SfeETCH OP BOnNEO. T 



Tlie trade between Borneo and the Chinese 

 port Amoj, is very considerable. According to 

 Forster, there were seven junks at Borneo, iti 

 1775. The return cargoes procured by the 

 Chinese are chiefly caraphor, sea-slug, tortoise* 

 shell, bird's-nests, clove, bark, dammar-resio,- 

 a species of black-wood, which the Chinese 

 Work up into furniture, wax, agal-agal, a spe- 

 cies of sea-weed, which yields a gum or glue, 

 sandal-wood, rattans, and various barks used in 

 dyeing. 



The English were long in the habit of deal* 

 ing at Borneo in piece goods to a small extent, 

 taking their returns in pepper and gold-dust ,; 

 lately however, the inhabitants have had a bad 

 name, and are probably at present litüe ac« 

 quainted with Europeans. Little intercourse 

 and much jealousy subsisted between Borneo 

 proper and onr last settlement of Balanbanggan, 

 and since that settlement was abandoned, thej 

 have cerrainly been occasionally guilty of Pira* 

 tical practices. 



The Malay population of Borneo proper id 

 distinguished for haughtiness and indoience. 

 They are not hov/ever devoid of some arts, par- 

 ticularly that of casting brass cannor!, in which 

 they are skilfull ; this is also practised at Pa- 

 lembang. 



