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est mcludes only the priests; the second, the sol- 

 diers; the third, the merchants; and the fomih, 

 and lowest, comprises the common laborers. Ac- 

 cording to Mr. Crawfurd, who visited the island, 

 the wives of the soldiers frequently sacrifice them- 

 selves hj stabbing with the hris^ and the body 

 is afterward burned, and " with the princes, the sac- 

 rifice of one or two women is indispensable." The 

 high monntains on Bali contain a number of lakes or 

 tams^ which supply many streams, and the natives 

 are thus enabled to imgate their land so completely^ 

 that about twenty thousand tons of rice are annually 

 exported to other parts of the archipelago, after a 

 population of nearly three-quarters of a million is 

 supplied. In 1861 Java had only a population of 

 three hundred and t^venty-five to a square mile, while 

 Bali was supposed to have nearly five hundred, and 

 it is probably the most densely populated island in 

 these seas at the present time. 



The Hindu religion also prevails over a pai*t of 

 Lombot. On this island a huge mountain rises up, 

 according to the trigonometrical measurements of 

 Baron van Gamble, to a height of twelve thousand 

 three hundred and sixty English feet, and probably 

 overtops every other lofty peak in the whole archi- 

 pelago. 



