The earth and its inhabitants .. . earthitsinhabita00recl Year: 1890 234 AUSTRALASIA. The islet of Kihcaru, off the cast point of Ceram and near the ring-shaped Gisser, presents the aspect of a little ' Malay Venice,' where the pile-dwellings are so closely packed that the ground can nowhere be seen, and the whole island looks like a floating village. Lying on the only deep channel across the subma- rine banks of Ceram Laut, Kilwarii is a busy mart, the chief entrepôt of the trade between Amboyna and New Guinea. East of Amboyna, the chief town of the Uliasser group is Saparua, in the island o
The earth and its inhabitants .. . earthitsinhabita00recl Year: 1890 234 AUSTRALASIA. The islet of Kihcaru, off the cast point of Ceram and near the ring-shaped Gisser, presents the aspect of a little ' Malay Venice,' where the pile-dwellings are so closely packed that the ground can nowhere be seen, and the whole island looks like a floating village. Lying on the only deep channel across the subma- rine banks of Ceram Laut, Kilwarii is a busy mart, the chief entrepôt of the trade between Amboyna and New Guinea. East of Amboyna, the chief town of the Uliasser group is Saparua, in the island of the same name, near the shore of a good haven, and at the converging point of two routes which cross the island at its narrowest parts. But despite Fig. 99.—KiLWABU. Sen le 1 : 25,000. 150° 52' Easb oF Greenwich ISO'ss' Oto 16 Feet. Depths. 16 to 32 Feet. 32 Feet and upwards. 1,100 Yards. these natural advantages, Saparua has less than two thousand inhabitants, nearly all Christians. The surrounding plantations yield a larger quantity of cloves than Amboyna, though the crops are very precarious. A good harvest will exceed 340,000 lbs. for the whole Amboyna group, while that of bad years will fall below 56,000 lbs. The fortified town of Banda, or Neira, in the island of like name, occupies one of the most picturesque positions in the Eastern Archipelago. It lies on the north side of Banda Bay, on the slopes of Mount Papenberg, amidst the loveliest nutmeg plantations in the world. The opposite island of Great Banda is almost covered
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