560 
ACCOUNT OF SULU* 
any quantity, viz. teak, nara, lawawn or pnne, black-wood, 
mahogany, malawi, bintangol, dongon, calaotit, palo-maria or 
Alexandrian laurel, banaba, &c. 
Balibagu 
Gum-aty 
Wood-oil 
Earth-oil 
Cocoanut-oil 
Honey 
of the bark is made small cordage exactly like 
hemp. 
excellent for cables. 
Caruang. 
Lahing. 
Tenub. 
The Chinese trade from Amoy to Sulu; in 1761, there were 
two junks 5 but the oppression they suffered was a great 
discouragement to the traders: In one of the junks, Sultan Banti- 
lan had an interest, to promote which, oil some frivolous pretence, 
he laid an embargo on the other junk, taking the rudder on shore : 
Dato Bandahara, and others, remonstrated on this conduct, which 
which was injurious to the community j for, if strangers had not 
protection and justice, it could not be expected that they would 
frequent the port, and consequently every one suffer, by having 
no vent for the produce of their estates : These representations being 
ineffectual, Dato Bandahara, Oranky Mallick and Panglima Mi- 
laham went on board the other junk, in which the Saltan had an 
interest, and brought its rudder also on shore, informing the Sultan, 
that when he discharged the one, they would release the other, but 
not till then: the Sultan was thus compelled to do the Chinese 
justice, to his own disgrace, but much to the credit of Bandahara, 
and his friends. 
The Chinese cargoes chiefly consist of cangans, a coarse cotton 
cloth; of nankin cloth, called Cowsung ; and cast-iron pans. Their 
returns made chiefly in pearls, mother of pearl, birds-nest, betel- 
nut, sea-slug, cockles, lacka-wood, ebany, and agal-agal. 
The Bugis also trade at Sulu, chiefly bringing the cotton ma¬ 
nufactures of Celebes ; but, in general, they only touch at Sulu in 
their way to Manila or other places; I am ignorant in what their 
returns are made, except in slaves. 
The Sulus seldom go in their own vessels to foreign parts, except 
on predatory expeditions, making slaves of the poor helpless inha¬ 
bitants of the Philipinas; although these piratical excursions are 
chiefly made from the outports, as the Sulus have not been at war 
with the Spaniards for some time. 
The Sultan Bantilan more than once sent an ambassador to 
Pekin; which was properly speaking a commercial speculation: 
for the emperor of China considers the presents brought by am¬ 
bassadors as a tribute from a vessel; and the presents sent in return, 
being made with liberality, Bantilan found it a profitable com¬ 
merce : His ambassadors always went on board the China junks 
to Amoy. 
