20 A DISCOURSEj &C. 



in the interior of the country, the inhabitaiitê^ 

 are divided into four tribes, termed Brcimana^ 

 Sudra, Wazicr, and Sutra ; and it is certain, 

 that on the final establishment of the Maho- 

 medan religion in Java, the Hiodus or B'hu- 

 dists who remained unconverted, took refuge in 

 thatlsland. I will not venture fnrther on this 

 ünknown gróünd, feeling satisfied that another 

 year will not be allowed to pass bj without per- 

 sonal observation on the spot hy some inquisi* 

 tive enquirer, 



We have hitherto onlj adverted to the conn- 

 tries Ijing in the more iramediate vicioity of Ja- 

 va, but in extending the prospect and directiiig 

 our views Eastward to the other Islands of the 

 Archipelago, our attention is forcibly attracted 

 by the great Island of Boroèo, hitherto a blank 

 on the chart of the world. From the best in- 

 forraation we have vet been able to obtain of 

 this immense Island, greater in extent than any 

 civilized nation of Europe, and abundantiy rich 

 in the most valuable natural productious, it 

 would appear that the whole country was, at no 

 very reraote period, divided under the three Era- 

 piresof Borneo, Sucadana, and Banjer Masin, of 

 Wjhich the reigning Princes of the two lattcf;, 

 tracé their descent from Mah'japahit in Java, 



