S SKETCH OP BORNEO^^ 



The period of the introduction of Islam into 

 Boroeo is iiot known^ biit it appears from the 

 accounts of the Portuguese, that it was previ- 

 ous to 1530. 



Of the disfricts in Borneo beizveen Borneo 

 Pkoper and Coti. 

 The districls on the N. E. of Borneo are 

 Pappal, Mailuda, Maiigedara and Tirur, the 



jgreatest part of which, on tlie sea coast, espe- 

 cialij sorae iime ago^ were under the inÜuence of 

 Sülüï. When we received the cession of Ba- 

 lambanggan from the SïilüSj thej wcre supposed 

 to have ceded to the Englisli the whole of their 

 ioflüence in these districts. 



Pappaï. — The district of Pappal lies adja* 

 cent to the dominions of Borneo proper^ from 

 which it is divided by the river of Ki-manis. 

 The soil of the country is reckoned fertile, but 

 lies generally uncultivated along the shore ; it 

 is fuU of stately trees, and the savanahs abound 

 in the species of black cattle^ termed lissang 

 and deer. 



The productions of the Coast are sago^ rice, 

 beetle-nut, cocoanut-oil, cainphorj wax^ with a 



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small quantity of pepper and cinnamon. On 

 the rivcr Ki-manis^ the iahabitants are termed 



