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Encyclopedia Britannica



SALEYER (Dutch, Saleijer)

This article appears in Volume V24, Page 67 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SAC-SAR
SALEYER (Dutch, Saleijer) , a group of islands belonging to the government of Celebes and its dependencies in the Dutch
East
  Indies, numbering altogether 73, the principal being Saleyer, Tambalongang, Pulasi and Bahuluwang; between 536' and 7 25' S. and 1r9 50' and 121 30' E. The
mail
 ?
island
 , Saleyer, is over 5o m. long and very narrow; area, 248 sq. m. The strait separating it from Celebes is more than too fathoms deep and, running in a strong current, is dangerous for native ships to navigate. The strata of the
island
  are all sedimentary rocks: coralline limestone, occasionally sandstone; everywhere, except in the north and north-west, covered by a fertile soil. The watershed is a chain running throughout the island from N. to S., reaching in Bontona Haru 5840 ft., sloping steeply to the
east
 
coast
 .
The population, mainly a mixed race of Macassars, Buginese, the natives of Luvu and Baton, is estimated at 57,000 on the main island and 24,000 on the dependent isles. They use the Macassar language, are for the most part nominally Mahommedans (though many heathen customs survive), and support themselves by agriculture, fishing, seafaring, trade, the preparation of salt (on the
south
 
coast
 ) and weaving. Field
work
  is largely performed by a servile class. Raw and prepared
cotton
 , tobacco, trepang, tortoise-shell, coco-nuts and coco-nut oil, and salt are exported. There are frequent emigrations to Celebes and other parts of the archipelago. For that reason, and also on account of its excellent horses and numerous buffaloes, Saleyer is often compared with
Madura
 , being of the same importance to Celebes as is
Madura
  to Java.


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