BRITISH BORNEO. ioi 
of blood, thanks to the good arrangements and tact of Cap- 
tain Hope. In order that the good results of this lesson 
should not be wasted, I revisited the scene of the little en- 
gagement in the Zepyhyr a few weeks subsequently, and not 
long afterwards the British flag was again shewn in the dis- 
trict, by Captain A. H. ALINGTON in H. M.S. Satellite, who 
interviewed the offending chiefs and gave them sound advice 
as to their conduct in future. 
Akin to the Bajows are the Illanuns and Balinini, Muham- 
madan peoples, famous in former days as the most enterpri- 
sing pirates of the Malayan seas. The Balinini, Balignini or 
Balanguini—as their name is variously written—originally 
came from a small island to the north of Sulu, and the Illa- 
nuns from the south coast of the island of Mindanao—one of the 
Philippines, but by the action of the Spanish and British 
cruisers their power has been broken and they are found 
scattered in small numbers throughout the Sulu Islands and 
on the seaboard of Northern Borneo, on the West Coast of 
which they founded little independent settlements, arrogating 
to their petty chiefs such high sounding titles as Sultan, Ma- 
harajah and so forth. 
The Illanuns are a proud race and distinguished by 
wearing a much larger sword than the other tribes, with a 
straight blade about 28 inches in length. This sword is called 
a kampilan, and is used in conjunction with a long, narrow, 
wooden shield, known by the name of lassap, and in the use 
of these weapons the Illanuns are very expert and often boast 
that, were it not for their gunpowder, no Europeans could 
stand up to them, face to face. I believe, that it is these peo- 
ple who in former days manufactured the chain armour of 
which I have seen several specimens, but the use of which has 
now gone out of fashion. Those I have are made of small 
brass rings linked together, and with plates of brass or 
buffalo horn in front. The headpiece is of similar con- 
struction. 
There are no Negritos in Borneo, although they exist in the 
Malay Peninsula and the Philippines, and our explorers have 
failed to obtain any specimens of the “‘ tailed” people in whose 
existence many of the Brunai people believe. ‘The late Sul- 
