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States with wliich the Diitcli foriued an exclu- 

 sive tieaty, iun\ at that time the cliief appcars io 

 have had the title of Sultan. Ia every pcriod, 

 hovvever, this state has beeu more distinguished 

 for its piracies than its coinnaerce, and has been 

 always addicted to a^gressious on ils neigh- 

 boui-9. For the last ten years especially^ it has 

 been notorious over all the East, as the commou 

 haunt of every descriptioti of Pirates and La- 

 nuns, and it has forfeited every title to be consi- 

 dered as a trading state, or as a state, the exist- 

 ence of which is consistent with either the aafe- 

 ty of coinmerce or the safety of its neighbours. 

 It now appears that great numbers of the Pi- 

 rates and Sea-rovers of the East have settled at 

 Sambas, and intermarried with the aucient inba« 

 bitants. 



Of PONTIANA. 



As Pontiana is of more recent origin than any 

 other of the Malay states, so it is almost the 

 only one in which the rise can be accurately 

 traced. The account of the origin of Pontia- 

 na was procured by Mr. J. Burn, from the late 

 Sultauj who was its founder and bis principal 

 associate in the course of a residcnce of several 



