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A GLANCE AT MINAHASSA. 
disturbed. TIrey also accuse the Bantikkers of from time to time 
casting into the sea a certain root, borie , which causes an irritation 
in the eyes of the fish, and also a fruit called eanta which stupifies 
the fish and makes them rise to the surface where they are easily 
taken. This stupifaction does not spoil the fish and they remain 
good for eating. 
There are also procured very good river fish, shrimps, eels, crabs 
and lobsters. The purse-crab or so called katang kanarie comes 
from the Sangir islands. Cabos, gbtegfete &c., although we can from 
time to time procure them, belong more to the highlands. The tu- 
turuga or tortoise is also found here ; they are mostly brought in by 
the orang Badjo. 
An Excursion in Minaliassa, 
On the 9th. of August, 1842, Mnrs. Van Dieman and Moraux, 
the agents in the Moluccas of the Netherlands Handelmaatschappy , 
and the writer, on horseback, and the wife and two daughters of 
the latter in chairs, made a journey from Menado to the highlands 
of this Residency. The party very early reached the negory Lotta, 
situated 6 miles from the capital at the northern foot of the moun¬ 
tain Impong, and elevated a considerable height above the level of 
the sea. There is nothing very remarkable in this small village, 
save in its possessing the dwelling house of the Hukom Besar (Dis¬ 
trict head) which is still built after the old Alfuran style of architec¬ 
ture, and distinguished by its dirtiness. It might be supposed that the 
negorisinthe vicinity of the capital would be advanced in civilization 
much further than their neighbours in the more distant districts, 
and that the inhabitants, acquainted with our customs from an earlier 
period, would gradually have acquired them. The contrary however 
is the fact; and in the sequel we shall find that many good and 
beautiful things are to be found in the interior, of which we should 
in vain seek the traces in the capital Menado. 
From the negory Lotta we commenced to ascend the mountain 
Impong, which has a height of 3000 feet. From one point on this 
road we have a magnificent view over the bay of Menado, Menfido 
Tuah, and the islands which form the Straits of Banka. In other 
respects the journey is monotonous, and in the rainy season, parti¬ 
cularly when a large quantity of produce is brought down, it is near¬ 
ly impassible.* 
* The road has now been altered and improved. 
