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llie people art so docil*^, and so willing to adopt tlie 

 uiannera and customs of Europeans, that tLe chauge might 

 be easily effected, by merely showing them that it was a 

 question of morality and civilization, and an essential 

 step in their progress towards an equaUty with their wliite 

 rulers. 



After a fortnight's stay at Eurdkan, I left that pretty 

 and interesting village in search of a locality and chmate 

 more productive of birds and insects. I passed thu evening 

 with the Controlleur of Tondano, and the next morning at 

 nine, left iu a small boat fur the head of the lake, a dis- 

 tance of about ten miles. The lower end of the lake is 

 bordered by swamps and marshes of considembie extent, 

 but a little further on the hills come down to the water's 

 edge and give it veiy much t!ie appearance of a great 

 river, the width being about two miles. At the upper end 

 is the villiige of Kakas, where I dined with the liead man 

 in a good liousc like those 1 have already described ; and 

 then went on to LangOwan, four miles distant over a level 

 plain. This was the place where I had been recommended 

 to stay, and 1 accordingly unpacked my baggage and made 

 luysclf comfortable in the large house devoted to visitors. 

 1 obtained a man to shoot for me, and another to accom- 

 pany nie the next day to the forest, where I was in liopts 

 of tinding a good collecting ground. 



In the morning after breakfast I stftrted ofl', but found 

 I had four miles to walk over a wearisome straight road 

 through coffee plantations before I could get to the forest, 

 luid as soon as 1 did so it came on to rain heavily, and 

 did not cease till night This distance to walk every day 

 was too far for any profitable work, especially when the 

 weather Wiis so uncertain. I therefore decided at once 

 that I must go further on, till I found some place close 

 to or in a forest country. In the aftenroon rny friend 

 Mr. Bensneider arrived, togetlier witli the Controlleur o£ 

 the next district, called ]k*lang, from whom 1 learnt that 

 six miles further on there was a village called Tanghu, 

 which had been recently formed and had *) good detil ot 

 forest close to it ; and lie promised nie the use of a small 

 house if I liked to go there. 



The next morning I went to see tlie hot-springs and 



