the 
JOURNAL 
OF 
THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO 
AND 
EASTERN ASIA. 
A VISIT TO THE MOUNTAINEERS, DO DONGO, 
IN THE COUNTRY OF BIMA.* 
By M. H. Zollinger. 
The bay of Bima is so well known that I need say nothing of it 
here. To the west and to the south east of this hay there run ranges 
of volcanic mountains, the summits of the highest of which rise to a 
height of 4 and 5 thousand feet above the level of the sea. The 
highest peak, rises even to 5500 English feet; it is the peak named 
in the country Arou Hassa. In the language of the country an iso¬ 
lated peak is called Boro, a mountain or a range of mountains. 
Bongo. It is from this that the inhabitants of the mountains are 
called Bo or Bo~on Bongo, which is equivalent to the Malay words 
Ordng Gunong. However, in Bima, the inhabitants of the mountains 
above mentioned are more specially designated under this name, 
they being particularly distinguished from the other inhabitants of 
the country by their religion and their singular manners. Although 
living very near to the bay of Bima these people, known also under 
the name of Ordng Bongo , have never been visited by any of the 
Christians settled at Bima. They tell very terrible or very ridicu¬ 
lous things concerning,these poor mountaineers. First, they pretend 
that no European has ever been admitted into their village, and that 
if any one dared to enter, lie would infallibly fall sick and die within 
a few days after. This comes, they say, from there being a great 
number of evil spirits in these mountains with whom the mountaiu- 
* In the island ofSamb&Nva, 
VOL. II. NO. XI. NOVEMBER, 1848. Y ^ 
