836 
A GLANCE AT M1NAHASSA. 
but is distinguished by a sharp eye and a rapid manner of speaking, 
which indicate the passion and fire of his soul. Our visit did not 
seem to be disagreeable to him, particularly when he heard that we 
were acquainted with his fellow revolutionists, who are now in the 
Vorstenlanden (Princeslands) in the service of government. He had 
still a lively recollection of many of the chief functionaries. His 
dwelling, like that of the other Javanese, of whom 70 to 80 re¬ 
side here, has not thing remarkable in it, and is built in the Java¬ 
nese manner, that is to say on the ground, surrounded by a fence of 
bambu and covered with al&ng filang. Within the limits of their 
dessa are their sawa fields, and around their dwellings small vegeta¬ 
ble gardens, while a great number of them maintain themselves by 
petty trading. They produce also very good potatoes, kachang ta¬ 
na &e. There is no doubt that they will form a new race in Mina- 
h assa, because they continue to adhere to the Mahomedan faith, and 
extend it by marriage with Alfur women, who must first adopt their 
religion. 
The district Tondano is surrounded by fine sawa fields. It is to 
be regretted that all the labour is performed by the hand, and not 
by the plough and harrow. We have already spoken of the coffee 
gardens. The fishing also furnishes a large branch of subsistence 
for the Tondanese. In the morning the thermometer ^Fah.) stood 
at 67°. 
Before our departure we invited the principal heads with their 
wives to dinner, together with the missionary Riedel living there, 
so that at table we mustered 30 persons. 
On the 19th. of August we went in two sloops across the lake 
Tondano to Rembokan, for on this water, which is situated 2000 feet 
above the level of the sea, there are capital boats built by an Eng¬ 
lishman, Mr, Davis. It is generally believed that this lake, which 
is 3 leagues in length, and |d to 1 league in breadth, is of volca¬ 
nic origin. In the centre is the real spring where the water conti¬ 
nually bubbles up from the ground. This, with the water that is 
supplied by the streams near Kdkds , and those, 31 in number, which 
again feed the latter, form the river Tondano and its cascade. The 
lake has a variable depth of 90 to 100 feet and the inhabitants as¬ 
sert that there is a place between Kakas and Rembokan which is bot¬ 
tomless, and to which they attach a particular superstition. 
On the shore of this lake are situated the following dessas. De¬ 
parting from Tondano on the right hand there are Rembokan, Passo 
