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treasury at the time the country was founded; they feil in battle and were 

 buried together on tliis spot; a temple was erected over their tomb and 

 when a merchant-vessel arrivés, it must kill a cow or roast fowls and offer 

 at the same time melati- and other flowers ; if any man in the ship does not 

 worship , he becomes ill. When the people of the country go out trading, 

 they make an offering of flowers , and if they come back having made profit, 

 they take two cocks, to whose feet they attach knives, and let them fight 

 before the tomb; if one of these fowls is killed, they thank the deities for 

 it, which is certainly very curious. 



The trade is carriecl on in the following way. When a Chinese ship 

 arrivés, presents are sent in to the king. The trade is superintencled by a 

 head-writer , a second-writer , a head-assistant , a second assistant , a function- 

 ary for the weights and measures, etc. It is very difficult to get out of the 

 river and it is necessary to do so with spring-tides ; sometimes, before the 

 trading transactions are finished, the ships have to go out first and wait 

 outside. 



We know that tlie work , from which this account lias been taken , was pub- 

 lished in 1618, but the materials used in composhig it , must partij 7 have been writ- 

 ten at a much earlier date. So , for instance, the story of the Chinese , who is said 

 to have gone there in the beginning of the 15 th century and who was still reigning 

 there as king. We cannot say whether this story is true or not , but it seéms that 

 at one time a large number of Chinese have immigrated into this country , native 

 tradition at least says so and there is a Dayak-tribe in the interior, who claim to be 

 descendants of Chinese. 



The History of the Ming-dynasty has also an account of Brunei which, being 

 only a repetition of what we translated just now, may safely be omitted. 



Sulu C 1 ). 

 History of the Ming dynasty (1368—1643). Book 325. 



The country of Sulu is situated near Puni (the Western-Coast of Borneo) 

 and Java. Shortly after the year 1368 they attacked Puni, where they made a 

 large booty and only retired when Java came with soldiers to assist this country. 



In the year 1417 the eastern king of this country, Paduka Pa-ha-la ( 2 ), 



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O Ei ® U ^\ Vfe $lj, Pa-tu-ka-pa-ha-la. 



