BURU  (Buro, Dutch Boeroe or Dutch See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Indies, one of the Molucca Islands belonging to the residency of See also:

• AMBOYNA (Dutch Ambon)

Amboyna, between 30 4' and 3° 50' S. and 125° 58' and 127° 15' E . Its extreme measurements are 87 m. by 50 m., and its See also:

• AREA

area is 3400 sq. m . Its See also:

• SURFACE

surface is for the most See also:

• PART

part mountainous, though the seaboard See also:

• DISTRICT

district is frequently alluvial and marshy from the deposits of the numerous See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers . Of these the largest, the Kajeli, discharging eastward, is in part navigable . The greatest elevations occur in the See also:

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

west, where the See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain Tomahu reaches 853o ft . In the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the western part of the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island lies the large See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

lake of Wakolo, at an See also:

• ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude of 2200 ft., with a circumference of 37 M. and a See also:

• DEPTH

depth of about See also:

• LOO (formerly called " Lanterloo," Fr. lanturlu, the refrain of a popular 17th-century song)

loo ft . It has been considered a See also:

• CRATER

crater lake; but this is not the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case . It is situated at the junction of the See also:

• SANDSTONE

sandstone and See also:

• SLATE (properly CLAY SLATE; in M. Eng. slat or sclat, from O. Fr. esclat, a small piece of wood used as a tile; esclater, to break into pieces, whence modern Fr. eclat, the root being seen also in Ger. schleissen, to split)

slate, where the See also:

• WATER

water, having worn away the former, has accumulated on the latter . The lake has no affluents and only one outlet, the See also:

• WAI

Wai Nibe to the See also:

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

north . The See also:

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

chief See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

geological formations of See also:

• BURN, RICHARD (1709-1785)

Burn are crystalline slate near the north See also:

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

coast, and more to the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south Mesozoic sandstone and See also:

• CHALK

chalk, deposits of rare occurrence in the See also:

• ARCHIPELAGO

archipelago . By far the larger part of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country is covered with natural See also:

• FOREST

forest and See also:

• PRAIRIE (adopted from the Fr. prairie, a meadow-tract. Late Lat. prataria, Lat. pratum, meadow)

prairie See also:

• LAND

land, but such portions as have been brought into cultivation are highly fertile . See also:

• COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

Coffee, See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• RICE, EDMUND IGNATIUS (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

rice and a variety of fruits, such as the See also:

• LEMON
• LEMON, MARK (1809-1870)

lemon, See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

orange, See also:

• BANANA

banana, See also:

• PINE (Lat. Pinus, Gr. srlrur)

pine-See also:

• APPLE (a common Teut. word, A.S. aepl, aeppel, O.H.G. aphul, aphal, apfal, mod. Ger. Apfel)

apple and coco-See also:

• NUT
• NUT (0. Eng. knutu, cf. Dutch noot, Ger. Nuss; allied with Gael. cno; it is not of the same form as Lat. nux)

nut are readily grown, as well as See also:

• SAGO

sago, red-See also:

• PEPPER
• PEPPER, WILLIAM (1843–1898)

pepper, See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco and See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton .

The only important exports, however, are cajeput oil, a sudorific distilled from the leaves of the Melaleuca Cajuputi or See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white-See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree; and See also:

• TIMBER

timber . The native See also:

• FLORA

flora is See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich, and See also:

• TEAK

teak, See also:

• EBONY (Gr. E(3evos)

ebony and canari trees are especially abundant; the See also:

• FAUNA

fauna, which is similarly varied, includes the See also:

• BABIRUSA (" pig-deer ")

babirusa, which occurs in this island only of the See also:

• MOLUCCAS, or SPICE ISLANDS

Moluccas . The See also:

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

population is about 15,000 . The villages on the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-coast are inhabited by a Malayan population, and the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern and western portions of the island are occupied by a See also:

• LIGHT

light-coloured See also:

• MALAY

Malay folk akin to the natives of the eastern See also:

• CELEBES

Celebes . In the interior is found a See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar See also:

• RACE

race which is held by some to be Papuan . They are described, however, as singularly un-Papuan in physique, being only 5 ft . 2 in. in See also:

• AVERAGE

average height, of a yellow-See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, of feeble build, and without the characteristic frizzly See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair and prominent See also:

• NOSE (O.Eng. nosu, cf. Dutch neus, Swed. nos, snout; the Aix in Provence. Both at Aix and at Lyons he acquired great connexion with O.Eng. nasu is obscure, cf. Ger. Nase, Lat. pares, distinction by his labours during outbreaks of the plague. In nostrils,

nose of the true Papuan . They are completely See also:

• PAGAN
• PAGAN (Lat. paganus, of or belonging to a pagus, a canton, county district, village, commune)

pagan, live in scattered hamlets, and have come very little in contact with any See also:

• CIVILIZATION

civilization . Among the maritime population a small number of See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese, See also:

• ARABS

Arabs and other races are also found . The island is divided by the Dutch into two districts . The chief See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement is Kajeli on the east coast . A number of See also:

• MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan natives here are descended from tribes compelled in 1657 to gather together from the different parts of the island, while all the clove-trees were exterminated in an See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt by the Dutch to centralize the clove 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 .

Before the arrival of the Dutch the islanders were under the dominion of the See also:

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

sultan of See also:

• TERNATE

Ternate; and it was their See also:

• REBELLION

rebellion against him that gave the Europeans the opportunity of effecting their subjugation .