30 SKETCH OF BORNEO. 



diamond, the sum to which he was limited, and 

 in additioe to this sam two war brig?, with 

 their gnns and ammunitioiij together with a cer- 

 tain number of great gnns^ and a quantitv of 

 powder and shot. The Rajab, however/refused 

 to deprive nis family of so valuable ahereditary 

 possession^ to which the Malavs attach the mi- 

 racülous power of curing all kind of diseases, 

 bj means of the water in which it is dipped^ and 

 with which they imagine the fortune of the fa- 

 milj is connected. 



Pvlampawa, though sitnated to the North of 

 Pantiana^ requires our previous attention as an 

 older statCj which sprung np betvveen Sacadina 

 and SambaSj and at last becatne indepeiid ent of 

 either. Mampawa is sitnated near the moiith 

 of a small river, and vessels may reach both the 

 town and fort with their guns ; being greatly 

 rcsorted to by traders, especiaily English and 

 Portuguese, it soon became a place of consider- 

 able importance. 



According to Radermacher in 17S0, it con- 

 tained ffom one to two tliousand housi^s. The 

 Rajah had the title of Panambahan^ which is 

 regarded as the next in dignity to thit of Sul- 

 tan, At that time his name was Muscan a,! 



