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west and east, indicates a similar structure to that of the other islands of the chain. Several volcanoes are active. Among the loftier summits are, on the See also:

south See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, Gunong Rokka (7940 ft.) and Keo (656o ft.); with the lesser but constantly active Gunong Api, forming a See also:

peninsula; and at the south-east, Lobetobi (7,20 ft.). The thickly wooded interior is little explored. The coasts have deep bays and extensive rounded gulfs, where are situated the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal villages (team-pangs). On the See also:

north coast are See also:

Bari, Reo, Maumer and Geliting; on the east, Larantuka; and on the south, Sikka and Endeh. See also:

FLORIAN 539 The See also:

rivers, known only at their mouths, seem to be unnavigable. The mean temperature is 770 to 8o° F., and the yearly rainfall 43 to 47 in. For administrative purposes the island is divided into West Flores (Mangerai), attached. to the See also:

government of See also:

CELEBES

Celebes, and See also:

MIDDLE

Middle and East Flores (Larantuka and dependencies), attached to the residency of See also:

Timor. The See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population is estimated at 250,000.

The See also:

PEOPLE

people live by See also:

trade, fishing, See also:

salt-making, See also:

SHIPBUILDING

shipbuilding, and the cultivation of See also:

rice, See also:

MAIZE, or INDIAN CORN

maize, and palms in the See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain, but there is little See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry or See also:

commerce. Some edible birds' nests, rice, See also:

SANDALWOOD (from Fr. sandal, santal, Gr. oitvraXov, atw&sXov, Pers. sandal, chandan, Skt. chandana, the sandal tree; the form " sanders " is probably an English corruption)

sandalwood and See also:

CINNAMON

cinnamon are exported to Celebes and elsewhere. The inhabitants of the coast-districts are mainly of See also:

MALAY

Malay origin. The See also:

ABORIGINES

aborigines, who occupy the interior, are of Papuan stock. They are tall and well-built, with dark or See also:

black skins. The See also:

HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair is frizzly. They are pure savages; their only See also:

religion is a See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of nature-See also:

WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship. They consider the See also:

earth See also:

HOLY

holy and inviolable; thus in severe droughts they only dig the See also:

RIVER

river-beds for See also:

WATER

water as a last resource. See also:

PORTUGAL

Portugal claimed certain portions of the island until 1859.

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