CELEBES 
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Off the S.E. promontory we come to the large islands 
of Mima and Butung (Boeton). The latter is over 100 
miles long, and is composed chiefly of coralline limestone, 
although it is said to have an extinct volcano at its 
northern extremity. The united population of the two 
islands exceeds 20,000, and large quantities of cotton 
are grown. 
The island of Salaier, off the southern point of Celebes, 
is 40 miles in length, and is densely peopled, the popula¬ 
tion of the entire group being over 50,00 0. The Dutch 
have a small settlement and a fort here, and have planted 
the teak tree with success. This completes the enumera¬ 
tion of the islands of any importance belonging to Celebes. 
The whole western and northern coast after leaving 
Makassar, for a distance of more than 800 miles, presents 
not a single island of the slightest* importance. A deep 
sea everywhere approaches close to the shore, and prob¬ 
ably indicates that on this side the land has undergone 
little change, either of elevation or of subsidence, for a 
very long period. 
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