BATU  , or See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

RocK ISLANDS (Dutch Batoe), a See also:

• GROUP

group of three greater and See also:

• FORTY

forty-eight lesser islands in the Dutch See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Indies, W. of See also:

• SUMATRA

Sumatra, between o° to' N. to 6° 45' S. and 97° 50'—98° 35' E., belonging to the Ayerbangi See also:

• DISTRICT

district of the lowlands of Padang (Sumatra) . They are separated by the strait of Sibirut from the See also:

• MENTAWI

Mentawi group . The three See also:

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

chief islands, from N. to S., are Pini or Mintao, Masa, and See also:

• BALA

Bala . The See also:

• TOTAL

total See also:

• LAND

land See also:

• AREA

area of the group is 445 sq. m . The islands are generally See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low, and covered with See also:

• FOREST

forest, in which the cocoanut See also:

• PALM (Lat. palma, Gr. iraX6.jn )
• PALM, JOHANN PHILIPP (1768-1806)

palm is conspicuous . There is See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in cocoanuts, oil, and other forest produce . The natives, about 3000 in number, are of Malayan or pre-Malayan stock, akin to those of the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of See also:

• NIAS

Nias to the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west . Only about twenty of the smaller islands are inhabited .