A S I A T I C I S LE S .
Arrangement of thofe in the Oriental Archipelago.— i. Ifles of Sunda, or'Samairan
Chain.-*—! . Borneo.— 3. Manillas.— 4. Celebezian Sptte Iflands.
THISdivifion, as already explained, compreKItids1 wh&t a’^tlilled
. the Ifles of Sunda, the Moluccas, and the. Philippines. The ifles
of Sunda are fo called from the Sound, or Strait, between Sumatra and
Java; and confift o f thefe two iflands, with Borneo'; and^fomeitfcffde
Celebez, which others afcribe to the Moluccas. Some geographers
confider the line o f iflands, forming as it were' , an elongation o f Java,
as belonging to thofe o f Sunda, while D ’Anville rather regards thefe as
part of the Great Moluccas.
' An able naturalift, impreffed with this eonfufxon, has'.’attempted a
new nomenclature.* Under the name o f Malayan ifleir; he arranges
Sumatra, Java, Borneo, by an appellation fufficicntly vague-and in applicable,
as the Malays extend to innumerable other iflands.^Another
great divifion, that o f the Philippine iflands, he terms the Manillas, including
M in d a n a o , whence he pafies to the Sooloo iflands, thofe of
Sangir, and to Celebez, here feeming to lofe flght o f arrangement.
From Balli, on the Ei of Java, what he calls the 5Timorian chain Wi-
cludes Sumbava, (the Cumbava of D’Apville,) Florez, Timor, fee.
but when he adds Timprlaut, he again forgets precifio.n ; and his whole
chain is fo intimately connected with Java that the feparation cannot be
applauded. Our ingenious author next deferibes New Holland; and
returns to what he calls the Spicey IJlands, beginning with Arroo, an
1 Pennant, Outlines of the G-lobe, vol. hr,
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