156 



kaslj kn LiKi.c;iiAhrn\ 



copper in a variety of characters, rendering their decipherment a work of 

 great dillieulty. S.i>mr o\ these relies appear to have taen removed to thi* 

 Rattles Museum, Singapore. 



Bauu 



Lost of tin? land* belotiijmy physically to the Asiatic division of 

 the Archipelago, this westernmost of the Lesser Sutida group Hes 

 between the slinl low Bali Strait now separating it from Java and i In- 

 deep Lombok passajje, by which it has always been severed bom 

 Lnmilxik and the whole Australasian world. It has a circumference 

 of ;tl>. -nl -J'K) miles and i- ru ly hilly and even mountains! is, eul- 

 minutin^ in i lu' in>iih-rji-i with the volcanic Gunnng Agung,or Peak 

 of Bali (11,400 feet). From this and other hill* flow numerous 

 streams in. nil directions, supplying abundant whWt to lis fertile: 

 which yield.-" rich crop* i'f rice, cut ton, ami tobacco. The native*, 

 akin to the Javanese in type and speech, are a finer and a more inde- 

 pendent race than their neighbours, as shown by their stout resistance 

 to the Mnhammcdiin invasion. Here the Hindu forma of religion 

 have found a L;--i r. l'i^' :li the Ar-.*hipe1au". cil J' M.e ] ■••■•y\f U hij; 

 sedai-ie.-; i-uIi-.t »\ Kr.di m.Lniam orSftnum, in Indio itnl£ Miew 

 are also a few Buddhist communities!, but scarcely any followers of 

 the Prophet except amongst the Malays of the trading places. The 

 institution of tastes even still prevail*, and tatth or the immola- 

 tion of widow* on their husband's funeral pyre t has not yet been 

 suppressed. 



The island is divided into oight prinnoaUties (Belelinp. KnrfUi^-a&Atu, 

 Klong-kon}*, Tabanan, Uanfdi, Mangir], Oyanuar, mid RadongK whose 

 hereditary ruler* retain thu title of raja. But Muce lS-iP, when Hull was 

 completely rwduced by the Dutch, these potentates enjoy the mere «m- 

 blance a( authority, ntul the Li Lam I now r'<n niw with L»inl'iok a l£<--.iili>oi'>% 

 administered hy un uiliuiaS stationed at IkkSuuj uii the north count, the 

 ehief Heajmrl of liati. 



THE PHILIPPINE AND BULU ARC Utt" 161^00 KS. 



General Sumy.- The Philippines occupy the whole of the 

 north-eastern section of the Archipelago,, with the central |tartB of 

 which they are physically connected by three chains of island* — 

 Palawan with Balubac, running from Minrfom to north-western 

 Borneo, the £>nlu group from Mindanao to north-eastern Borneo, and 

 Carearolong with the Talnuiau (Satiguir) and Siao groups, also from 

 Mindanao to Colfibes. These chains all lie on more or less elevated 



