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And the inhabitants of this ifland were more civi- 
lized than fome of the neighbouring ones, who were 
all cannibals, “ for it had a fiiver metropolis, and 
“ produced not only gold but plenty of barley: o <nj- 
“ i louvet vycrog. £u(popuTcijyj Xiyejat v\ vvjtrcg eivui, 
en 7 S-Xei<gov y^uorov -sroieiv. eyew J'g (xztco 7 toXiv ovoy.cc 
t( apfugov.” 
Next to it were the three iflands of Satyrs ; “ they 
il were called fo becaufe the men who inhabited 
“ them, were faid to have iuch tails as the Satyrs 
“ were ufually painted with ; tuv : ag f oi xxreyorfeg, 
{( ovQctg zyziv Xsfovjai, cvroiag ^lafpypovcrL ragruv cralvpwv” 
Thefe were mold probably the Celebes 6 , Borneo, &c. 
“ for immediately after them were faid to be other 
<c ten iflands (called Manillas), which produced fuch 
“ large quantities of loadftone, as have been faid to 
“ attradf fhips afhore, which happened to be con- 
“ ftrudted with iron nails, for which rcafon the in- 
“ habitants made ufe of wooden ones: cpe^ovlai $e x.a,i 
(< aXX oc cvvsyeig ev aig (pan t a n^povg eyovjoc yXovg 
<c zsXoicc KUTexEc&ai, net} a, Tvjg ygyxXaag XtQou Tztpj. avjag 
(< yevvuysvyg. uai $iot rcvjo e 7nnooig vtxv7rr l fzu&~ai, kocJs- 
t( yeiv T£ Koil utfas av0t>c*)7ro(p(x,lovs, Kci?*.ovyevovg Msn/;o- 
“ Xag h .” 
fame fignification, it would sppear that both the name of the 
ifland and that of the grain were exported from that country. 
Hyde’s, Hiftor. Relig. Vet. Perf. kc. 
{ Ibidem. 
s The Celebes is infefted with numbers of mifchicvous and 
dangerous great monkeys, which keep in bodies too hard for 
any wild beads to lwirt them, and are only afraid of ferpents, 
which puriue them to the very tops of the trees, and devour 
them. Bowen’s Geogr. -Diet. v. ii. p. 378. 
h The Manillas are original names, and were called fo by the 
inhabitants before the Spaniards took poueflion of them. Argcn- 
fol, Hiftor. 
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l 
Not with- 
