ee A VISIT TO THE INDIAN AllCHlPELAGO. 



wliich, by tbiO hyc, no use appears to Imve been made), 

 togC'tJior with tbe uortb end of Bomeo and the south 

 end of Palawan, Tvitb tlic intciTcniug islands. 



At length ive took leave of His Majesty, retiring in 

 much the same order as that in which we had entered. 

 Although no actual treaty was concluded with the 

 Sulfcanj Sir James pared the way for opening up com- 

 merce, aiui for eultivating a bettor nnderstanding with the 

 natires. 



In the afternoon we visited one Datu Daniel, a powerfii! 

 chief, very friendly, and well disposed towards the English- 

 His stronghold was at a short distance in the country, at 

 the foot of one of the mountain slopes, fortiiied m much 

 the same way as the Sultan's, but on a smaller scale ; hia 

 stockades were, however, quite as strong, and his guns in 

 better order. His enclosed court, being likewise a farm- 

 yard with a good supply of live stock, looked as if he was 

 better prepared than his royal master to stand a long 

 siege : his wives looked happy, his children merry ; and, 

 on the whole, his domestic life appeared tolerably 

 comfortfible. 



The terms, on which the Sultan appeared to live witli 

 his groat vassals, very much resembled the feudaJ system 

 of the Middle Ages, 



The fact, that any man putting his foot on British soil 

 becomes free, and that the deck of a man-of-war was all 

 the same as British soil, seemed to be a dodge " peifectly 

 understood by the Soloo chiefs ; and, during the stay of 



