1845.] TREATY. 237 



The following is a copy of the Treaty with the Sultan 

 of Gunung Taboor, of which that with the Sultan of 

 Bulungan is identical. 



" The SULTAN OF GUNUNG TABOOS, is anxious to enter into friendly 

 relations with Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, and is willing 

 to execute a formal Treaty of Friendship and Commerce whenever Her 

 Majesty the Queen of Great Britain will send any duly authorized 

 person. 



" The SULTAN OF GUNUNG TABOOR engages, that the subjects of the 

 Queen of Great Britain shall always meet with friendship and pro- 

 tection within his dominions. 



" On the part of the QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN, Sir Edward Belcher, 

 commanding Her Majesty's Ship c Samarang ', engages, that similar 

 friendship and protection will be accorded to the subjects of the Sultan 

 of Gunung Taboor, should they visit any of the Ports belonging to 

 Great Britain. 



" (Signed.) SULTAN MAHARAJAH DIXDA, 



Gunung Taboor. 

 IBUNO MARAHOM. 

 SULTAN HADJI KUNING, 



Gunung Taboor. 

 EDWAED BELCHER. 

 Captain of Her Majesty's Ship, 'Samarang.' " 



About 10 o'clock on the morning of the llth we 

 reached the Sabanoon mouth of the Bulungan, and as it 

 was requisite that its position should be determined, I 

 selected a huge tree which had been driven down by the 

 floods, and became partly embedded in the mud, for this 

 purpose. We had frequently heard the Lascars speak of 

 the oysters which they had been sent in search of at the 

 River's mouth, but never could understand how they were 

 procured, supposing them to be, as we had generally 

 observed them, firmly attached to the rocks. As the 



