THE EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO. 



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islet* beiweun Cd.-b^ and Mill. haunt. A third division, exti-mUiiR 

 round the north andwu.Ht sidesof the Gulf of Tnlo,i* included iti the 

 Ruaidency of Temsre in the Moluccas* The chief Dutch 6ft I leraents 

 ure at Mmado and (VVouy^Wo in the northern, and at M&$gha$tar 

 ( VlaarJintjttt) at ihu southern extremity of^thu soUlh'Westeni penin- 

 uula ; but very little o f the country is really occupied, or directly 

 administered by them, being still mostly held either by urtrcdm-ed 

 wild tribes, or by native mju-=, who, however, Tec* their political 

 supremacy. Mun^kcLssar i* the- IsjfgMt town and uliivf Ki-npurr m 

 Celebes, its trading relation* extending to Java, Singapore, the Ant 

 I ^lunds, and New Guinea. The district product* abundance of rice, 

 besides some cottmi, with wbieb thu native women make lar^e 

 number* of " sartiiu&" universally worn by Malays of both uexes. 

 The Dutch Governor reside* in IttJiyr.itun. Meimdo, capital of 



tin- Northern Hu^iiii'tji.-y, :l mii a}) place of scarcely 30U0 inhabitants, 

 near the north-east extremity of the island. On the opposite side of 

 the pi-niuriiila llu:s;.ilii.u of AT-mo; an. I on tin; sann-Mde, but much 

 further west, tin- little port of Goruti^udo, almoKt the only settlement 

 in the district uf like name, which is inhabited by rude tribes under 

 raja supervised by a Dutch Aasfatont- Resident. 



T? '- st-m: li-wi •>r..orii [i"iiiiiii]],-L iin]'riH«'-s niru' ]H tty Mohammnlan Sutos, 

 eotistitiitiii^ a srart of Hugh) fonFinlenki-y, with capital nl /A'Uj", mar thu 

 hfii'L "I tin* E«iT "f 1 i Te i ■ Jan"' 1 , anil in alliance wilh th<* |)iiteh. To tha 

 nortli-wesL is ihu smaller Nwwlhttr ami\ d»*r.'iey uf srven Mohammedan 

 States, poTnpri-iitij; llm TveMern jHirlinn uf hn inland, wln-p 1 it projects into 

 Macassar Strait,, mirth uf Mate Heir I Jay, The Mainlh.-ir peepfe, ivhu. like 

 their hnghf ueightMurs, have ilevclojMii & native culture, are daring trepang 

 QahnrSj and Qnterfffistlljt tmeVrw. 



The large inlands of liAtou ami MAnn, foenfttg a southern eaCtnutOD of 

 thti tooth B>*tef U peiitu-Hula, i"i niHli tntt: ti Muhanmiu'lau .Statu innler .a sultan 

 euljct to the Dutch. In lha same way, ihe eastrra inlands of /Wihj, 

 lltnuj'ittj wit Ij lhe. Stdhi {Xnff'i} group, lie long imminril iv ti- uf 

 Tomato, mho al.-rfi recognises the supremacy of the Dutch. Tin? inhaln'taiit.* 

 i»f all iliesi- inlands ar^ Mohammedan iiatay^, fndnftarfanSj spedkiug 

 suvcml diniiuct Malayan dtaleetii* 



Ajsrieulture, Trade t Industries. — Except where Dutch influ- 

 ence has mode itself full, very littlu attention ba-? been |M$d to 

 hushnndry, Tlie soil is uiucli inferior to thai of Java in fertility, 

 :Lt»-l thu imly yy.iv\ uf LVh'-bi.-!- yielding aurphi* earn far expurtjit.on is 

 the enstern or volcanic portion of the northern peninsula, Iten mly 

 the culture uf coffee and coco* has been inlroduced T but the staples of 

 agriculture are maize, sinjnr, tobttceo, cotton, and especially rice, of 



