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CHAPTER XV. 
TEXDt BEtV — SLAVE R Y VEGET ATIOK— FI RE— RELIG LOUS 
BELIEF BURIAL RITES— DEPARTURE. 
Timgr-laut is a Malay appellation, probably 
given by Macassar traders, who come thus far in 
their curious prahus to exchange their wares for 
tortoise-shell and tripang, and is a name quite 
unknown to the natives. They speak of them- 
selves as Tcnimber people. It was long thought 
that the two large islands, now found to be separ- 
ated by a strait, were one ; but the natives must 
have known of two, for they speak of the northern 
island as Yamdena, and the southern as Selaru. 
Villages are dotted pretty thickly along the 
coast, except on the northern portion, where 
there appears to be no population. No black 
frizzly -headed savage people dwell in the in- 
terior, as has been supposed : there are no in- 
habitants there. The old Chinese gentleman in 
Amboina, who was so kind to us, blames the 
