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by tlie officials wlio had visited it, must be nearly as 

 large as the famous one in the Tenger Mountains 

 on Java On Morti' itself is Mount Tolo^ wliicli 

 suffered a severe ernptlon in tlie previous century. 

 Before that time Morti was said to be well peopled, 

 but now only the natives of the adjoining coast of 

 Gilolo, who are most notorious pii'ates, stay there 

 from time to time. 



A large number of the natives of Gilolo were 

 then here at Temate. Though frequently called 

 " Alfura,^' they are stnctly of the Malay type, and 

 have not the dark skin and frizzly hair of the Al- 

 ftira of Ceram and Bum, though representatives 

 of that people may exist in other parts of Gilolo. 

 Of the whole population of Gilolo, -which supposed 

 to be about twenty-seven thousand, all but five thou- 

 sand are under the Sultan of Ternate. Dui-ing the 

 war in Java, from 1825 to 1830, the sultan sent a 

 considerable force of his subjects to assist the Dutch, 

 and those who were then at Ternate had been 

 ordered to come over to hold themselves in readiness 

 to aid in suppressing the revolt in Ceram, for the 

 Dutch believe in the motto " cut diamond with 

 diamond." These natives appear to be quite as mild 

 as most Malays, but the foreigners here say that they 

 fought so persistently while in Java, that soon they 

 were styled " the bloodhounds of Gilolo." A small 

 number of Papuans are also seen in the village. 

 They were mostly brought here from Papua by the 

 fleet that collects the yearly tribute for the Sultan 

 of Tidore. While I was at Amboina a very unfavorar 

 ble account of them was given by a native captain of 



