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Rh government have a penal settlement there for convicts, who are employed rearing Cochineal.

Balanak, a variety of sea fish, very good in flavour, but very full of fine bones. Mugil Sundanensis. A mullet.

Balandongan, a place to keep or pile timber in- an open shed to store timber in.

Balang, to throw, to cast, to fling.

Balangan, to throw at, to aim at with any missile.

Balangkěn, to throw or cast any object, as a stone or stick.

Balangsiar, to stroll or go about, raising the wind, or seeking the means of subsistance, or the necessaries of life.

Balanja, hire, cost, expense, disbursements, money for current expenses, pocket-money, wages, maintenance.

Balas, an eruption, or breaking out of pustules on the skin.

Balasawajar, an expression difficult to translate, answering to-D`ont tell me; do you think I am such a fool as to believe you.

Balawiri, to wander or go backwards and forwards to the same place.

Balé, a public building in every village, that serves for a mosque or place of worship, and it is here also that all strangers unknown to the inhabitants are lodged and fed. The Balé is probably of very ancient use, as it is still known as a petty Hindu temple on Bali. Bat. Trans. vol 22 Page 33/34. (It is the same as Balai; which see).

Balédog, to throw at, to strike at, to thwack, to thump.

Balég, ar: adult, marriageable, grown up to puberty- longing after the opposite sex.

Balén, turn, time. Sa balén, once, one time. Tilu balén, three times.

Balěs, to return, to retaliate, to have revenge; to fly back as a spring or bent stick; such spring itself. Bales surat to answer a letter. Panghadéan kula di bales ku goréng, my goodness is requited with evil. Ari sia sok jahil, mohal to di balĕs, if you are malicious, you are sure to be retaliated upon. Bales na bejad, the spring is spoiled.

Bali, the island next to Java on the East, where the Hindu religion found refuge, and continued to be observed after the fall of majaphahit on Java, and the consequent introduction of Mohammedanism. A sort of Hinduism still exists on Bali. Mr. Friederich considers that the word Bali is of the same origin as Bantam, which see- and fancies that Bali was a sort of holy land of the Panditas, devoted to religious purposes and offerings, which in short the word implies. Bāléyan, C. 469 fit or proper for sacrifice. The word in its origin is no doubt the same as the Sunda word Balai-which see.

Bali, the after-birth, the placenta.

Balibat, a word heard in the names of some ancient divinities. The Badui have a divinity called Dalam Balibat Jaya. Bali- see voce. Bata, C. 455 descent, going down, descent from a height. The west- Bali-bata may be thus ,,brought down by sacrifices, by of-