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the yoar 1600, these islands were places of some 

 consoquence, and as miich frequenled by tha 

 traders ot Sacadina as Ihsy have lately been by 

 Pirates and Lamuns. The territories of Saca- 

 dina extcnded in ancient limes to the nnodsrn 

 Mampawa^ if not still f^irther North, and in- 

 chided the rivor of Pontiana. ïrj the time of 

 Valentyn, the interioi' kingdovn of Landak was 

 also deper.dent on Sacadina. Landalc >vas ia 

 the most ancient times a dependency on Snka- 

 pura in Java, and as Sacadina itsclf was regard- 

 ed as a dependency of Bantam, on account of 

 some ancient claims, the Javanese Princes front 

 time to time asserted their pretensions to the 

 sovereignty of the whole country of Sacadina, 

 thongh generally unable to give either weight 

 or colour to their pretensions. Aftcr the rise of 

 Pontiaaa, however, iii 1770, the Sultan of B lu- 

 tam, lest his influeuce shoulJ be totaliv annihi- 

 latcd, consigned over to the Dutch the whole of 

 his claims on these territories for the sum of 

 Spanish Dollars 20,000. In 177(3, the Datch 

 formed settlements at Pontiana and Landak. 

 In 1786, they attackcd Sacaxlina, then governed 

 by Raj ih Ali, who had ahandoned Rhio or 

 Riaw. Sacadina was at this time a place of 

 considerable trade, and thougii frequcntcd some- 



