40 SKETCH OF BORNEO. 



dent, a Secretary and his clerk, a Sur^eon, at 

 Captain with a Subaltern^ and 25 European 

 soldiers. Thej also stationed an armed cutter 

 in the river which was likewise maniied with 

 Europeans, so that they had altogether about 

 100 Europeans, but no native soldiers. The 

 Dutch now imposed what duties they pleased, 

 and allowed the Sultan but a very small share of 

 ihem^ which circumstance, togelher with his 

 profuse manner of living, compelled ths Sultan 

 to run deeply in debt. In the year 17S6, the 

 Dutch, assisted by the force of Poiitiana^ dis- 

 troyed Sacadina and Mampawa, in the latter of 

 which they placed the Sultan of Pontiana's 

 eldest sön as Panambahan, establishing there a 

 factory of their own^ dependent on that of Pon- 

 tiana. Previous, however, to the settlement of 

 the Dutch at Pontiana, it was visited by a 

 Freuch frigate, commanded by the b rot her 

 of the French Captain^ whom the Sultan had 

 formerly cut ofF at Passir, and who had been 

 dispatched for the express purpose of attacking 

 hinij but as the frigate could not pass the bar, 

 and durst not send in her boats to attack the 

 place, she was able to effect nothing, and was 

 compelled to retura after destro^ing a few proas 

 at the mouth of the river, which had never 

 had any coacera in the crime of the Sultan. 



