•SK.ETCH OT BORNEO. 



bat to tiiis he would not consent, foreseeing the 

 disputes that were certain of ariiing betweea 

 the Bisgis and Chine-se. in the midst af these 

 difïïeulties, bowever, the Arabs and other reli« 

 glous impostors prevaiied on him to advance to 

 theni large sums of money, which they never 

 thought of refunding ; thus with all bis dissimu- 

 Fatioa, becoming the dupe of hvpocricy. IJe 

 seems alwajs to have displayed more of the cha- 

 racter of the artful trader tban of the Sovereign^ 

 though it must be owned^ that he exhibited 

 considerable suppleness and dexterlty in ruling 

 the motley mass of subjects which he iad col* 

 lected at Pontiana. 



in punishment he was unconiTnoniy scvere and 

 even barbarous. In bis own faraily the faulta 

 of bis domestics, especially his women, were 

 punished in the most cruel manner, and by the 

 most infamous sort of tortures, sornetinies ponr- 

 ing boiling water into the privities of the fe- 

 males, or burning them aüve with their para- 

 mours on the suspicion of incontinence. 



The present Sultan since the death of hls fa- 

 ther, bas conducted himself in such a manner as 

 in a grcat measure to effiice the former dislike 

 which was cntertaincd of hitn by the people, 

 carefully avoiding the n»ost prominent crrors of 



