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CHAPTER VI. 
BORNEO. 
IMHAB1TANTS. PRODUCTS, HISTORV. 
INHABITANT 
The population of Borneo, according to the most recent statistic* 
available, may be i*tatef] as foHowis 
South-EasteriMlivisiion, (1871) 848,U»fi 
^Vestcni dtviaioLi, ,., ... (18/1) mb,mH 
Korth Borneo. ... (1878) 175,000 
IJrunen .. ... (1876) 125,0(K» 
Sanlwak, ... ... ,188;i) moOO 
TJnt'splomi Interior, ... SOC^OOtt 
or abotit cigbt to tlie .sqnare mile. 
Tiie total 1ms been estimated as high as t.brce miUions : on the 
other hnnd, some of thfj bf st of the *^ vefertaiee Annuals (1881) give 
only lJ50/>i (>, These c^mpTlors probably follow Mf, (^R.\\vptJRl>, wfjo, 
iu IHoti, estimated it as hnv i;* LhO(),tli,0 and eonsidered even that num. 
ber "far above the aetiiul p()|mliitioii." This writf^r's estimates of popn- 
latiou for Sunuitra and tlm Peniusiik have, however, on further mfurma- 
tiou, proved far too hnv; and it may be safely assumed that tlm entire 
population of Borneo is, at tins date, i-ather above than below 2,000^(KK). 
/i'tftr.\\— The )^,('OU,(>'-t) iiihiibitauts of Borneo may be divided 
iuto : — 
Uvaks, .. .. i jO{)f),f;f)0 approximately. 
M'olays, .. 4(K),00() do. 
Chinese, . . , . . . aDO^tXK) Dutch census 1871. 
Bugis, 100,000 do, do. 
Javanese, lUO,000 do. do. 
Miscellaneous (Suliis!, Etirupeaof*, 
Arabs^ &e,}, . . . . 50,000 estimated. 
2,000,000 
The aborigines of Borneo are all of Malayan race, and the moat 
numerous are known as Dyukii ; but they are divided into many tribes, 
speaking more or less distiiiet langnapea, and are distingnished by various 
names in diilerent parts of the ii^laufl. They differ from the Halays in being 
somewhat Ir^^hter, wnnv active, and uf a more Inisting disposilion. lu the 
Koi'th- Woat ibe Dit»un tribes eorrenpond to the Laud Dyaka of SarAwak^ 
while the Mihrnm eorrcapond to the tscft Dy tika, Tho Knytnis, conoid orod 
