SKETCH OF BORNEO. 



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The terrltorie-; of Banjar extend a consider- ^ 

 able wav alonc: shore on the West of the rivor, 

 and also towards the interior, but the grcat 

 mass of the population are not Moslems but 

 Dayaks. The princïpal districts are thefollow- 

 ing, Sibungu contairis about 1000 buts, Biajo 

 or little Dayak contains about 50 campongs, or 

 negiries, with a very numerous population of 

 D lyaks. Biajo or great Dayak contains 73^ 

 campongs, inhabited by the mostnumerous and 

 povverful tribe of Dayak in the Isiand of 

 Borneo^ and who extend to the centre of the Is- 

 iand. The foHowing districts are generally 

 dependent on Banjar, but sometimes assert a 

 dubious sort of independence, the Moslems 

 being few in number and the Dayaks extremely 

 numerous. Radermacher, in 1780^ gives the 

 estiniated Moslem population, and mentions ihe^ 

 namcs of different chiefs who appear to be 

 Dayak. Mandawai^ situated on the river of 

 that name, contains about 200 Moslems and 

 several thousand Dayaks. The chief in 17S0 

 was Kyai Ingebai Suradi Rajah. Sampit situ- 

 ated on a much larger river, contains about 

 400 Moslems besides Dayaks, and the chief was 

 Kyai Ingebai Sudi Ratu. Pambrang, situated 

 OQ a smaller river, contains about 150 Moslems, 



