the southernmost island of a group situated in the Straits of Sunda, about ten miles in circuit. It contains a hot spring, used by the natives as a bath, and is esteemed more healthy than any of the neighbouring islands. The coral reefs with which it is surrounded afford abundance of turtle. It has a high peaked hill on the south, which lies in long. 105. 15. E. lat. 6. 9. S.