LOMBOK. 



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A table of all the provinces with their respective areas and populations will be 

 found in the Appendix. 



LoMBOK. 



This island, so called by the Europeans from a village on the north-east coast, 



rig. 84. — LoMBOK Strait. 

 Scale 1 : 800,000. 



to 100 

 Fathoms. 



Depths. 



100 to 500 

 Fathoms. 



500 Fathoms 

 and upwards. 



18 Miles. 



is known to the natives by the name of Selaparang or Selaparan, and to the Malays 

 as the Tanah Sasak, or Land of the Sasak people. It pre.sents about the same 

 superficial extent as Bali, but is less known owing to the more rugged character of 

 the land, and the lower state of culture of its inhabitants. Since the middle of the 

 eighteenth century it has been a political dependency of Bali, although the 

 Balinese themselves form but a fraction of the population. 



