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almost to the summit, whence issue faint wreaths 
of smoke. The scene looked calm and beautiful, 
although beneath are hidden fires, which occasion- 
ally burst forth in streams of lava, but more fre- 
quently make their existence known by earthquakes, 
which have on several occasions devastated the 
town. It was in 1840 that the last great eruption 
took place, and destroyed everything within reach, 
inflicting a loss of something like 100,000/. ; but 
after a while the present town sprang up on the 
ruins, and now contains about nine or ten thousand 
inhabitants. 
Near the landing-place is the residence of the Resi- 
dent, or Governor, a large roomy bungalow, prettily 
situated, and surrounded with beautiful foliage, and 
close at hand are the Societat, or Club-house, and 
the residences of the Europeans. Like all Dutch 
cities in the East, it is divided into kampongs, or 
quarters, the southern being occupied by Europeans, 
and the northern by Chinese and Arabs. Near 
the latter is Fort Orange, built by the Portuguese 
in 1607, in an open space facing the beach, and 
beyond this the native town extends for about 
a mile to the north-east. The road leads to the 
palace of the Sultan of Ternate, which is a small 
building in the European style, standing on a terrace 
facing a wide and beautiful lawn reaching down to 
the sea. The rajahs who at one time reigned over 
the savage and cruel pirates who infested these isles 
