On p.393 under ‘Kaleo and surrounds’ you speak of a hill called Kaleo Hill. The hill is actually named Ombo mountain, after the village at the foot of the mountain. The Ombo village leaders (chief and tendana) are caretakers of this hill. Permission to climb the hill is to be asked for at Ombo, not Kaleo. The village also
offers information and, on request, can supply a guide to the best paths. Around 1905, Ombo Mountain was one of the places where local people succesfully held off the men of feared slave raider Babatu Zato, only weeks before the latter’s final defeat. Please be so kind as to correct the insertion in the next edition – the people of Ombo will be grateful to you. Nick van Wouwen
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