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CHAPTER XVI r. 



CELEBKH. 

 f HEN ADO, JUNE TO PKFTEMIlElt, 1&59.) 



IT was after my residence at Timor-Coupang that I 

 visited the north-eastern extremity of Celebes, toucliin^ 

 on my way at Banda, Aiiilioyiia, and Teruate. I reached 

 iMeuado on tlit; lUtk of 3um\ 1859, and mi^ very kindly 

 received by Mr. Tower, an EnglisUmiin, but a very oJd 

 resident in Menado, where he carries on a general business. 

 He introduced me to Mr. L. Duivenbuden whose fatljer 

 had been iny friend at Ternate), who had mueh taste for 

 natural history ; and to Mr. Keys, a native of Menado, 

 but who was educated at Calcutta, and to whom Dutch, 

 English, and Malay were equally mother- tuugues. All 

 these gentlemen showed me the greatest kindness, accoia- 

 panied me In my earliest walks about the country, and 

 assisted me by every means in their power, i spent a 

 week in the town very pleasantly, making explomtions 

 and inquiries after a good collecting station, which 1 had 

 much ditiienlty in finding, owing to the wide cultivation 

 of coffee and cacao, which has led to the clearing away of 

 the forests for many miles round the town, and over 

 eartensive districts far into the interior. 



The little town of ilenado is one of the prettiest 

 in the East It has the appearance of a large garden 

 containing rows of rustic villas, with broad paths between, 

 forming streets generally at right angles with each other. 

 Good roads branch off in several directions towai-da the 

 interior, with a succession of pretty cottages, neat gardens, 

 and thriving plantations, intersperaed witli wildernesses 

 of fruit trees. To the west and south the country is 

 mountainous, with groups of fme volcanic peaks t),Ot)0 or 

 7,000 teet high, forming grand and picturesfpie back- 

 grounds to the landscape. 



The inhabitants of Minaliasa (as this part of Celebes is 

 called) differ much from those of all the rest of the island^ 



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