3^4 TlLiVELS IX THE EAST INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO. 



aiTQSj the hands being locked together in front below 

 the kneesv In many of these the faces of the figures 

 were fiat, and holes and lines were cut representing 

 the eyeSj uose, and mouth ; in othei-s rude busts were 

 placed on the eaves. Tliis buiial-place contains the 

 finest monuments of olden times now existing in the 

 Minahassa. Others can be seen at Tomohoiij and 

 especially at Kakas, but they are not as highly orna- 

 mented as these. At Kakas they are mostly com- 

 posed of but two stones^ one long one set upright in 

 the ground, and another placed over this as a cover 

 to the hole containing the body. At each of these 

 places they are entirely neglected, and many of the 

 images hei'e have already fallen or been broken off. 

 Noticing that a veiy good one was loose and ready 

 to fall, I remarked to the chief that, if I did not take 

 it, it would certainly soon be lost, and, before he had 

 time to gisre his assent, I had it under my arm. The 

 missionaiy at Langowan informed me that originally 

 these gi*av' es were beset with such obscene ornaments 

 that one of the Resitlents felt it his duty to order 

 that tliey should all be broken off. This fact, and 

 the rude form of the images, led me to think that 

 they ought to he classed with the remarkable temple 

 found near Dorey, on the north coast of New Guinea, 

 and with the nude atatues used by the Battas to or- 

 nament the graves of their deceased friends. 



When the Portuguase fii*st aiiived in the Moluc- 

 cas, this region was tnbutary to the prince of Ter- 

 nate. All the natives were heathen then, and many 

 of theiii yet retain the superstitious belief of their 

 ancestors. Mohammedanism had not gained a toot- 



