ï^ SKETCH OF BORNEO» 



a!so produces salt petre. The river Sibocu, iis 

 Northern boundary, is said to have tbirty cam- 

 pongs on its banks, and about 1000 people, and 

 to produce about 40 peculs of bird*s-ne&ts and 

 100 of wax^ besides sago, honey, eanes, rattans 

 and matts. Thrs river is large but there are 

 shoals at the entrance. Sambagung is a smaller 

 river whicb produces in its environs about 20 

 peeuls of birdVnests. The river LidongorLili* 

 dong is large, and its district populous, being 

 estimated by the Sulus to contain 10,000 inhabi- 

 tants. It produces about25 peeuls of bird'snests. 

 The Bay of Salawang or Sieatae produces 

 about 100 peculs of black bird Vnests. 



Balangan or Barunyan is a campong of some 

 cortsequence, situatéd on a large river of that 

 name. It was formerly subject to Passir, but 

 at present it is said to have a ehief of its own, 

 it produces a great quantity of gold and also 

 earÜi oil, 



Barovi^ or Barong is an independent state gov- 

 erned by its own Sultan, and produces a great 

 number of bird's nests and other Tirun products, 

 £uch as wax and seaslugs. This country bas a 

 considcrable trade in cocoa-nut» with Tuali in 

 Celebes. The river is situatéd in the bottoin of 



