SARAWAK. 



CHAPTER I. 



GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF BORNEO BRITISH AND DUTCH 



SETTLEMENTS ON THE ISLAND ITS MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, LAKES, 



AND VOLCANOES THE ERUPTION OP TOMBORO COAL FOUND IN 



THE ISLAND OF LABUH-AN THE MODE OF WORKING ANTIMONY 



ORE MINERALS IN BORNEO GOLD FOUND IN SARAWAK THE 



MODE OF WORKING IT IN THE ISLAND, AND ITS PRODUCE ESTI- 

 MATED BT SIR STAMFORD RAFFLES GOLD AN EXPORT OF SARAWAK 

 DIAMONDS IN BORNEO. 



BORNEO, one of the largest islands of the world, 

 occupies portions of both the first and second grand 

 divisions of the Eastern Archipelago, as established by 

 Mr. Crawfurd; the eastern boundary of his first or 

 western division, 116 of east longitude, running 

 through the island a little to the eastward of the 

 town of Bruni, more commonly known as Borneo 

 Proper, so that the western and greater portion of the 

 island belongs to his first and most favoured division, 

 which includes also Sumatra, Java, and the Malayan 

 peninsula. That part, east of the above-named me- 

 ridian, is comprised in the second division, which also 



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