Mindanao
C.debez,
navigator Magalhaens was la in. . Tfee otiie^_ M e Hands mlght'flbe
counted b y hundreds. In general this grand and extenfiVe group pre-
fents many voleatiic appearances; and mdft o f the iflS abound with
lava, and yolnanic glafs, Mpifer,- and hot fprings.1 Such atleaft^tte
the reprefentations of the French writers, who feem fond 6Y: voicah^es,
natural “and moral. Thefe iiles prefent wild hoars, creer, and useful
animals o f various kinds; and among yegdfablessthe bread fruit muft
n o t be forgotten, which ftrft appears on the 'eaftern co£ffs 6f Siirnatra,
and thence extends its benefits' through innumerable Hand's in the
Indian and Pacific oceans. ’
IV . T h e C e l e b e z i a n I s l e s .
Thefe Hands are by D’Anville claffed with the^Qreat l^ioluccas ;s but
an infpedtion o f his map, or o f Arrowfmith’s chart of the-Pacific;,; .tyill
fatisfy the reader that this is a vipient arrangement, as'-not ‘only a-'wide
expanfe of Pea intervenes between Uelebez and the Moluccas, but an extreme
Hand, of vaft extent, is thus attached to a,comparatively;; fmall
and diftant group. I f Ceiebez muft be claffed with any other t Hand
it ought to be with Borneo, from which it is only feparated h y th e
ftrait of Macaffar, being as it were the Ireland o f the Bornean Britain.
But as thefe two Hands have never been fubfe&, like th ofeof Japan, to
one government there is no common appellation extended to both.
It feems therefore preferable to confider Ceiebez, and the fmall adjacent
Hes, as a diftindt portion o f this vaft archipelago. ,
C e l e b e z is an ifie o f great and irregular length, more than 600
B. miles, but divided into various portions b y . immenfe bays, 'J§i that
the breadth is commonly .not above 60 B. miles ; but i f taken at the
centre, where the various limbs unite, may be 140 B. miles to Tolo bay
in the eaft. This Hand is lofty and mountainous, efpec tally towards
the centre, and there are feveral active volcanoes. Though the Afiatic Has
abound in fublime and beautiful feenery, this is depi&ed as exceeding
them all.” Rivers abound, riling in the high mountains, and precipitate
Pennant, iv. 86.
II -tinj
ting downy aft ropks,. ajóaidftjaifylyan feene eff ilófty'anjj >ffWgular .trees.. Celehez,
Though this file «feem tso have .beep. kno wrvtl^ M4galhaens and Pigafetta,
under th,e name, underr, t b y e t it is
laid;to have Pot a s 'b tS ^ gW jo.the Mo"-
luccas,Sa's Mr. Pennanft ïcék èeiy ^ for Plgafetta rèft|fas|4 is. «ame to-^.
the„fiv^ fmall il^s o n , Q a l t f e a T ^ J^ P ^ tq g u g fe chained a
fe|lqment near Macaffar in the^, W.', ^eipg.' favourefeby’th^ filing o f
that region; but ,we^t^xp„elled^y}’^,^’rj^tch fa l§ § o , whojeoqtapp-
to - eontroul t?lier jid^and, tfie. permittee^ to ,jt,racfe
The natives, conmion|y |Galled.^Iacafiars,t4j sften^ggxa/fe the«:., couyagq-
if|the q u ^ y of%^|p©ter&,' attacking^girels.,;With. furprjzing defpera-
tio^ and*often with\|aübes5!-iorarraws.'peifoticd with the juice.of the
notorious.fyee^,- or fhrub calledlUpac^' Theï^bbu%i-areiraifed ön pillars*. ]'
as-ufual, on j account o f the rainy feafofljyer W. monfoon,, from *
v ember. tiff M a rch .^ lT h e y were formerly.regarded; a's. cannibals,;f^nd
thé kings of the'Moluccas were accuftomed tojfend criminals. tar Ceiebez
to be devoured.1 . In 1768 the Dutch ofrthe city of Macaffar refufed to;
admit Captain! Carteret; though .employed''on la voyage o f difeovery,
anjifbl# IMp ia&b crtW were in the utmoft diftréfedl I The fThtebeziafi
group fiaigta aptly be termed Hé Iffes'ofPoMbMj' ¥emg full ofpoifonous
trees%ndpianta; though the noted Upas beexaggerated and aferified to
Java,' where fit feems the
falutary produftions of the Spice Blands, with\the moft pernicious
proofs o f h e r ' power. This large Hand having been, like Bornéö, ..
litiè explored, there is a great-defieiencym-itanatura! Hiftory. -The
inhabitants'afe faid to cultivate "great quantities; office :§
Around* Ceiebez are many fiiiall ifles,. a& Sanguy Ini the N. the f a t- hk
SauiiiAg, and Pjg^i:UQ in th eE v, with Bcwtan apd SsAi^iatthe &,
and- fome of fmaller note; in the W. Even the fmallefhjfies are.mollly
inhabited and; governed by chiefs. . In ISanguy^ andifome crtiert. there
* Tte moft powerful people are the Bouians, oii liiébay of Boni, cg3i.e i' by EiigEfl»
leatoen, and by other nations Bouginefe. Stavoriaus, .ii. i8 i. - •. !f' .
Mandfflflo, 1.403,. , ,Js See his owa account in Hawtefworth’s. Voyages. |H
The fabulous Foerfch plants his enormous jQjpas twenty- {even-1 leagues from Soura Sharta.
tl Anvillc. does not'indieate this Soura in his map of Java. His account is confuted in the ■ ^
mefe Embafiy, vol. i. p. 309. The real Upas is the climate of Batavia.
are;