SKETCH OF BORNEO. 9. 



Ida-an bj Dalrjmple^ which I consider as only 

 aiiother name for Dyak, and these were former* 

 ]y accustomed to trade to Java in their own 

 pro-as. The rivers of Pangalet and Pappal are 

 inhabited bj Malajs, as are likewise the dis- 

 tricts of Li-battuan, I-namnam, Manyatal^ Pa- 

 tatan and Kinarut. The river Mangeabung is 

 inhabited by Malajs, but the river is not fit for 

 navigation. The river Tavaran is reckoned 

 navigable for boats as far as the central lake of 

 Kiniballu; it is inhabited by Ida-ans with a 

 small colony of Chinese. Abai bas a harbour 

 sheltered from the Westerly winds; its river 

 with those of Taïnpasak, Lubak afld Ambung, 

 together with Salaman and Pandasang, are in- 

 habited by Malays. The river of Tampasak is 

 also represented to coine from the central lake 

 ofKinibalu; after these corae the rivers of Lu 

 and Tabalulan, inhabited by the Ida-ans; 

 Tampasak consists of about 200 houses. Tam- 

 pasak and Tawarran rivers may be regarded as 

 the Northern entrances into the great lake of 

 Kinibalu, which, according to every account 

 must be above 100 miles in circumference, and 

 certainly communicates by raeaos of one t)f it9 

 rivers with Benyar-rafssing; its waters are re» 



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