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a deep bay. The small state of Kuran is said 

 to lie on the same river as Barow Itis likewise 

 governed bj a chief who assiimes the title of 

 Sultan and who is frequently at enmity with the 

 Sultan of Barow, though the subjects of both 

 are chieflj Orang Tedong. About the year 

 1770, according to Forster, while these two 

 princes were at war, one of theni called the Su- 

 lus to bis assistance. The Sulus seized the op- 

 portunitj, niaking botb princes prisoners, and 

 after ravaging the country carried them both to 

 Sulu, where they were released on condition of 

 becoming tributary to Sulu and confining their 

 trade to that nation. Dalrymple asserts Barow 

 to be ia alUance with Sulu, and Kuran as tribu« 

 tary to it, 



South of Barow lies Talisyar, an inconsider- 

 able campong, beyond that a considerable place 

 named Dumaring by Dalrymple, but by Rader- 

 macber Danmiar, the Datoo of which bas the 

 title of Baginua. To the South of this lies Sa- 

 jnuanti, which is under a Datoo Tumangung, 

 and beyond that the river of Tapeandurian or 

 Tupedarian, the inhabitants of which have a 

 bad reputation among Eastern traders. 



Coti. or as it is conimonly denominated Coti 

 Lama, lies considerably to the South of Samu- 



