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Hire are a few srntUivd Mnh&mmrdan and f'brijstian aetll emmnta ; hut 

 ti.*- only fOucu of miy iui^jrljiuci; is H'aJiai, a forLilivd nullum ihj tin- mirth 



i Vr.im h 4'nr;ljiiiii south <:\iyl wards, in the direction of Ant, hy a rhain 

 of ittliVH'l-M, «if wjiii !l flu- niKht itii|i«>rlmit am Certtm I*niit, Oornm t JUnn- 

 , \fai*tMfo, Tw, mill tin; A'- ^nui|> •Cn-nl .iml Utile K i I , .ill mostly 

 rni^'it It'll, will inhabited hy people or mixed J'ajiOnn ami Malay descent, 

 tlio dark element rdniost everywhere predominating. In Ki then 1 »ro 

 some Mohammedan Malay, or Indonesian communities ; hnt the njnjorily 

 of the |KL'(>iito are distinctly I'dpium* in type ud bpeech, and like most 

 Papuan* skilful wood -carvers, Tln*y nhn ejc.ee] in iHist-huilding, tlio 

 material;* Udug supplied liy the forest* of fine limber covering extensive 

 trsrts in thi» group. Ke may be regarded u the south -eastern extremity 

 of our Oi ranic division, for immediately beyond it tlio deep marine basin 

 teTtTlfnttW Si the 100-falhoimluiu indicating the north -western limits of 

 the Australian world. 



Burtl. — Coram is separated cm the west by Bur A Strait from the 

 large bland of Burn, which is &5 miles by 40, with an arvn of nearly 

 2000 p^uivre miles. Alllmujjh somewhat etorile, the northern dia- 

 trictii pftaluce the plant whence is extracted the far-famed Cayapnt- 

 uil. This part of the island 5s occupied by a people of Malay lype, 

 while in the south the Papttan is the dominant element* Burii con- 

 sists mainly of old sedimentary rocks, but touches the jfrettt volcanic 

 belt at its western extremity, where Cape Pulpetta is dominated by* 

 lofty cone stilt Active or cpiiie*ceiit. At Caytli, on the north side, is 

 a &trong*Duteh fort, with a Commandant under the supervision of 

 the .Resident of Amboyna, It exports considerable u,uun title* of 

 fish, sagvi, Caynpnt-oil, and swine, which, being fed on sn;;o, have a 

 finer flavour than [any othor. The inland is divided into several 

 petty Slates, whose rajtis spend motst of their time iu Cayeli, under 

 the influence of opium* 



Thn chief physical featnro of Ri'ini is Lako vTnkolo, a fine sheet of 

 water, situated tieai the centre of the island, some 1900 fert above feii-leveh 

 and surrounded by high hills, except where it seeins to csea}>e thr<ni^h the 

 "Wai Kipe river. Vskolo, which wan visited in 18S3 liy 11. 0, Korhea, 

 look* like a flooded crater, several miles in diameter, and 240 to 300 fast 

 deem It is remarkable that no fish except eels Jive in ita waters whieh 



v. i v little navigated Ly the timid or superstitious natives dwelling on 

 Its shores. 



Some recent ethnologists have on somewhat Fluidnwy grounds pointed to 

 Burn us the cradle, uf the hugt! hrmvn iNilym^ian mee (Snmoaoa, Tabitifltts, 

 Hnwaiians, or at lwa-tt the lniul utienec thes* 1 Indonesians started on 

 their long migrations from the Archipelago eastwards to th« racifie. 



Amboyna, — TIji's historical ieland, where the Dutch mid English 

 long contended for supremacy in the eastern seas, lies south from the 



