THE ISLAND OF SUMBAWA. 



Ill 



wind, was met off the southwest promontory of 

 Eloris by a current with the wind from the east, and 

 at once the sea rose up into pyi-amidal massesj or 

 fonned waves that rolled over and broke against the 

 wind, like those from the ^vindward qnarter of a ship 

 which is sailing " on a wind," High mountains also 

 line the Commodo and Floris side, bnt the scenery 

 became especially grand as we rounded the soutl;- 

 west promontory of the latter island. It remiaded 

 me of the pictures of the precipitous coast of Scot- 

 land, except that, while those rocks are all bai'e, these 

 ai'e all covered with the trailing plants that have 

 gained a foothold in the crevices of these precipices. 

 Floris is also called Ende, from the principal port of 

 that name on its southern coast. The ti'ade of this 

 place is mostly with Sandal-wood Island. It is also 

 called Mangerai, the name of the chief place on its 

 northern shore. The people of the latter port trade 

 mostly with the Bugis and Malays. In the coves 

 and bays on the northern coast near this strait many 

 pirates formerly took shelter. They were merely 

 Malays or Bugis from Bali, Sumbawa, or Celebes. 

 In the interior there is a people wliose hair is frizzled. 

 A similar one also live in the inteiior and moun- 

 tainous part of Solor, Pintar, Lombata, and Ombay. 

 Those living on the sea-coast belong to the brown 

 or Malay race. On the south coast there is a tribe 

 called Eakka, who are reported to be the worst 

 kind of cannibals, accustomed not only to devour 

 their enemies, but the bodies of their deceased rela- 

 tives. 



At sunset we could just disceni the outline of 



