844 
A GLANCE AT M1NAHASSA. 
wood of area and other trees, so that the eye is shut in right and left* 
At one o’clock we arrived at Amurang. It is a large kdmpong, di¬ 
vided into straight streets, the population consists of 1,000 Christians 
and 2,000 Alfurs ; there is a fine loge and church roofed with tiles, 
and a large school house. The fortalice is in a very decayed state, 
and not calculated in our opinion to be of much service. There is 
nothing else at Amurang remarkable save the ropery where Gumu- 
ti' twine is prepared, but of small size, because the thicker kind is 
made at Kemd. On an excursion to the negory Romohon we went 
to visit this also : on our arrival the yarns were being spun and in 
three quarters of an hour a coil of 120 fathoms was made. The 
work is fatigtieing, hut the inhabitants get through it rapidly. This 
ropery, like that at Kem3, is a government undertaking ; the people 
furnish the gutnuti yarn in commutation of a tax, while the work¬ 
men are paid by the ropery. 
The Superintendent at Amurang told us that in the sea a hot 
spring is found ; but the coast not being free from pirates we did 
~not go to visit it. 
From here we took our way homeward through Tanfi Wanko. 
For nine miles the road is very even, till we reach the foot of the 
mountain Monte in the Dessa Leler, where it becomes very steep 
and in the rainy season must he almost impassible on horseback. 
At Monte we changed our horses, which was very necessary, since 
the whole way to Ratio Wanko, a negory close by Tana Wanko, is 
not one of the easiest, and in riding along the beach we had to strug¬ 
gle with large rocks and stones. 
The next day was occupied in travelling through Tatelie to Me- 
n&do where we arrived at half past 11 o’clock in the forenoon, after 
an absence of 30 days and well satisfied with our journey. 
*** We have taken some liberties with the arrangement of the 
preceding paper, our object having been to enable the reader to ga¬ 
ther from it some general idea of the characteristics and capabilities 
of a rich and promising province of Celebes, about to be opened to 
British trade. M. Spreeuwenberg’s account of the inhabitants we 
shall give in a future number. We cannot at present offer any infor¬ 
mation respecting the trade of the country. Count Hogendorp, in 
his Coup d’ Oeil sur F Isle de Java, (1830) states, that “ of the two 
northern districts of Celebes, which are under the governor of the 
Moluccas, Menddo ami Gorontalo (Gunong Tello), the former be- 
