Contents. xv 



CHAPTER VIII. 



A CITY OF LAZE DWELLINGS. 



PAGE 



Brunei the capital — Market Chinese traders — Gun foundry — The 

 Istana — Weak government — The Sultan Moumein — Native 

 jewellery — Native smithy — Public executions — Punishment for 

 robbery — Sago factories — Inter-marriage — Morality — Old 

 mission church — Boat journey inland — Murut hospitality — 

 Canoe travel — Forest travel — New aroids — Native insects — 

 Day flying moths — River travel by moonlight — Sago-washing 

 station 161 



CHAPTER IX. 



A VOTAGE TO STJLTJ. 



Sulu Archipelago — Long drought — Jungle fires — Sandakan — Good 

 water supply — Insects and birds — How an alligator was uti- 

 lised — ^A boat excursion — Visit to the shore — A Chinese trader 

 — Chinese hospitality — Slavery — A walk by the river — Manilla 

 hemp — Native tombs — Frangipane, or the " dead man's flower" 

 — Bough walking — Interesting birds 183 



CHAPTER X. 



A HOTAL PIG HUNT. 



A- royal boar-hunt — The Sultan of the Sulus — Sultana and ladies of 

 the Court — Sulu costume and arms — Fine breed of ponies — 

 Bough ground — Pig-sticking — Food for the dogs — A pleasing 

 sight — Invitation to the Istana — Datu Mahomed — The Sulu 

 "Prince of Wales" — Curious saddles — Pony racing — Meimbong 

 stream — Pleasant evening light — Birds — Large bats — Abun- 

 dance of butterflies — Fine fish — Good angling — The " Hill of 

 Tears " — Sugh, the old capital — Market at Meimbong — Tobacco 

 — Native produce — Chain armour — Chinese settlers . . . 193 



