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CHAPTER XIII. 

 ISLANDS OF THE MINDORO AND SOOLOO SEAS. 



Island of Malavi Mode of felling trees Visit to the Comandante 

 Fort of Pasanhan Wood of Malavi Course directed across the 

 Mindoro and Sooloo Seas Island of Kulassien Cagayan Sooloo 

 Chase after two piratical-looking prahus -Dangerous navigation 

 Banguey Geological structure Balambangan Harbours and 

 general resources Tanjong Agal-Agal Useful properties of its 

 sea-weed Dalrymple's account of Maludu and Kini Balu The 

 Black Peninsular Encampment of Illanon pirates Ant Islands 

 Description of the Sumpitan and arrows Tampassook river 

 Abai and Ambong Visit from the Sultan of Tampassook Re- 

 turn of the ' Royalist ' with supplies Height of Kini Balu 

 Rivers Sulaman and Kawalan Friendly disposition of the natives 

 Gaya Group The rivers Kabatuan and Inanam Interview with 

 the natives The Kinyanis river Alarm the natives Idaan 

 Tribes Membakut, Kuala-lama and Kuala-panco rivers Bird 

 Island. 



ON the morning of the 3rd we found ourselves off the 

 western end of the Island of Malavi, which forms, by the 

 canal within it, the Port of Pansafihan, a new settlement 

 by the Spaniards on Basilan, resulting from the late at- 

 tempt of the French to obtain possession of Malozo on 

 the western side of this island, which the Spaniards 

 assert to be within their territory. As no signs of 



