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with the sultan that he regretted having made the 

 agreement, and, to destroy all evidence of it, caused the 

 Dyaks to assassinate Major Muller and his party. 

 Since then the unfortunate death of the Honourable 

 Mr. Murray, in 1845, while gallantly fighting his two 

 ships down the river, has brought the place under the 

 notice of the English and protection of the Dutch, 

 as the sultan, fearing that Mr. Murray's death might 

 be revenged by the English, consented to the estab- 

 lishment of a Dutch residency, and a gentleman of 

 that nation now resides at Semerindem, the Bugis 

 capital. The Sultan of Coti does not appear to have 

 been to blame in his conduct to Mr. Murray, that 

 gentleman appearing to have insulted him grievously, 

 and by his conduct to have brought upon himself the 

 displeasure of the nobles and other orders in the place. 



Pasir is another Bugis settlement, a little to the 

 south of Coti, but has never been so important. The re- 

 mainder of the eastern coast to the northward of Coti, 

 is nominally tributary to the kingdom of Soolu, the 

 people of which have large settlements on it ; but 

 there are also several wild and independent tribes. 



Besides the kingdoms of the coast above enume- 

 rated, there are several other small settlements of more 

 recent formation on the south and western coasts; of 

 Bugis, and the Javanese Malays, who are the chiefs of 

 them, as of the settlements of Soolus and Magindanau. 

 Pirates on the northern and eastern parts of the island 

 frequently arrogate to themselves the title of sultan, 

 though their states are of little power or consideration. 



