-v4' aiu I nutmeg, whhdi e;row wild, and the hjhu or "poison" 

 tree, and bamboos in great abundance, 



The Celebes fauna differs from those nf Bornro nirl JaTa in the nb^'tir© 

 of tatted monkeys, Mine and canine animtil*, hisvclivorn, thn elephant, 

 tapir, and rliium > ms, They are ivplnivi.1 hy a Inrjji? black tailless baJboott, 

 two kinds of ontoni {(iu oposwnB4iJcs marsupial), two nt% five sjpiin-'l*, 

 and tho itaftdy-deseribeil bul-ita-sa ami i-npi-utan, altogether peculiar to tin* 



