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Sultan, and explanations relative to his connexion by 

 marriage with the Rajah Muda Hassim and Buddurud- 

 din, he acquainted me that they had received intelligence 

 from Brune that the Rajah and eleven brothers had been 

 put to death by the Sultan's party, because they were too 

 friendly towards the white foreigners. He expressed 

 himself very much enraged at the act, and offered to as- 

 semble his forces and accompany me to Brune, to punish 

 the Sultan. Finding that I would not act with him, he 

 requested permission to send his vessels under my convoy; 

 upon this being declined, he begged that 1 would allow 

 them to pass by me unmolested. As I had some suspicion 

 of this Sultan, and that their voyage might turn out a 

 piratical one, I declined answering. Shortly after daylight 

 our Spanish, or rather Luzon, slave stepped on our decks a 

 free man, and before the day had far advanced was rigged 

 out as one of our crew, and quite at home. The ' Royalist/ 

 which had been despatched to Ambong, returned with 

 a supply of bullocks, and from one of the outer bays, near 

 our anchorage, we had been fortunate enough to procure 

 a small addition of tolerable water, although of rather a 

 milky hue. A short visit to the Mantanani Group de- 

 termined its dangers, but we found nothing interesting, 

 either on shore or afloat, to delay us in that neighbour- 

 hood. Prom our different stations along this coast, but 

 more particularly from Labuan, Ambong, Tampassook 

 and Mantanani, very minute observations had been made, 

 with a view to determine the height of the mountain of 

 Kini Balu, which frequently afforded a most beautiful 

 back-ground, particularly from the spot which we were 

 now quitting, having its pinnacles standing out in beau- 



