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228 AUSTRALASIA.North of Parigi tlic peninsula still continues (o contract between the Bays ofDondo and Tomiui. But the whole region is almost depopulated', and Tumini,which gives an alternative name to the vast Gulf of Gorontolo, is an obscurehamlet comprising some ten or twelve native cabins. Gorontolo [ITolontalo) whichgives its name both to the gulf and to the northern peninsula of Celebes, lies in aKg. 96.Adiiinistkative DrrisioNS of Celebes.Sc.ile 1 : 12,500,«IO.^Government of Celebes. Eesitlence of Menado Eesidence of Temate. Residence of Amboyna.Residence of Timor.Portuguese Territory.210 Miles.dried-up laevistrine plain at the mouth of a narrow valley watered by a torrentwhich issues from Lake Limbotto. Beyond this point the coast is almost uninhabitedas far as the shores of Minahassa, where follow the two jDorts of Bclaixjand Kema.These places are connected by good routes across the i^eninsula with Menado,capital of the province, and northern rival of Macassar in political and commercial