The earth and its inhabitants .. . earthitsinhabita00recl Year: 1890 228 AUSTRALASIA. North of Paiigi the peninsula still continues to contract between the Bays of Dondo and Tomini. But the whole region is almost depopulated, and Toniini, which o-ives an alternative name to the vast Gulf of Gorontolo, is an obscure hamlet comprising some ten or twelve native cabins. Gorontolo [Ilolontalo) which gives its name both to the gulf and to the northern peninsula of Celebes, lies in a Fig. 96.—Administrative Divisions of Celebes. Scale 1 : 12,500,000. Government of Celebes. Residence of Menado. Re


The earth and its inhabitants .. . earthitsinhabita00recl Year: 1890 228 AUSTRALASIA. North of Paiigi the peninsula still continues to contract between the Bays of Dondo and Tomini. But the whole region is almost depopulated, and Toniini, which o-ives an alternative name to the vast Gulf of Gorontolo, is an obscure hamlet comprising some ten or twelve native cabins. Gorontolo [Ilolontalo) which gives its name both to the gulf and to the northern peninsula of Celebes, lies in a Fig. 96.—Administrative Divisions of Celebes. Scale 1 : 12,500,000. Government of Celebes. Residence of Menado. Residence of Timor. Residence of Ternate. Residence of Amboyna. Borneo. Portuguese Territory. 240 Miles dried-up lacustrine plain at the mouth of a narrow valley w^atered by a torrent which issues from Lake Limbotto. Beyond this point the coast is almost unin- habited as far as the shores of Minahassa, where follow the two ports of Belang and Kern a. These places are connected by good routes across the peninsula with Menado, capital of the province, and northern rival of Macassar in political and commercial


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