SKETCH OE BORNEa, » 



and on the East hy the Mdluder and other dis-^ 

 tricts nominallj subject to tbe Sulos. The state 

 of Borneo consequently occupies the most 

 Northerly districts of the ïsland of Borneo: 

 Between Sambas and Borneo are situated a va-« 

 riety of small Towns^ such as Serawa, the pi-C 

 ratical chief of which, lately cut off the ship 

 Commerce, Klakka smd Mokka, the chiefs of 

 which are denominated Pangerans, Scribas and 

 Falo. 



The Government of Borneo is conducted, ac- 

 cording to Mr. J. Jesse^ by the Sultan and a 

 Council of his principal Officers^ consisting of 

 the Bendhahana^ the De-gadong or chief of the 

 household, the Temangüng, the Pa-münclia, of 

 administrator and the Shabender. The law of 

 the land is the ündang ündang JBorneli^ which 

 is said to be of sorae antiquity. 



The river of Borneo is represented as naviga- 

 ble for a considerable way above the town for 

 ships of great burthen, hut it is very narrow> 

 and land locked at the mouth, where it is about 

 a quarter of a niile broad. The town of Bor- 

 neo is built on posts on a marsh, and in the 

 tiraes of Valentine, consisted of nearly 400Q 

 houses; it occupied both sides of the river> 

 and is situated about ten miles from the moutfa 



