appendix
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Divisions of
the Island.
Population.
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esteem than it cmvld -have been expected to have attained where polygamy has been
long established.
I T h e con&uct o f parent's to their children is 'fiiild and gentle, and it is; requited by
unreserved docility and obedience: W th 'e ir chiefs they shew’ a respectful deference:
among themselves they stand on1 a Sotmgid-gquality,1 -antffeeling no dependedce pay
little homage. The abject' servftudfe df Asia has not; proceeded further with them than
necessary obedience to indispensable authority. Their prince ‘is -sacred in their eyes?
and meets with unreserved obedience; but their minds are not broken down by numerous
demands on tbeir .submission, nor are their maimerspolishedby the habit o f bqmg
frequently with su p e r io r An European or.a native*. therefore, who has been accus*
tamed to the polite and e lu a n t manners o f the Javans, or with the generalcdurtqsy of
the Malay us, is struck with the unceremonious, rude, and uncivilized habits o f jth4e
people o f Bali. . ___ .. . n ' ■ . j
In t h e f t s they are-considerably behind the Javans, though they seem, capable o f
advancing rapidly. They are happily not subjected to a frame of-government so
calculated .to repress their energies* Or to waste their resources.'; They ate now a
vicing people. Neither degraded by despotism nor enervated by habits o f indolence
or luxury, they perhaps promise, fairer for a progress in civilization and good gtfvef Ht
ment than any o f thfeir neighbours. . ■j= ’ •
They are strangers to the vices o f drunkenness, libertinism, and' conjugal infidelity ;
th eir predominant passions are gaming and cock fighting. In thtSfe amusements, "When
at peace with the neighbouring states, «11 the vehemence and-.energy o f their character
and spirit is called, forth and exhausted. Their energy, thefr modes e f life, and their
love o f independence, render them formidable to the weaker states in their neighbourhood,
and -sejeure them against all attacks from any native power in the Indian
Archipelago. VVliat they, .now are. it. is. probable that the ;Javails once werte, .-in
national independence, ass well as: in religions and political- institutions.
The island o f M a li, appears -to be divided at present into seven different states, each
independent o f the other, and subject to its own chief. .'
Thepopulatton o f the're states is estimated to amount ins all to above eight hundred
thousand souls- Tbfetestimate is formed from the numbers of'males whose teeth have
been filed, Which in the different states stood ih round numbers as follows:
Klaftgkong.].... . . .§ .. . . . . 30,000.
Maräng Ascm .... 50*000-
Badung ....................... --20,00 0
Billing . . . . . ...... .......... -30*000
Tabanan .. ..........40,000
Mengm ...............20*000.
Gidngar.............. ..................... IS,000
Tamm Bali. . . . . . . . . . . •. .10*00®
215,000
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Asi tlie/opefation Of filing the te,eth.immediatejyprelse^^iberty, this list o f cou/ae
exeludes.allhm ales-^ho;havekq^^#j;y^|l1,'at-fhat^pefö^a^W ell}^älbfem ales7w hatdyer;LEromrihmeUrly.
age at*whichitoärEiäges^ej^p;ntÄä.cted,Jf|^dsefwhasihaveflDndergone;the
bperation mäy fo^.tlß^sg^p.art b'eJcSj^ffl&itedm^ääÄ^i^qriSd intdfamily conrafetions, *
and a c a fc ^ a t ia n -^ ^ lb lto ^ fa ö ily ^ w p g i y e t t ^ sW . e ^ i d f t ^ T ^
haa,doubtless mcreagedMn'c&Mh.e^fdlitifeitofdhe sl^v^frade. , ltl
APPENDIX
K.
