SKETCH OF BORNEO. 



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Sumpits or blow-pipes, \vith which they on some 

 occasions made such havock, that thcir campons; 

 was ternied ^'^the grave of Slave Catchers.** 



Passir may be considered as a Bugis colony 

 founded by the state of Wajjo ; it is sitiiated 

 about 45 miles up the river of that name^ which 

 has two f ithoms water on the bar. The town 

 consisted of about 300 houses on the North 

 side, chiefly occupied by the Bugis, and the 

 Sultan's Fort was on the South side. About 

 30 jears ago, it carried on a very coiisiderable 

 traffick, but has since that time been greatly on 

 the decline from intestine dissentions. The na- 

 tive products of the country are gold;, bird's- 

 nests, wax and rattans^, and almost all the staples 

 of Java fitid a ready sale at Pasf^ir ; the Biigis 

 withdrew to Pulu Laut^ termed by the natives 

 Lautpulu where they have established a consi-» 

 derable town on the island inside of the straits 

 Pulu Laut. The English sent the Brillance to 

 form a factory here in 1172, but some e vil coni- 

 niotions caused the design to be abandoned, 

 both Passir and Coti were in ancient times con- 

 quered by the Macassers. They entered into 

 alliance with the Dutch in 1686. 



