SULA ISLANDS (See also:

• SULLA, LUCIUS CORNELIUS (138–78 B.C.)

Sulla, Xuila; Dutch Soela)  , a See also:

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

chain of islands forming a prolongation of the eastern See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula of See also:

• CELEBES

Celebes and the Banggai Islands, Dutch See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Indies . The three See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main islands are See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long and narrow (Taliabu, 68 m. long, Mangoli or Mangala, 63 m. and Besi, 3o m.) . The two first See also:

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

lie in See also:

• LINE

line, separated by the narrow Chapalulu Strait; Besi extends at right angles to the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south See also:

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

coast of Mangoli . The natives of Taliabu are allied to those of the Banggai Islands and the eastern peninsula of Celebes; but immigrant See also:

• MALAYS

Malays are the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal inhabitants . Economically, Besi is the most important See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island . A Dutch See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner resides at Sanana, at its See also:

• NORTHERN

northern extremity . It is fertile, and produces See also:

• WAX

wax and See also:

• HONEY (Chin. me ; Sansk. madhu, mead, honey; cf. A.S. medo, medu, mead; Gr. p Xt, in which 0 or b is changed into X; Lat. mel ; Fr. miel ; A.S. hung ; Ger. Honig)

honey, and See also:

• COAL

coal has been found .