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been beyond tlie influence of botb Hindus and Arabs, 

 and even of tliose natives who have adopted any 

 foreign religion or custom. Ayai*-madidi is a pret- 

 tier village than Kema. Indeed^ the more I travelled 

 in the Minahassji, the more I admu'ed the kampongs, 

 they are so incomparably superior to those of every 

 other part of the archii)elago in the regularity of 

 their streets and the beautiful hedges with which 

 they are lined, and, above all, in the neatness and 

 evidence of thrift that eveiywhere appear. 



The chief native of this village is also the chief 

 of the district, which contains several villages. His 

 title in the native language is Hulcom Bim^ or " Great 

 Chief" though be prefei's to be addressed by the 

 Dutch title of major. The native official next in 

 rank is the chief of one of the smaller villages, as at 

 Kema. His title is Iltihm J^adua, At smaller 

 villages than Kema the chief is called Iluhom Tm^ 

 or " Old Hukom," and beneath him is the Huhmi 

 KachU^ or Little Hukom. These officers are nomi- 

 nally elected by the natives, but the choice is gener- 

 ally confined to the sons of the deceased. 



The Majoi*s and Second Heads receive a per- 

 centage on all the coffee raised and delivered to the 

 'government. This amounts to about twenty thou- 

 sand guilders per year for the seventeen districts in 

 the whole Minahassa. Besides this income, the Mar 

 jor receives one gmlder, and the Second Head half a 

 guUder from each family in their respective districts 

 and sub-districts, and the ITulcom Tim five days* 

 labor from each able-bodied man yearly. 



The natives themselves are divided by the Dutch 



