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MALAY ARCHIPELAGO.
CHAPTER XXI.
THE MOLUCCAS— TERNATE.
0N the morning of the 8th of January, 1858,1 arrived at
Ternate, the fourth of a row of fine conical volcanic
islands which skirt the west coast of the large and almost
unknown island of Gilolo. The largest and most perfectly
conical mountain is Tidore, which is over four thousand
feet high—Ternate being very nearly the same height, hut
with a more rounded and irregular summit. The town
of Ternate is concealed from view till we enter between
the two islands, when it is discovered stretching along O o
the shore at the very base of the mountain. Its
situation is fine, and there are grahd views on every
side. Close opposite is the rugged promontory and beautiful
volcanic cone of Tidore; to the east is the long
mountainous coast of Gilolo, terminated towards the north
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