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mariners, broke into eruption in 1843. There are no 
navigable rivers, although small streams are numerous, 
and in many cases are entirely utilised for purposes of 
irrigation, an art which is brought to great perfection. 
Many become dried up in the east monsoon. A number 
of small lakes exist, some at considerable elevations, and 
formed either in old craters or in depressions caused by 
volcanic disturbances ; and these too are largely used as 
ROYAL PALACE, BALI. 
reservoirs to supply water for irrigation, the plains and 
lowlands being highly cultivated' and exceedingly fertile. 
Bali has been well described as an old-fashioned Java. 
The manners and customs of that island as they existed 
a couple of hundred years ago are here preserved almost 
unchanged. The people are scarcely to be distinguished 
from the Javanese in appearance, excepting that they are 
perhaps a little taller and more sturdy in build. They 
live in villages surrounded by clay walls, and their houses 
