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M:H?eri, but he had given u]> the administration 

 of afFairs lo bis sou Onsti Mas. In 1772, a war 

 commonced betwecn IMampawa «nd Sambas, 

 concern ing the possession of Monterado and Sa- 

 lakan, which lie between M impawa and Sain- 

 bas, but have gencrally been adniittcd to belong 

 to the latter. These two settlements are chiefly 

 occupied by Chinese,, nearly 30,000 of whom 

 are settled in them, and are extromely produc- 

 tive of gold-dust. Tlie JMaoipawa-nien having 

 rava^ed Salakan, the Sultan of S;imbas, in hls 

 turn attacked Mampawa, and the Panambahaii 

 invited the mediation of Pontiana Th is me- 

 diation succeeded, and the Sultan of Samhas 

 wilhdrew bis army, on receivinj^ the sum of 

 10,000 Dollars, tbe greater part of which was 

 advanced by the Sultan of Pi)ntiana After the 

 retreat of the Sambas army, the Panambahan of 

 Mampawa positively refused to re-imburse the 

 Sultan of Pontiana, who in bis tufn attacked 

 Mampawa. After a seige of three months, be 

 was compelled to brqali up with loss from Mam- 

 pawa, to which he found that Sambas snpplied 

 assistance. Tiiis was tbe foundation of the un- 

 interruptcd state of bostility, which bas from 

 tbat period snbsisted betwe«'n Sambas and Pon- 

 tiana, The Sultaa of Pontiana made anotber 



