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rious Arabs, who, though they impaircd his for- 

 tune, vet for the time encreased his consequence. 

 By these means, Pontiana, in the space of a sin- 

 gle jear became a considerable settlement, and 

 attracted the jeah)usy of the Rajah of Landak. 

 The Rajah of Landak was at this time a de- 

 pendant of the Sultan of Bantam^ and being 

 alarmed at the reports which he heard, that the 

 Sultan of Pontiana intended io block up the 

 river and engross its trade, he dispatched an em- 

 bassj to Pontiana, to enquire what were his in- 

 tentions. The Sultan of Pontiana, though he 

 professed that his intentions were not of a hos- 

 tile nature, took care to display his power and 

 fired ofF his great guns repeatedly m their 

 presence. They transmitted to Bantam a verj 

 exaggerated account of the strength of Pon- 

 tiana, the Cv)nsequence of which was, that the 

 Sultan of Bantam conceiving himself unable to 

 protect Landak, resigned it to the Dutch. Ia 

 1776 the Dutch sent a strong force from Batavia 

 to Pontiana to establish themselves in their new- 

 ly acquired possessions, and the Sultan of Pon- 

 tiana, intimidated by their power, allo wed them 

 to settle at Pontiana, where they built a stock- 

 ade fort and mounted on it six guns. They 

 also established a factoryj consisting of a Resi- 



