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government have a penal settlement there for convicts , who are employed rearing Co- 

 chineal. 



Balanak, a variety of sea fisli, very good in flavour, but very full of fine bones. Mugil 

 Sundanensis. A mullet. 



Balandongan, a place to keep or pile timber in- an open slied to store timber in. 



B a 1 a n g , to throw , to cast , to fling. 



Balangan, to throw at, to aim at with any missile. 



Balangkën, to throw or cast any object, as a stone or stick. 



Balangsiar, to stroll or go about, raising the wind, or seeking the means of subsistance , 

 or the necessaries of life. 



Balanja, hire, cost, expense, disbursements , money for current expenses, pocket-money , 

 wages , maintenance. 



Balas, an eruption, or breaking out of pustules on the skin. 



Balasawajar, an expression clifficu.lt to translate, answering to — D'ont teil me; do you 

 think I am such a fooi as to believe you. 



Ba la w ir i, to wander or go backwards and forwards to the same place. 



B a 1 é , a public building in every village , that serves for a mosque or place of worship , 

 and it is here also that all strangers unknown to the inhabitants are lodged and fed. 

 The Balé is probably of very ancient use, as it is still known as a petty Hindu tem- 

 ple on Bali. Bat. Trans, vol 22 Page 33/31. (It is the same as Balai; which see). 



Balédog, to throw at, to strike at, to thwack, to thump. 



Balég, ar: adult, marriageable , grown up to puber ty- longing after the opposite sex. 



Balen, turn, time. Sa balen, once , one time. Tilu balen, three times. 



Balës, to return, to retaliate, to have revenge; to fly back as a spring or bent stick ; such 

 spring itself. Bales surat to answer a letter. Pawjhadéan kula dl bales kn goréng , my 

 goodness is requited with evil. Ari sia sohjahil, mohal to di batës , if you are malicious, 

 you are sure to be retaliated upon. Bales na bejad, the spring is spoiled. 



Bali, the island next to Java on the East, where the Hindu religion found refuge, and 

 continued to be observed after the fall of majaphahit on Java , and the consequent in- 

 troduction of Mohammedanism. A sort of Hinduism still exists on Bali. Mr. Friederich 

 considers that the word Bali is of the same origin as Bantam , which see- and fancies 

 that Bali was a sort of holy land of the Panditas, devoted to religious purposes and 

 offerings, which in short the word implies. Baléyan , C. 469 fit or proper for sacri- 

 fice. The word in its origin is no doubt the same as the Sunda word Balai- 

 which see. 



Bali, the after-birth , the placenta. 



Balibat, a word heard in the names of some ancient divinities. The Badui have a divinity 

 called Dalam Balibat Jaya. Bali- see voce. Bata , C. 455 descent , going down, descent 

 from a lieight. The west- Bali-bata may be thus „ brought down by sacrifices , by of- 



