in the Eastern languages, means small, and this epithet is accordingly applied to numerous islands in the Eastern Seas, the chief of which are comprised in the following list:

Pulo Akat, a small island in the Eastern Seas, near the north-east coast of Ceram, in long. 131. 3. E. Lat. 3. 6. S. Pulo Ampal, Pulo Anam, two small islands near the western coast of Sumatra, the first in long. 99. 29. E. lat. 0. 44. S., the second in long. 99. 27. E. lat. 0. 40. S. Pulo Anna, a small island in the Pacific Ocean, in long. 131. 46. E. lat. 4. 38. N. Pulo Arn, in the Straits of Malacca, in long. 100. 24. E. lat. 2. 57. N. Pulo Ay, a small island in the Eastern Seas, to the westward of the Great Banda. It is rich in the production of spices, the soil being particularly favourable to the growth of the nutmeg tree. Pulo Ayer, near the west coast of Sumatra. Long. 100. 12. E. Lat. 1. 11. S. Pulo Babee, in the Straits of Sunda. Long. 106. 10. E. Lat. 5. 45. S. Pulo Babi, near the north coast of the island of Nias, where there is abundance of buffaloes and hogs. Pulo Bally, divided from the island of Bachian by a channel five miles wide. It is about two miles round, and has abundance of wood and fresh water. Pulo Baniack, about twenty-five miles in circumference, off the west coast of Sumatra, between the second and third degrees of north latitude. Pulo Batu, an island about forty miles off the western coast of Sumatra, forty miles long and twelve broad. Long. 97. 56. E. Lat. 0. 20. N. Pulo Bava, near the south coast of Nias. Long. 97. 18. E. Lat. 0. 52. N. Pulo Bicie, an elevated island in the Straits of Sunda. Pulo Biantago, near the west coast of Sumatra. Long. 99. 47. E. Lat. 0. 58. S. Pulo Brasse, of a triangular form, about ten miles in circumference, near the north-west coast of Sumatra. Long. 95. 30. E. Lat. 5. 39. N. Pulo Bringen, near the west coast of Sumatra. Long. 100. 21. E. Lat. 1. 58. S. Pulo Camilaz, on the southern coast of Java, from which it is separated by a narrow strait. It is twenty miles in length by six in average breadth. Long. 109. 25. E. Lat. 7. 50. S. Pulo Casse, in the Eastern Seas, near the west coast of Sumatra. Long. 99. 28. E. Lat. 0. 20. S. Pulo Cordore Isles, a cluster of small islands in the Eastern Seas, situated off the south coast of Cambodia. The principal island is twelve miles in length and three in breadth. The inhabitants are mostly refugees from Cochin China, and can supply ships that touch here, with some refreshments. Their flat faces and long and small eyes denote a Chinese origin. The English had a settlement here in 1704. Pulo Dammer, in the Eastern Seas, about thirty miles in circumference, near the south coast of Gilolo. Long. 128. 22. E. Lat. 0. 58. S. Pulo Datte, in the Eastern Seas, near the Pulo Don, near the west coast of Sumatra. Long. 97. 33. E. Lat. 1. 18. N. Pulo Doan, Long. 105. 39. E. Lat. 1. 2. S. Pulo Dua, near the west coast of Sumatra. Long. 97. E. Lat. 2. 46. N. Pulo Een, on the north coast of Waygion. Long. 130. 37. E. Lat. 0. 12. N. Pulo Ely, near the west coast of Sumatra. Long. 98. 11. E. Lat. 1. 6. N. Pulo Gasseb, near the south-east coast of the island of Ceram. Long. 131. 13. E. Lat. 3. 29. S. Pulo Gasses, near the east coast of the island of Obi. Long. 128. 20. E. Lat. 1. 37. S. Pulo Goere, near the north coast of Sumatra. Long. 97. 42. E. Lat. 4. 42. N. Pulo Gontei, near the coast of Sumatra. Long. 95. 23. E. Lat. 5. 15. N. Pulo Gunton, in the Straits of Malacca. Long. 101. 38. E. Lat. 1. 22. N. Pulo Jarejah, in the Straits of Malacca, three miles long, with abundance of wood and water. Pulo Kaka, off the south-west of the island of Celebes, about fifteen miles long. Pulo Kapini, or Iron Wood Island, between the west coast of Sumatra and Pulo Batu. Pulo Lallang, in the Straits of Malacca, about fifty miles in circumference. Long. 100. 9. E. Lat. 2. 25. N. Pulo Laut, situated at the south entrance of the Straits of Macasar, near the south-east coast of the island of Borneo, about a hundred miles in circumference. It is but thinly inhabited, and produces chiefly rice. The channel which separates it from Borneo is about two miles wide and eight fathoms deep all the way, and is a good harbour for shipping. Long. 116. 24. E. Lat. 4. 