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t ¦ ; , £ L iraturalist In Worth Celebes , by Sydney J . Hickson , M . A ., JXSc . F . Z . S . Dr . Hickson visited the Malay Archipelago in the year 1885 in order to investigate the coral i ¦ / I i
formations , and he took the opportunity of his visit to this remote part of the world to acquaint himself with the general faunafloraand ethnology of several of the smaller and less ;
known islands in the tropical seas . In , this volume , he gives the results of his researches , and the book combines scientific thoroughness and accuracy with pleasant descriptions of native
life and of the Dutch colonists who rule the islands . North Celebes is rather longer than Great Britain ; it has an area of 30 , 000 square miles , and a coast line of nearly 2 , 000 . The | central portion of the island—a territory nearly as large as England and Wales—possesses , in
Dr addition . Hickson to a g magnificent ives a graphic climate descri , primaeval ption of the forests manner , fertile and soil customs , and friendl of the y peop inhabitants le , their . ¦ legends , song , and traditions ; and the book also contains a classification of the different \
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1889, page 1588, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121889/page/54/
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