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When Java was lost to the Mohammedans 485 years ago, so the legend goes, the disgusted Hindu gods hunted around for a new home. They chose the island of Bali, and since their exalted rank demanded a high dwelling place, they created a chain of mountains. On the most sacred eastern end of the island, the gods erected the highest of Bali's mountains, the 10,308-foot volcano of Gunung Agung, regarded by the Balinese as "The Navel of the World." Halfway up the slope of Agung, the pious Balinese built the huge mother temple of Besakih...
Agung gave fair warning. Only last month, after more than 100 years of inactivity, it burst forth with a shower of smoke and brimstone that killed 17 persons. There was worried talk on Bali that the gods were angry because the people had not asked permission to hold their festival. But the priests and their disciples stayed on to pray. At 7 o'clock one morning, Agung erupted again. The villages of Sebudi, Sorgah, and Sebih were engulfed by a lethal black cloud of searing, 230° ash that roasted hundreds where they knelt. Rivers of grey-black lava...
...think I'm going to leave the money to a charity or to the income tax collector, do you?'' stormed one Frenchman to a Figaro columnist. "I'm going to treat myself to a voyage to Bali, where they still have a taste for grand funerals...
...England. Bean's wilderness wares are acknowledged to be among the world's best, and each day as many as 5,000 letters flow into the company's rambling yellow factory and mail order headquarters in Freeport, Me. (pop. 4,000). Not long ago, someone in Bali offered to swap two native wood carvings for a pair of Bean hunting boots, and the deal was made. But despite the countless thousands of flashlights, snowshoes and compasses it has sold since its founding half a century ago, L. L. Bean has yet to work...
...STEIN Chairman of the Board Bali Brassiere Co. New York City...