SANGIR or Sanguey, an island on the N.E. of Celebes, extending front lat. 3° 21' N. to lat. 3° 16' N. Sangir and the numerous islands of its group in the Celebes occupy a superficies of 13 square leagues; the Tolaut and the Meangis islands united are 18 square leagues. These archipela,goes, formerly subject to the authority of the Sultans of Ternate, now make part of the Dutch residency of Menado. Several extinct volcanoes, and some still in full action, are found in the Sangir group • the devastations which they commit from time tto time have often been fatal to the inhabitants. The eruption of Dnwana in 1808 completely annihilated the village of Tega lando, destroyed all the surrounding forests, and suddenly deprived the inhabitants of all means of livelihood by the destruction of their fields. The Grtnong Api or fire mountain causes numerous ravages in the island of Siau. Its peak, 6000 feet above the level of the sea, forms the culmin ating point of this group. Gunong Api covers with its base all the northern part of Sangir besar ; in 1812, the torrents of lava which it poured out destroyed the extensive forests of cocoanut trees with which this part of the island was covered, and caused the death of many of the inhabitants. These islands furnish more than
twenty-five kinds of wood suited for building and furniture. Two harbours, sheltered from all winds, exist in the larger Sangir, one in the Bay of Taruna, the other, called Midelu, on the eastern side.—Jour. Ind. Ara.
,--BANGLI,.a. Native State in the Southern Mah i•atta country ; area, 896 square miles, and popu lation (1872), 223,663 persons. The portion watered by the Kistna is fiat, and the soil particu larly rich. The chief is a member of the Pat wardhan family, whose founder, Hari Bhat, a Konkan Brahman, rose to military command under the first Peshwa, and received grants of land on condition of military service.—Imp. Gaz.