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recalled by the names of Kina-Balu and Kina-Batangan. The local Dayaks are 

 co m monly designated by the collective terms, Dusun and Idaan. The Bule- 

 Dupis tribe, near Sandakan Bay, appears to be distinguished from all the others by 

 their almost white complexion and " European profile." They are regarded as 

 almost pure representatives of the Indonesian type, but seem doomed to extinc- 

 tion. 



For their new capital, Elopura, the English have selected a favourable site on 

 the magnificent Sandakan Bay, an inlet on the north-east coast, the entrance of 

 which is completely sheltered from all winds, and which ramifies for over 20 miles 

 inland between sandstone cliffs terminating in wooded heights. On the silt at the 



Fig. 56. — Sjlndakan. 

 Scale 1 : 900,000. 



II7''40- 



tast op breenwich 



Depths. 



to 32 



Feet. 



32 Feet and 

 upwards. 



18 Miles. 



entrance there is a depth of no less than 26 feet at low water, and shipping can 

 moor at the landing stage in 23 or 24 feet. In the course of eight years ElojDura, 

 or Sandakan, as it is more commonly called, has become a flourishing little seaport 

 with over 5,000 inhabitants, of whom two-thirds are Chinese. In the immediate 

 vicinity it possesses abundant elements of future commercial expansion — coal in 

 the hills skirting the roadstead, iron wood and other natural products in the sur- 

 rounding forests. Large tobacco plantations have been made on the opposite side 

 of the port, and the sago-palm now thrives in this part of Borneo, where it was 

 hitherto unknown. 



Through coast lagoons or backwaters Sandakan communicates directly with the 