b a ^ | # i s heptarehy,, E lp n g J to n g h ig Z & K i ii te d ^ a . be.thfV&'oSt ,aiciepj;CsOvererg^,ty!lt^^
p r in e e^ p g -^ id to haye pfiginallf-ernigratedf^omyavap an^ a .p e rie^ ^ cO T d ed .w h en
1he wbpj.e ifjand. q fc .M a B acknowledged tb^rJadthoritvN .’Evmd-ifilb they1;<retain,vJeyi-
-dences o f th e ir fo rm e r ,-d ign ity i^ d lW a s^ k h e iW o^ e ir in flu ence.- ^Among.the regalia
afe-Still preserved a Am;-and b^her >afticle s ,-* a t h e V o ^ ^ ^ M a j a m / i i t i , and^he^dfer-
p r i n c e s i p f ^ ^ o d r e c p g n iz ^ f im , as, ,th& stock ftpm w h en c e ^ e y sprung, though
tfie y ilW l^ hm r fealty,., to. genera^jesppet, and,jealously, maintain th e ir ,ow u ^ d e g
pendepeei«
B a l i is^fqnerally supposed to have been o r ig m p y ^ S P c J from different .parts |of Whence
PeJqbes. 4t.hfijfirsj.pejson who. is'said to have-estajjrihed' th ^ g ^ ib f r a n d governnrmit pe°pled*
which ,*still exist, -was^ S f> a .A g u n g , B r m i j& y a ' ^ M a j a p M t ^ m
J aya-^ThecaUse ofyhis quittingj^vadsrelated-by,the Balians asfollows.
^ T -h e fa th e r o f r B r o w i j a y a was informed, by hisApad B r a m & n a , . A h a , t i t ^ written in
“ . a sacred bo®k «»at after ,the ,e x p ir a tio n ^ f^ y -d a y |^ th e ,title , o l R a j a of M a jd p d K i t
extinct: to which the,Raja gave sucfr-ii^li&xyedit, that at ifte expiration
“ ofr that time he caused himself to be burnt a%e.j H is \^ £ n o f c daring tp disoheyvthe
sentence.pf .the book, removed to ^i,^itbj5j*.numberIpf)/cBo^gr^;and.estab^hed
.fy h is authority at K lo n g k o n g , . taking^ the-title.of supreme, sovereign,; w^ ch‘ title« still
rWfcffltinues hereditary in the Ra ja so f K U m g k o n g .”
rdJfiV: inhabitants( o f B & li, \W e . those o f Java, ,are principally employed in( a g r icu ltu r e Agriraiture.
Th e fertility.,of the. island .may be inferred from the pumber.of peoplermaintained on so,
limited a spot. .,-Riceis'th'e chief produce o f the soil, and o f course thgrchief.article o f
subsistehpe.-j t, t •
From the mountainous nature o f the .country, advantage cannot;so easily be taken o f
the periodical, rains for the purpose o f-therice irrigation, • but- the land^ arp irrigated hy
an abundant supply o f writer from, streams and rivers.- In some .places,- as: in K a r a n g
A s e m , twdv crops o f rice'are. obtained in . (^ne^year,; ,hut- over the greatest part o f the
island only one. In the dry seasqn tJhe.sdmaA^, y ie ld « cjop ofemaize., T h e natives
reckon-from fifty to sixty foldmf- increase in, the ric& cultivatipp.nqj extraqrdinaryftprb^
duce. ■ The women are not employed,, ris^- ju v a , to p lan tA ^ ^ d r i ji, thm^assjstanee in
the field is only^iequjred to reap i t / ^ T ^ im p lem en ts o f husbau^y are pf'the'sam,e
simple construction as those.on Ja va, and nearly similar, in form.
• .Bullocks o f the B d n t e n g , o r wild~breed, and o f - very, fine quality, are aimostinvariably
psedin husbandry. The priep-of a pair o f oxfeniof this.kind, fit for‘th^ plough, - ‘i s
■ 8 S.;1 • • ■ .L k(l ,
'<-• 'Inithe estimate is prob^bjjtfatfuded the potation,of- those districts, on,thti island, of Sm o k e r Lvtnbok, wjhi<;ii
are subject to the chiefs of Bilh .