6 HISTORY OF SANTUBONG OF SARAWAK. 
beads and gold ornaments: the latter have by this time been 
thoroughly searched for by natives who have devoted their 
whole time to the work. It is believed too that Rajah Sir 
James Brooke made a collection of this treasure which un- 
fortunately entirely disappeared when the Astana was sacked 
by the Chinese in 1857. 
Concerning the former possessors of these interesting 
remains we know absolutely nothing, nor is there any local 
tradition on the subject; in enumerating the various objects 
found, it will be seen that the case is rather complex and we 
can offer nothing more than provisional hypotheses to explain 
the tangled evidence. 
The area in which these fragmentary relics are to be 
found is a very definite one stretching for a distance of about 
14 miles along the shore of the river, being limited on the west 
by the Santubong River: landwards it extends back for some 
fifty yards. It is easily distinguished from its surroundings 
by the characteristic black iron slag. A great part of it is now 
uninhabited. ‘ 
The following is a general list of relics found within re- 
cent years at Santubong: gold ornaments, beads of various 
kinds, bracelets, broken pottery and crucibles, Chinese coins, 
iron slag, one small Hindu image of baked clay, and several 
carved stones. 
We must mention that these various remains, all mixed 
confusedly together, belong to very varied peoples and dates, 
some being undoubtedly modern: this is clearly shewn in the 
case of the pottery and the beads. 
GOLD ORNAMENTS. 
These are mostly beads of very fine workmanship. In 
addition to these are fragmentary remains of what appear to 
have been ear and nose ornaments. A solitary stud rescued 
intact much resembles the nose studs worn by natives of India. 
Several large beads found here have the characteristic shape 
of an octahedron pulled out into a spindle. Such beads may 
perhaps have formed part of the tassel hanging from the ear 
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