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As a final touch of tyranny, the grim old Marshal gave orders that if a dessa did not complete its section of the road within the allotted time the chiefs of that district were to be taken out and hung. When the Dutch determined to open up Celebes by the construction of a highway system they realized the wisdom of obtaining the cooperation of the native rulers.
It was the hideous hammer-headed shark, the dreaded zygaena of the Celebes Sea.
The oil known as macassar comes from Maugkasara, the name of a district in the island of Celebes. Antimacassar means literally a "protection against macassar oil," anti being the Latin word for "against." The tobacco known as Latakia takes its name from the town called by the Turks Latakia, the old town of Laodicea. Both the words bronze and copper come from the names of places.
Nearly every tribe possessed war prahus, in which they would sally forth to attack any trader from China, Celebes, or any of the neighbouring islands, which might unfortunately get becalmed near their coasts. We now stood back to land Kalong and his crew, according to the promise made to him.
Search of passage to north-east abandoned Passage across the Pacific A group of islands made Thievish practices of the natives Called the Carolines The Moluccas reached Friendly reception by the King of Ternate Comes off in his state barge His magnificent jewels The Hind sails Careened at an island near Celebes Gigantic trees, fire-flies, crabs Gets among reefs and shoals Strikes on a rock Perilous position of the ship Gets off A heavy gale Runs under bare poles Anchors off Baratira Natives friendly Sails on to Java The Rajah treats them well The Golden Hind sails across the Indian Ocean Rounds the Cape of Good Hope Touches at Sierra Leone Enters the Channel Plymouth reached the 25th of September, 1580 Received by the Queen The Queen visits the Golden Hind Drake knighted His subsequent enterprises against the Spaniards In command of the Bonaventura attacks the Spanish Armada His last expedition to the West Indies, and death at sea.
A divine ancestress of the Bantiks, a tribe inhabiting the Celebes Islands, came down from the sky with seven companions to bathe. A man who saw them took them for doves, but was surprised to find that they were women. He possessed himself of the clothes of one of them, and thus obliged her to marry him.
From Guam, a very poor place, and the Natives uncommonly nasty, we shaped our course to Ternate; and about the 2d of May saw land, which we took for some of the Islands lying about the N.E. part of Celebes, but were satisfied soon after that we were in the Straits of Guiana. 18th May passed several Islands, and the South point of Gillolo.
Having dispatched all his affairs at Ternate, the admiral left the place, and sailed to a small island to the southwards of Celebes, where he remained twenty-six days. This island is all covered with wood, the trees being of large size, tall, straight, and without boughs, except at the top, the leaves resembling our English broom.
At day-light in the morning of the 25th, we made the island of Celebes, bearing from south 11° 00' east, to south 54° 00' east, distant eight or nine leagues: at noon on the 26th, the north-west point of Celebes bore south-south-east about ten leagues.
Thus the Alfoors of Minahassa, in Celebes, will sometimes transport a sick man to another house, while they leave on his bed a dummy made up of a pillow and clothes. This dummy the demon is supposed to mistake for the sick man, who consequently recovers. Cure or prevention of this sort seems to find especial favour with the natives of Borneo.
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