. Java, Sumatra and the other islands of the Dutch East Indies . litude,especially as a great part of the surface of Bali is occu-pied by the mountains. The climate is that of easternJava : hot but healthy, excepting on the south coast,where the swamps of the coast are reeking with fevers. On this account, and because of the absolute contemptof hygiene manifested by the inhabitants, Bali has foryears been the prey of periodical epidemics of choleraand smallpox, which are at last diminishing, owing tothe measures taken by the Dutch Government. * Concerning Bali and Lombok see W. O. J. Nieuwenka
. Java, Sumatra and the other islands of the Dutch East Indies . litude,especially as a great part of the surface of Bali is occu-pied by the mountains. The climate is that of easternJava : hot but healthy, excepting on the south coast,where the swamps of the coast are reeking with fevers. On this account, and because of the absolute contemptof hygiene manifested by the inhabitants, Bali has foryears been the prey of periodical epidemics of choleraand smallpox, which are at last diminishing, owing tothe measures taken by the Dutch Government. * Concerning Bali and Lombok see W. O. J. Nieuwenkamp, Bali enLombok, Uitvoerige getllustreerde reisherinneringen en studies omtrentland en volk, kunst en kunstnijverheid (Edam, 1906,410).—R. Friederich, An Account of the Island of Bali, in Miscellaneous Papers re-lating to Indo-China and the Malay Archipelago, Second series,vol. ii., pp. 69-200 (London, 1887, 2 vols., 8vo).—J. H. van Balen,Lombok, Landen Volk (Helder, 1894, 8vo).—J. J. Ten Have, Heteiland Lombok en zijne bewoners (The Hague, 1894, 8vo).. BALI AND LOMBOK 361 The flora and fauna of Bali are closely related to thoseof Java, and, like the latter, are half Indian, half Australianin character. The island, thanks to the fertility of its soil and thefrequent rains, has the aspect of a gigantic bouquet ofverdure. There is, however, a lack or a scarcity of thelarger forest trees; and although the teak-tree itself ispresent, Bali is obliged to import timber for constructivepurposes. In compensation, the coco-palm, the origin* of the preparation known as copra, and the lontar-palmare abundant. The fauna is not so rich as that of Java : the rhinocerosand banteng no longer exist, but numbers of tigers roamthe west and centre of the island; and the forests concealmany wild cats, and the musk-bearing chevrotain. Thedomestic animals—buffalo, wild cattle, horses, goats,pigs, &c.—are the same as in Java. The chief interest of Bali is archaeological, and residesin the c
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