45. S. Pulo Laut, Little, a group of small islands, eighteen miles south of Pulo Laut. Long. 115. 55. E. Lat. 4. 34. S. Pulo Lawn, Long. 128. 48. E. Lat. 1. 33. S. Pulo Leat, Long. 107. 5. E. Lat. 2. 51. S. Pulo Maio, near the north coast of Cumbaya. Long. 117. 20. E. Lat. 8. 11. S. Pulo Malora, near the north coast of Sumatra. Long. 95. 39. E. Lat. 5. 24. N. Pulo Mariori, in the Pacific Ocean. Long. 131. 57. E. Lat. 4. 17. N. Pulo Marra, near the west coast of Sumatra. Long. 99. 48. E. Lat. 1. 2. S. Pulo Mega, a small uninhabited island surrounded by a coral reef. Latitude not ascertained. Pulo Meer, near the east coast of Gilolo. Long. 128. 58. E. Lat. 0. 6. N. Pulo Nako-Nako, a cluster of small islands near the western coast of the island of Nias. Large quantities of cocoa-nut oil are exported. Pulo Nancy, near the north coast of Sumatra, about twenty miles in circumference. Long. 95. 21. E. Lat. 5. 18. N. Pulo Niamo, near the west coast of Sumatra. Long. 99. 45. E. Lat. 1. 8. S. Pulo Nye, near the west coast of the island of Poggy. Long. 99. 32. E. Lat. 2. 48. S. Pulo Panhang, near the coast of Malacca, about five miles from the town of Palang. Pulo Panca, near the west coast of Sumatra. Long. 98. 35. E. Lat. 0. 18. N. Pulo Panjang, in the Eastern Seas, on the north coast of the island of Java, in the bay of Bantam. Long. 104. 35. E. Lat. 1. 3. S. Pulo Penau, near the west coast of Sumatra. Long. 100. 2. E. Lat. 1. 28. S. Pulo Pinang, see Prince of Wales Island. Pulo Pisang, Long. 128. 49. E. Lat. 1. 22. S. Another of this name, one of the Banda Islands, two miles north-east of Banda Neira. Pulo Prampton, one of the Banda Islands. Long. 130. 38. E. Lat. 4. 2. S. Pulo Ron, near the south-east coast of Gilolo. Long. 128. 30. E. Lat. 0. 48. S. Pulo Rondo, a cluster of small islands to the north of Sumatra. Long. 95. 22. E. Lat. 4. 45. N. Pulo Roopat, an island in the Straits of Malacca, 120 miles in circumference, separated by a narrow channel from the island of Sumatra. Long. 101. 9. E. Lat. 1. 58. N. Pulo Rou, near the coast of Malacca. Long. 102. 12. E. Lat. 7. N. Pulo Sabadda, near the west coast of Sumatra. Long. 99. 53. E. Lat. 1. 3. S. Pulo Sabuda, about thirty miles west from New Guinea. Long. 131. 48. E. Lat. 2. 33. S. Pulo Salanama, in the Straits of Malacca, near the north coast of the island of Sumatra. Long. 98. 51. E. Lat. 3. 27. N. Pulo Sallier, in the Eastern Seas. Long. 105. 56. E. Lat. 5. 50. S. Pulo Sambolong, a cluster of islands at the entrance of the river Pera, on the coast of Malacca. Pulo Sanding or Sandiang, two small islands near the south-eastern extremity of the Nassau or Pegey Isles, in which group they are sometimes included. Pulo See Bouro, near the north coast of the island of Pera. Long. 99. 9. E. Lat. 1. 52. S. Pulo See Geere, near the north coast of the island of Pera. Long. 99. 10. E. Lat. 1. 55. S. Pulo Seyer, a cluster of small islands. Long. 97. 15. E. Lat. 8. 40. N. Pulo Sonaro, near the west coast of Sumatra. Long. 99. 42. E. Lat. 0. 53. S. Pulo Suanjee, one of the Banda Islands. Long. 130. 20. E. Lat. 4. 6. S. Pulo Tamong, near the west coast of Sumatra. Long. 98. 24. E. Lat. 0. 27. N. Pulo Taya, Long. 104. 57. E. Lat. 0. 42. S. Pulo Teega, near the west coast of Sumatra. Long. 99. 40. E. Lat. 0. 52. S. Pulo Telloro, near the west coast of Sumatra. Long. 100. 15. E. Lat. 1. 42. S. Pulo Timoon, a mountainous and woody island, inhabited by Malays. It produces in abundance rice, and the cabbage and the cocoa-nut trees. Long. 104. 25. E. Lat. 3. N. Pulo Timpalis, in the Straits of Malacca, near the north-east coast of Sumatra. Long. 94. 45. E. Lat. 4. 27. N. Pulo Tati, between the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, in lat. 0. 33. S. Pulo Troosan, near the west coast of Sumatra. Long. 99. 58. E. Lat. 1. 6. S. Pulo Tullong, in the Straits of Malacca. Long. 100. 33. E. Lat. 4. 27. N. Pulo Varella, in the Straits of Malacca, about twenty miles off the north-east coast of Sumatra. Long. 99. 36. E. Lat. 3. 47. N. Pulo Way, one of the Spice Islands, in the Eastern Seas, about nine miles west of Gorong Apec. Long. 130. 26. E. Lat. 4. 9. S. Pulo Way, an island about thirty miles in circumference, near the north coast of Sumatra. Long. 95. 33. E. Lat. 5. 33. N.