124 TRAVELS IN THE EAST INBUST ARCEIPELAGa 



off all swell fi'om the ocean ; but, unfortunately, tlie 

 entrance is naiTow, and the harbor is too small for 

 large ships. Only two vessels were there at that 

 time. One was a brig from Amboina^ that had come 

 for buffaloes, or for sapis^ and the other was a small 

 topsail schooner from Macassar, that had come for 

 coffee^ which is raised in considerable quantities on 

 the plateau back of Dilli, and is brought down on 

 the backs of horses. Long lines of them were seen 

 ascending and descending the winding paths on the 

 steep hill-sides back of the village. These declivities 

 were sparsely covered with trees, but a thick grove 

 of coeoa-nnt palms grew on the low land bordering 

 the bay. The name Dilli, according to Mr. Craw- 

 furd, is identical with that of the Malay state on the 

 northeastern side of Sumatra, which we call Belli, 

 and he suspects from this fact that this area was set- 

 tled by a colony of Malays from. Sumatra in the ear- 

 liest times. The word Timur, in the Malay, means 

 " East,'' and this island was probably the limit of their 

 voyages in that direction, hence its name. Immediate- 

 ly off the harbor of Dilli lies Pnlo Kambing, or Groat 

 Inland, a common name for many islands in the ar- 

 chipelago. On both this island and Pintar the high- 

 est peaks are at the sonthem end. North of Dilli 

 the coast is steep, and the mountains rise abruptly 

 from the sea. The sides of all tliese elevations are 

 deeply scored with valleys that have been formed by 

 the denuding action of rain. 



From Dilli we steamed noi*thward along the south- 

 east coast of Wetta, a high, mountainous island. Its 

 coasts are occupied by Malays, and its interior by a 



