CHAPTER IX. 



CONTENTS. 



DEPARTURE FROM MANILLA— INSTRUCTIONS TO MR. KNOX— MINDORO-SEMARARA— 

 PANAY— FLYING-FISH LEAVES US — BAY OF ANTiaUE-SAN JOSE-MINDANAO — CAL- 

 DER A — FORESTS OF MINDANAO— SANGBOYS— SOOLOO-SOUNG— CANOES OF SOOLOO— 

 WE LAND AT SOOLOO— VISIT TO THE DATU MULU — HIS RESIDENCE— VISIT TO THE 

 SULTAN— HIS RESIDENCE— HIS PERSON AND DRESS— TREATY MADE WITH HIM— THE 

 HEIR APPARENT— WE ARE REFUSED PERMISSION TO VISIT THE INTERIOR-PISTOL 

 STOLEN— CHINESE aUARTER— THE KRIS— MARKET-BLOCKS OF AMERICAN GRANITE 

 —STOLEN PISTOL RETURNED— VISIT OF THE NATURALISTS TO MARONGAS-FISHING 

 APPARATUS — SURVEY OF THE HARBOUR OF SOUNG — SLAVES EMPLOYED AS AC- 

 COUNTANTS—BEASTS OF BURDEN — PROHIBITION OF SWINE — CHARACTER OF THE 

 PEOPLE OF SOOLOO— THEIR DRESS — OCCUPATIONS-STATE OF SOCIETY— MOUNTAIN 

 TRIBES— FORTS— POPULATION-COMMERCE— DUTIES— ADVICE TO TRADERS — POSSIBLE 

 EXTENSION OF TRADE — HISTORY OF SOOLOO — ATTEMPT OF THE ENGLISH EAST 

 INDIA COMPANY TO OPEN A TRADE— ATTEMPTS AT CONQ.UEST BY THE SPANIARDS 

 —GRANT OF BALAMBANGAN TO THE EAST INDIA COMPANY— ENGLISH SETTLEMENT 

 —ITS FATE— FORMER PROSPERITY OF SOOLOO-PIRACIES OF THE SOOLOOS — MALAY 

 PIRATES — THE BAJOWS — THEIR CHARACTER —CLIMATE OF SOOLOO — DISEASES — 

 RELIGION — DEPARTURE FROM SOOLOO — PANGOOTAARAANG — CAGAYAN SOOLOO — 

 MANGSEE ISLANDS — SURVEYS — BALAMBANGAN — BORNEO — THE DYACK3 — THEIR 

 CHARACTER, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS-NAVIGATION OF THE SOOLOO SEA— PASSAGE 

 TO SINGAPORE— ARRIVAL THERE— REUNION OF THE SaUADRON— PROCEEDINGS OF 

 THE PORPOISE AND OREGON — NECKER ISLAND -FRENCH- FRIGATE SHOAL — MARO 

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