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SALEYER (Dutch, Saleijer)

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 67 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SALEYER (Dutch, Saleijer) , a See also:group of islands belonging to the See also:government of See also:Celebes and its dependencies in the Dutch See also:East Indies, numbering altogether 73, the See also:principal being Saleyer, Tambalongang, Pulasi and Bahuluwang; between 5°36' and 7° 25' S. and 1r9° 50' and 121° 30' E. The See also:mail? See also:island, Saleyer, is over 5o m. See also:long and very narrow; See also:area, 248 sq. m. The strait separating it from Celebes is more than too fathoms deep and, See also:running in a strong current, is dangerous for native See also:ships to navigate. The strata of the island are all sedimentary rocks: coralline See also:limestone, occasionally See also:sandstone; everywhere, except in the See also:north and north-See also:west, covered by a fertile See also:soil. The See also:watershed is a See also:chain running throughout the island from N. to S., reaching in Bontona Haru 5840 ft., sloping steeply to the east See also:coast. The See also:population, mainly a mixed See also:race of Macassars, Buginese, the natives of Luvu and See also:Baton, is estimated at 57,000 on the See also:main island and 24,000 on the dependent isles. They use the See also:Macassar See also:language, are for the most See also:part nominally Mahommedans (though many See also:heathen customs survive), and support themselves by See also:agriculture, fishing, seafaring, See also:trade, the preparation of See also:salt (on the See also:south coast) and See also:weaving. See also:Field See also:work is largely performed by a servile class. Raw and prepared See also:cotton, See also:tobacco, trepang, See also:tortoise-See also:shell, coco-nuts and coco-See also:nut oil, and salt are exported. There are frequent emigrations to Celebes and other parts of the See also:archipelago. For that See also:reason, and also on See also:account of its excellent horses and numerous buffaloes, Saleyer is often compared with See also:Madura, being of the same importance to Celebes as is Madura to See also:Java.

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