CHAPTER IX. 



CONTENTS. 



DEPARTURE FROM MANILLA— INSTRUCTIONS TO MR. KNOX— MINDORO— SEMARARA— 

 PANAV — FLYING-FISH LEAVES US — BAY OF ANTIQUE — SAN JOSE— MINDANAO— CAL- 

 DERA— FORESTS OF MINDANAO— SANGBOYS— SOOLOO— SOUNG— CANOES OF SOOLOO— WE 

 LAND AT SOOLOO— VISIT TO THE DATU MULD— HIS RESIDENCE— VISIT TO THE SUL- 

 TAN— HIS RESIDENCE— HIS PERSON AND DRESS— TREATY MADE WITH HIM— THE HEIR 

 APPARENT— WE ARE REFUSED PERMISSION TO VISIT THE INTERIOR— PISTOL STOLEN 

 —CHINESE QUARTER— THE KRIS-MARKET— BLOCKS OF AMERICAN GRANITE— STOLEN 

 PISTOL RETURNED— VISIT OF THE NATURALISTS TO MARONGAS— FISHING APPARATUS 

 —SURVEY OF THE HARBOUR OF SOUNG — SLAVES EMPLOYED AS ACCOUNTANTS — 

 BEASTS OF BURDEN— PROHIBITION OF SWINE— CHARACTER OF THE PEOPLE OF SOOLOO 

 —THEIR DRESS — OCCUPATIONS — STATE OF SOCIETY — MOUNTAIN TRIBES — FORTS — 

 POPULATION — COMMERCE — DUTIES — ADVICE TO TRADERS— POSSIBLE EXTENSION OF 

 TRADE— HISTORY OF SOOLOO— ATTEMPT OF THE ENGLISH EAST INDIA COMPANY TO 

 OPEN A TRADE— ATTEMPTS AT CONQUEST BY THE SPANIARDS— GRANT OF BALAM- 

 BANGAN TO THE EAST INDIA COMPANY— ENGLISH SETTLEMENT— ITS FATE— FORMER 

 PROSPERITY OF SOOLOO— PIRACIES OF THE SOOLOOS— MALAY PIRATES— THE BAJOWS 

 —THEIR CHARACTER— CLIMATE OF SOOLOO— DISEASES— RELIGION— DEPARTURE FROM 

 SOOLOO — PANGOOTAARAANG — CAGAYAN SOOLOO — MANGSEE ISLANDS — SURVEYS — 

 BALAMBANGAN — BORNEO — THE DYACKS — THEIR CHARACTER, MANNERS, AND CUS- 

 TOMS—NAVIGATION OF THE SOOLOO SEA— PASSAGE TO SINGAPORE— ARRIVAL THERE 

 — REUNION OF THE SQUADRON — PROCEEDINGS OF THE PORPOISE AND OREGON — 

 — NECKER ISLAND— FRENCH FRIGATE SHOAL-MARO REEF. 



