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ated upon the gulph or bay of Tominee, gold is found by digging about four feetunder the furface of the earth.
Toerongan is fituated inland. This negree, or townfhip, and eight others apper-taining to it, bear the denomination of Wauwo Woele, or the leffer mountains. TheyWere formerly all free, and dependent upon no one; afterwards, and pofterior to theconqueft of Samboupo, fix of them were admitted, at their earneft requeft, into the alli-ance of the Company ; and not long after the people of Touraayo, fituated behindGoach, at the foot of the mountains, and fome others in that neighbourhood, wereequally, at their own defire, included in the treaty of Boni.
In time of war thefe places are of great importance, but moll of them are at prefentunited with Boni; as is the cafe with Boele-boele and its appurtenances, which isfituated in the bay of Boni, at and near the river of the fame name. To the weft ithas Wauwo Woele, to the fouth the river Caffa, to the north the river Tanka, and tothe eaft the fhores of the bay. This country is likewife fometimes called Tellolimpoe;tt has three chief negrees, or townlhips, namely Boele-boele, Lamante, and Radja,which are all independent of each other.
Before and during the war of 1667, thefe people were the faithful allies of the Ma-caflers, who, by the treaty of Boni, gave up all claim to this country and its inhabitants.After that war it was poffeffed by the Radja Palacca, and it was governed by him inbehalf of the Company, remaining one of their raoft obedient allies; but after hisdeath, it continued under the dominion of Boni, whofe Kings now look upon it as ana ppendage of their crown.
Thefe are the principal matters relative to the kingdoms and ftates of Celebes ,which I found particularly mentioned in the aforefaid manufcript account.
I fhall, in conclufion, fay fomething of the more diftant countries, which, though theydo not peculiarly belong to Celebes , have much relation to the Company’s governmenta t Macaffer.
Bouton is a pretty large ifland, lying eaft of Celebes , of which I fhall fay more, inthe account of my voyage from Macaffer to Amboyna.
The Kings of this ifland have equally acceded to the treaty of Boni, though theyhave not conftantly ftuck to it; for in the year 1752, they fuffered the Company’s fhipRuft en Werk (reft and work) to be plundered by pirates, for which the BoutonnersReceived a fevere correction from the Company in the year 1755 » they then foughttor aid from Boni and Ternate, but not fucceeding in this, they began, by degrees, tofeline towards peace, and fhewed an inclination to keep their engagements with the. om pany, without however, either renewing them, or paying the penalty which was^PoiedfUpon them by the Company, on account of the perfidioufnefs they had been
The petty ftates which are fituated on the oppofite ifland of Sumbawa , viz. Dima,°mpo, Tambora, Sangar, Papekat, and Sumbawa , are independent of each other,ut united together by a defenfive alliance, as far as regards their poffeflions on ther , Sumbawa . They are likewife all feparately the allies, and under the protectionof the Company. 3 *
., lrna bos at the eaft end of Sumbawa , about forty-five leagues fouth of the fouth-_ r point of Celebes , and the paffage over can be effected, in a good veffel, the wholeof S r ° un ^' h is a free ftate, under whofe jurifdiCtion are comprehended the Straitsoappy, the whole of Mangery at the weft point of the ifland of Ende, and the ifland°enong-api, which laft lies a little to the north of Bima.
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