GOLD MIXES LV CELEBES. 



$70 



territory^ by the mining engineers employed by the 

 goverament, and the extent and richness of these 

 mines ai-e theretbre wholly matters of the most 

 uncertain speculation. The fact, however, that gold 

 was cm-ried from this region before the arrival 

 of Em'opeans, more than three hundred and forty 

 years ago, and that the amount now exported ap-* 

 pears to be larger than it was then, indicates that 

 the supply must be very great. The government 

 has not yet granted to private individuals the 

 privilege of importing machinery and laborers, and 

 proving whether or not mining can be cai'ried on 

 profitably on a lai'ge scale. A fragment of rock 

 from this region was shown me at Kema by a 

 gentleman, who said he knew where there were 

 large quantities of it ; and that specimen certainly 

 was very rich in the precious metal. Gold is also 

 tbund in the southwjstem peninsula of Celebes, 

 south of Macussar, The geological age of these 

 auriferous rocks is not known, but I was assured 

 that, back of Gorontalo, an outcropping of granite 

 had been seen. Buffaloes and horses are plenty and 

 cheap at Gorontalo, and many are sent by sea to 

 the Minahassa The horses aie very fine, and from 

 the earliest times the Bugis have been accustomed 

 to buy and kill them to eat, having learned that such 

 flesh is a most delectable food, centuries before this 

 wafl ascertained by the enlightened Parisians. 



January llfJi. — Last night and t^:>-day the sea 

 has been smooth, almost as smooth as glass, while 

 we know that on the opposite or western side of 

 Celebes there has been one continuous storm. This 



