he country, they thanked us for the kindness shown
them, and we parted good friends.

We afterwards called on an English merchant long settled here, who
assured us that the people would be well cared for and sent back should
they wish it to Sanguir, when information could be received that the
volcano was once more at rest. The chief production of the district is
coffee, of which we shipped a considerable quantity as freight. We
found the account given by the captain in no way exaggerated, and we
could easily believe, as asserted, that the inhabitants are the most
industrious, peaceable, and civilised, that they are better educated,
better clothed, better housed, and better fed of any of the natives of
the vast archipelago. Commerce, a paternal, though somewhat despotic
Government, and education, combined with Christian missionary effort,
has worked the wonderful change in less than forty years. Our friend,
who had a house in the country, took Mr Blyth and me up to see his
plantations, as also a menagerie which he had formed. In passing a
piece of open ground we caught sight of a number of animals, which I
supposed to be dogs. They were making their way towards an orchard.

"The rascals!" exclaimed our friend, "they are on a predatory
expedition, intending to steal the fruit from yonder trees."

Jumping off his horse, and taking his gun, which his servant carried, he
ran towards them. They did not appear to notice him until he was within
shot of them. He fired, when one fell and the rest took to flight,
quickly scrambling up the trees of the forest, which extended towards us
to within a short distance where they were lost to sight. On examining
the creature he had killed I found it to be about the size of a spaniel,
of a jet black colour, with the projecting dog-like muzzle and
overhanging brows of a baboon. It had large callosities, and a scarcely
visible tail, not an inch in length.

Our friend told us that these creatures were monkeys, though more like
baboons, that descending from the trees where they live, they often
invade orchards and gardens, and commit great havoc. Our friend's house
was something like an Indian bungalow, though of rougher materials, and
was surrounded by a fine garden and orchard, with extensive plantations
in the rear. I cannot describe more than two of the animals in his
menagerie. One was the Tapiutan, which from its appearance I could not
say whether it should be called a co