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NIAS , the largest See also:

island in the See also:chain off the. See also:west See also:coast of See also:Sumatra, Dutch See also:East Indies, lying about 1° N., 970 30' E. It is roughly oblong in See also:form, measuring about 8o m. by 28, and appears to be partly of volcanic origin and to consist partly of older rocks corresponding with those of Sumatra. Its extreme See also:elevation is about 2300 ft. A number of islets (Nako, Bunga, &c.) See also:lie off the west and See also:north coasts. The island is thickly populated by a See also:pagan See also:people, who by some authorities, including F. Junghuhn, have been associated with the See also:Battas, but are probably a distinct See also:branch of the pre-Malayan or See also:Indonesian See also:race. See also:Slavery and See also:head-See also:hunting are universal, despite the efforts of Dutch and See also:German missionary See also:societies. The natives are skilled in such crafts as See also:weaving and See also:metal-See also:work, as well as in See also:agriculture See also:time, finding him asleep, he stabbed him; but See also:Sigurd, before he died, and road-making. Coco-See also:nut oil is produced on Nias and also more especially on the Nako See also:group. A Dutch See also:commissioner is established at Gunong Sitoli on the east coast, a See also:settlement of See also:Malay and See also:Chinese traders.

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