^6 A orscoüRSE^ &C\ 



of every other object but the attainment of liiï«* 

 lïian beings for such oGcasionsv 



Whpre sucBpradices are prevalent, \t is nottc? 

 berxpectel that a country can bonst estensive 

 population ; indeed, under such cireumstaJices it 

 may rather be matter of surprize tbat B )rneo 

 should bes^opopiilousasit is. Happily there is no 

 state of hurïïaii nature so debased as not to afibrd 

 a field for improvement, and altbough the borrid 

 custora alladed to wouTd seem to check any 

 sanguine hope of a rapid rhange being* effect J 

 ed, therearesometraitsto be foiïnd, even in these 

 Savages^ which afford an opening for intercourse 

 and consequent imarovement. They are not 

 without ïndustry, and wben mH by candour 

 anti kind treatment are rather disposed thin; 

 otherwise to a trading intercoiirse. Frommild 

 and judicious management rauch may be ex- 

 pected. 



From what ha^ heen said of the present state- 

 ®f Borueo^ itf)llows that we are not to calenlate 

 on any immediate additionto our stoc'v of useful 

 arts, but as every untrodd(*n path affords sorae 

 ïtew inciternent to the inquisitive niind, we may 

 look for much in the various branches of Na- 

 iural History; — to the phiiosophie mind a 

 wide and iateresting field is opened, and while 



