£8 SKETCH OF BÓRNEÖ, 



represented as exc^ssively wild and incohereüi^ 

 but it does not appe^ir th?it they have ever been 

 collect^^d. The Sulus have a notioii, that the 

 Idaan of the North are descen<!ed from the Chi- 

 nese, an opinion which seetiis mereïj to hiive 

 originated from the fairness of th^-ir complex-^ 

 ion. Dalrjmplè has mentioncd one of the le- 

 ge ds eoririected with thi& opiuionf Or?eiit. Re- 

 pertory Vol. J. Pa2:e 559) which runs thiis. 

 ^^ The Emperor, of Chioa sent a j^reat fleet for 

 the stone of a «nakp^ .whici) Ivad its .resideace at 

 Keenev Ba Üoo, the nurnber of, peöpfe landed 

 Was so grr^at as to forro a coutiqiied cjiaia from 



the sea^ and .when th" su;tk.es st me was stolen, 



«•« • " ''•.''■■■» 



it was ha 'ded from ow^ {u ano her till ^t rcach* 



éd the Boat which imm:"di3jtely put off from the 



shore, and carried the pri^e to the Jiioks^ whicn 



'immediatö'v sailine^, left aH tli'ósé "who' were 



ash '^ bHfnd, thous^h th'efir 'Ökpatch was not 



enonjrh ^o prevent thé Wa^<o*s[)ur'siiit,who carrie 



\ir> Wï(h the iuiiks and-ï'e:;raiued hU frcasure.** 



This is not a fradition vvhich cari throw any 



light Oh the or «rin of the Diyak* !t rcsembhs 



'a Malay fable about the snakes or Nagaa, which 



"fiiinre 'nearly as ni'ich in the romances of tha 



Malays as amoi^s- those ofi tiWv>Hijuius, .amoog 



whom Naga obviously ^jgniGes a moiuitaincer as 



weü as a siiake. 



