NIAS  , the largest See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island in the See also:

• CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain off the. See also:

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

west See also:

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

coast of See also:

• SUMATRA

Sumatra, Dutch See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Indies, lying about 1° N., 970 30' E . It is roughly oblong in See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

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

elevation is about 2300 ft . A number of islets (Nako, Bunga, &c.) See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie off the west and See also:

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

north coasts . The island is thickly populated by a See also:

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

pagan See also:

• PEOPLE

people, who by some authorities, including F . Junghuhn, have been associated with the See also:

• BATTAS (Dutch Battaks)

Battas, but are probably a distinct See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the pre-Malayan or See also:

• INDONESIAN

Indonesian See also:

• RACE

race . See also:

• SLAVERY

Slavery and See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head-See also:

• HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. Eng. huntian, hunta; apparently connected with O. Eng. hentan, Gothic hinpan, to capture, O.H.G. hunda,booty)

hunting are universal, despite the efforts of Dutch and See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German missionary See also:

• SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies . The natives are skilled in such crafts as See also:

• WEAVING

weaving and See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal-See also:

• WORK

work, as well as in See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

agriculture See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, finding him asleep, he stabbed him; but See also:

• SIGURD (Sigur6r)

Sigurd, before he died, and road-making . 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 oil is produced on Nias and also more especially on the Nako See also:

• GROUP

group . A Dutch See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner is established at Gunong Sitoli on the east coast, a See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement of See also:

• MALAY

Malay and See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese traders .