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ESSAY TOWARDS AN ACCOUNT OF SULU. 
There is another lake on the island* of more consequence ; it is 
named Dung on, aud was for some time the residence of Sultan 
Dadarodin, (from thence commonly called Sultan Dungoii) two 
rivers fall into the lake, and the coast between them is steep rocky 
cliffs, the lake is fresh, at low water, and has 8 fathoms. The 
river leading from it to the sea, has 5, 6, and 7 fathoms. But on 
the bar, which is of black sand, only If at low water, and about 4 
at the height of springs. 
Towsan Didangdidang adjacent to Dungon, has very many large 
pearl oysters. 
The chain of islands on the S. E. side of Taweetawee are all low, 
with an infinite number of shoals between them and Taweetawee , 
through which the channels have 6, 7, and 8 fathoms, but are 
extremely intricate and so narrow, that the Chinese junks used, in 
some places, to be pushed on, with poles. These gutts are the 
most valuable pearl fishery, as accessible at all times, and fish of 
various kinds are amazingly plentiful, and of great size. 
The island Taweetawee , has but few people, but abounds with 
excellent timber. 
Samamput has many alligators. 
Nusa Pababag is low and uninhabited, it is rocky in the middle, 
and destitute of water. 
Simonov has plenty of manatee. 
Tankalaluan , is so called from the number of oysters, 
Tagao, head island , from a supposed similitude to a man’s head. 
The names of several of the islands are so immodest, that it 
would be improper to shew their nakedness by a translation : The 
most obscene parts of the human frame, give name to some, from 
a real or supposed resemblance, and others derive their appellation 
from accidents the most indecent. 
Magpeos is a single mountain. 
Duran , a small hill, inhabited. 
Sigbye is high land, but destitute of water. 
Tambagaan , which is situated between it and Tawitawi, is not 
very high, but has good water. 
Kangtipyan are two small islands, less than Suladdi , lying east 
and west, parallel to each other ; the southern has a ledge of rocks 
on the south side, making a harbour for small vessels. 
JBubuan has in the middle a lake, and the river which leads to it 
is on the N. W. side ; the island is about the size of Tapul. 
Kakataan , about the size of Minis , is a low woody island, so 
infested with musquitoes, that the Suin’s are afraid to go near it. 
Maglumba, is a small island which produces bird’s nests; there 
is an entrance at top, but too small to admit a man, the people who 
go to gather the nests, therefore, dive under water, and pass under 
the cliffs, where there is a passage into the cave. 
Although the greatest part of Palawan being under the Sulu 
dominion, yet I cannot enter into a minute description: The 
