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MANDELIQUE

Volume 14 · 58 words · 1842 Edition

or MANDALIG, a small island, about half a league from the north coast of Java, called the Devil's Rock, because ships are so long detained here by the contrary winds of the east monsoon, and by currents. The strait between this and the coast is too narrow to be safe. Long. 110° 56'. E. Lat. 6° 27'. S.