Balearic Isles, a group of five islands off the coast of Valencia, in Spain, Majorca the largest; inhabitants in ancient times famous as expert slingers, having been one and all systematically trained to the use of the sling from early childhood; cap. Palma (58).
Population (circa 1900) given as 312,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Bale, John * Balfe, Michael William