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part of volcanic formation, and the existence of hot springs points to volcanic activity. There are, however, especially in the southern portion, See also:

ancient and non-volcanic rocks. The highest See also:

ELEVATION

elevation occurs at the See also:

south of the island, the See also:

mountain of Labua reaching 6950 ft. See also:

COAL

Coal and other minerals have been discovered. A large portion of the island is richly wooded, and See also:

SAGO

sago, See also:

COCOA

cocoa-nuts and See also:

CLOVES

cloves (which are indigenous) are abundantly produced. Bachian is remarkable as the most eastern point on the globe inhabited by any of the Quadrumana, a See also:

black See also:

APE (Old Eng. ape; Dutch aap; Old Ger. a ffo; Welsh epa; Old Bohemian op; a word of uncertain origin, possibly an imitation of the animal's chatter)

ape occurring here as in See also:

CELEBES

Celebes. The island is very See also:

rich in birds and See also:

INSECTS

insects. The interior of the island is uninhabited and none of the dwellers on the See also:

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

coast are indigenous. They consist of the Sirani or See also:

Christian descendants of the Portuguese, of See also:

MALAYS

Malays, with a Papuan See also:

ELEMENT (Lat. elementum)

element, Galela men from the See also:

north of Halmahera, immigrants from Celebes, with some See also:

CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese and See also:

ARABS

Arabs. The See also:

TOTAL

total number of inhabitants is about 13,000.

The See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

VILLAGE

village, called Amasing by the in-habitants, but also called Bachian, is situated on the west See also:

side of the isthmus. Bachian is the most important island of a See also:

GROUP

group formerly governed by a See also:

SULTAN (an Arabic word meaning " victorious " or " a ruler," sultat, dominion)

sultan, but since 1889 by a See also:

COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee of chiefs under the See also:

CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control of a Dutch conlroleur. From 1882 onwards a Batjan See also:

COMPANY

company attempted to exploit the island, but unsuccessfully, owing to a deficient knowledge of the See also:

SOIL

soil and its capabilities and a lack of labourers. BACK-See also:

BOND, or BACK-See also:

LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

LETTER, in Scots See also:

law, a See also:

DEED (in O. Eng. dead, from the stem of the verb " to do ")

deed qualifying the terms of another deed, or declaratory of the purposes for which another deed has been granted. Thus an ex facie See also:

ABSOLUTE (Lat. absolvere, to loose, set free)

absolute disposition, qualified by a back-bond expressing the limited nature of the right actually. held by the See also:

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person to whom the disposition is made, would constitute what in See also:

England is termed a deed of See also:

TRUST

trust. BACK-See also:

CHOIR (0. Fr. cuer from Lat. chorus; pronounced quire, and until the end of the 17th century so spelt, the spelling being altered to agree with the Fr. chceur)

CHOIR, RETRO-CHOIR, a space behind the high See also:

ALTAR (Lat. altare, from alias, high; some ancient etymological guesses are recorded by St Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae xv. 4)

altar in the choir of a See also:

church, in which there is, or was, a small altar See also:

STANDING

standing back to back with the other.

End of Article: BACHIAN (Dutch Batjan)

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