The earth and its inhabitants .. . earthitsinhabita00recl Year: 1890 210 AUSTBALASIA. east bend round to the north-east in such a way as to continue the axis of Timor as far as Nila. It seems, therefore, probable that in the general modelling of the terrestrial crust, Timor and these islands have been subjected to a common process of folding in some remote geological epoch. Like Sumatra and Madagascar, Timor presents towards the Indian Ocean a far more regular coast-line than towards the inland northern waters. Notwith- standing its geographical importance at the south-east corner of Indonesi
The earth and its inhabitants .. . earthitsinhabita00recl Year: 1890 210 AUSTBALASIA. east bend round to the north-east in such a way as to continue the axis of Timor as far as Nila. It seems, therefore, probable that in the general modelling of the terrestrial crust, Timor and these islands have been subjected to a common process of folding in some remote geological epoch. Like Sumatra and Madagascar, Timor presents towards the Indian Ocean a far more regular coast-line than towards the inland northern waters. Notwith- standing its geographical importance at the south-east corner of Indonesia over against Australia, it has been so little studied that the popidation can only be approximately estimated. Politically it is divided in nearly equal proportions between Portugal and Holland ; but the Portuguese half, which depends adminis- tratively on Macao, and which comprises fifty-four ' kingdoms,' some still corn- Fig. 87.—Timor and Neighboijeing Islands. Scale 1 : 5,500,000. 0 to 500 Fathoms. Iiepths. 500 to 1,000 Fathoms. 1,000 Fathoms and upwards . 120 Miles. pletely independent, is said to have a population of half a million, while the Dutch section appears to contain scarcely half that number. The Malay term Timor, that is, the ' East,' shows that this island long formed the eastern limit of navigation in Indonesia. According to tradition the natives were savages, ignorant of agriculture, and living only on the chase and fishing, when the first Malay immigrants landed on the south coast, where is now the petty state of Waiwiko-Waihali. These settlers, who introduced rice and maize and iron implements, are said to have come from Ternate towards the close of the
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