id HISTORY OF SANTUBONG OF SARAWAK. 
In addition to the above are cooking pots, teapots, and 
gin receptacles exactly like those of present day Chinese, and 
crockery of this particular type is suggestive of a colony of 
Chinamen rather than of Milanos. 
An entirely different kind of pottery is the crude earthen- 
ware made of burnt clay: this is decorated with a pattern 
which was beaten on the plastic clay by means of an incised 
strip of wood. Such pottery was formerly made by Malays, 
and certain Sea Dayaks even now make their cooking pots in 
this way. These pots would be made on the island, we sup- 
pose. 
An interesting find is that of crucible remains in fairly 
large quantities. The crucibles—apparently about 7 ins. high 
—were excellently made and the clay used was of superior 
quality: it is obvious too, that the material was turned on a 
potter’s wheel. We think it very likely that these crucibles 
were made in .the village, and that they made use of a white 
siliceous clay which is still to be found at Bankissam: this 
clay has been analysed by Mr. C. J. Brooks who reports 
that it is very similar in composition to the material of 
the crucibles and to that of one of the better kinds of 
pottery. 
A remarkable fact about these abundant crueible remains 
is that not one of them has been in use, as if the Santubong 
crucibles were made entirely for export. . The recent find of 
a single specimen of crucible which has been in use and which 
still contains a fusible slag does not appreciably alter the case 
for this crucible is made of an entirely different material, being 
of coarse grain whereas all the other crucibles are characterised 
by a special fineness of structure. The contents of the used 
crucible are iron slag. In the total absence of used crucibles 
belonging to the better class, we are unwilling to offer any 
suggestion respecting their use. 
We can sum up the evidence of the pottery by Satine 
that there lived in Santubong some people who possessed 
quantities of good Chinese (or Siamese) pottery, and that the 
same or other people made first class crucibles and simple 
burnt clay cooking rots. 
Jour. Straits Branch. 
