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East coast, from Sebamban in Tftnali Bumbu to Kanyungan in 1* 3' North 
latitude, in directly under the Dutch UovjemmeDt. 
Pln."es;— 
Poiifi'duak, neat the mouth of Kapiias, ''s thr* to^rn of most importntice 
in BoTiiro, bcii g the olurf Dittvh Settbme:it, ivitba eousiderable number 
of Chinese minew and souje hjurdpsan rcsidcita, 
Ihuijer-Masut, in the .South- Ivist, is a lcB,<i jj^jpuhms town, though the 
capital of a l.irgLT Hoi-^idcacy.. hith in exteut and populatiou. 
TdbQrmait, %\\QQ\m^ trading place of the S»>uth coast, is situated 
southward of liimjer-Masin. 
Samariuda and Temjdrouf;, on th-^ Kiltei river, are ths most im- 
portant places on tlie ensteru side of Borneo. 
English Settlements, 
The territory of Sarawak comprises tin area of about 40,000 square 
milei*, with a popuktiou ot' ul)>jut :i8 J/ ) ) ), oumpasii'd of various races, cliiefly 
Dyaks. Baruwak now extend^i Ivast and West-t'JO niilus fruiu Mount ihllu 
(<J,(X)U) to Mount Poi (t),')00). It ha.< an average breadth in land ui murly 
lOU mik^s. It is Hitiiated on the N%irLh-West enust of the i^hind o\' Bor- 
neo, and h iutersttetcd by iinmy rivm^ some of them navigable for a 
considerable distance iiilauri, the largest being the Ilujanj^, the Baram, 
and the Batang Lupar. The geni-rat dinn-tions of these and of the odier 
large stream!^ between the Sitrriwak and th*^ Baram, is from East to 
AVest, or neurly [wrallel to the eoast. The pres'-nt rule has now la^sted 
over forty ycars^ ant! appears to be tirmly est.ddished. l lic Ccovernmeot 
of the tlisitrietj from Tun jung Datu to the entrance of the Sarimharan 
river, was obtained from the J^ultaii of Brunei, in SepteinbiT, 1811, by 
Mr. Brooke, wlio has 8ince becnuie better known ii^ Kaja I?kookk of 
Sarawak. At the elose of i8']8, he took his yacbt, the " Boyalist,* to tlie 
uew British Settlenieut of Sinirnpon^ : thenee lie [iroceeded, aiter a «hort 
stay, to Kiiehing, the capital id* Sarawak, to which the attei.jtion of Singa- 
pore merchants had recently been directed^ owing to the diBt^overy of 
iiutimuny. He found a Brunei Efijn, Muda IIassim, installed there. 
BftnoKE was soon obliged t(j leave t^aruwuk, which was in a state of 
rebeilion ; but iu August, 1810, he rcturoed thither, and juiued MvB\ 
IIas^siji's jjarty, who with BiiotttiE'.s assistance overcame and dispersed 
the relnls. The followiug yc ir he obuniied his firsE ee6jti*<n i)f territory. 
In 1861, a second cessiou was obtaiiu^d of all the rivers and land from 
the Samaharan river to Kadf^rotig p(tmt ; and in 1882 a third ce^^sionj of 
one hundred miles of coa^it-line, and nil the country and rivers that lie 
between Kadurong point and the Baratn river, includtng about 3 miles 
of coast on the ^^ortti- East side tif the latter. The pre:?ent ll;\]a, U.IL 
Chaklbs Johnsox BaooKKj is a nephew of Sir Ja^es BaooiLE, and suc- 
ceeded in May, 18G8. 
The euccess of his experifuent in administration wae shown during 
tli« Chinese iosurrection in 1857, wiioa the whole indigenons population 
