10 SKETCH OF BO^NEO. 



presented as whitish, and in some plaét» \t is 

 said to be only from 5 to 6 fathoms in depth. 



Malludu coinprohends the Northern end of 

 Borneo. It abounds in grain and provisions^ 

 and is reckoned well peopled in the interior by 

 the Idaans. It bas a deep bay, on the West sTde 

 of which is situated the totvn and harbour of 

 Barkoku. On the East side of the bay there 

 are pearl banks. This deep bay is said to ap* 

 proach to within 40 or 50 miles of the lake 

 Kini Balu^ and the mountain Kini Balu appears 

 rising abruptly to a stupendous height on the 

 West side, wbile on the East^ it slopes gradually 

 down to the low lands of Sandakan. The com* 

 modities which Malludu produces are nearly 

 the same as Borneo proper. The powerful 

 tribes of the Idaan or Dayak, who occupy the 

 Country around the great lake^ and have a 

 sovereign of their own^ who is not dependent on 

 the Malays, are represented as averse to coni- 

 merce. This, ho wever, is probably a raisrepie- 

 sentation, as they certainly have a communica- 

 tion with Banyer Massing. Malludu abounds 

 particularly in rattans and clove bark, but its 

 pearls are not of so fine aft^aterasthe Sulu pearl. 



Manggi-dara is the most Easterly district of 

 Borueo^ and extends itself towards the Sulu 



