Show i ENA 3 res results its produced dued by str storms 1 la the northern Nor thirn half of borneo the northern half of the it land 0 op bornn Borneo js is the queerest and most ansa i that one U uj 1 imagine I 1 magine says a writer in the blob democrat it is a lan land dof 0 constant r cai T j c cyclones clones c r frequent and deluge s of water vcr common comman the i vegetation eie tation in that kinli i is very fine but in all probability t r wild wildest estand and most tangled on earth u pot ot even excepting that of africa the cause cause of all the trouble is ii fe f e shallow ow condition of the sea north of it ft great shoals of sand existing a few ft w miles mile s out which extend alwita along its en etire ir e northern length th these es shoals are covers covered d by a depth of water wa t er not over five feet deep the constantly recurring winds that blow in that cli pate change to hurricanes and sweep the smaller islands of all visible life when such a storm strikes the sand shoals north of borneo it sweeps up the shallow salt water into its course and Or drenches enches the island with it often it gathers up sand great masses of it from the clear swept shoal and whirls it t for miles mile high over the island carrying it into the inland and scattering it everywhere the work of these storms does not always end with that entire shoals of fish of all sizes have been swept up time and again by the fierce wind with the water and sand and scattered about borneo in some places the ground wo would uld be literally I 1 covered with fish enough to supply a heavy population for weeks RU bu such luck is no reparation for the c the winds do and consequently tn ta northern half will never be inhabit ef by those who value their lives |