4 SKETCH OF BORNEO. 



first volume of the Oriental Repertorj, alledges^ 

 that the Bornejen Empire not onlj extended 

 over that Island, but also over the Süki and 

 Philippines in aricieot times. I have been able 

 to discover no traces of such dominion, and 

 Dalrjmple hiraself gives a list of the Sovereigné 

 of BorneOj which he perused at Sülü, and 

 which onlj recites six names before that of thè 

 reigning Sovereign. Thus : — 



1 — Meraham Tumbang Deriimput, 

 2— De Pulow, 

 3 — Bongso. 

 4 — AbduL 



5 — Hussein or De-luba, 

 6 — Di Bornei or Appang. 

 7 — Depertuan Seef-ed-din^ — the reigning 

 Prince. 



y BorneOj liowever, bas some features of an an^ 

 cient State, one of which, is the high veneratioa 

 for the authoritj of the Prince, which is found 

 in all the ancient Malay States, but among very 

 few of those of late origin. The Sultan accord- 

 ingly maintains a higher degree of state and 

 dignity than the greater part of Maiaj Princes. 



The dominions of Borneo proper, are bound- 

 ed on the West by the territories of Samba^^ 



