508 NOTICES OF EUROPEx^N INTERCOURSE WITH BORNEO. 
in this Journal, and we need not revert to the subject till we review 
the trade between Singapore and that coast, as we propose to do on 
a future occasion. 
Early English intercourse with Borneo. 
Of the earliest visits of English vessels to Borneo we are not aware 
that any account exists. Valentyn supposes that we began to fre¬ 
quent its ports about the year 1609, although he does not particula¬ 
rize any voyage till nearly a century latter. Captain Cowley visit¬ 
ed it in 1685 and gives a short description of it in his Voyage round 
the Globe (p. 24.) In 1696 an English vessel went to Kotaring- 
in* 
In 1702 the English established themselves at Banjamassing. 
Their chief had his house on a raft of bamboos with platforms, on 
which no Englishmen but only Bugis kept watch. At the side of 
the river they had a fort of loose earth furnished v 1th palisades, 
which was also guarded by Bugis and provided with 10 guns. The 
head of the Bugis was named Angi Boni, a follower of the Makas- 
ser Captain Daiii Matara of Bantam. These Bugis, at one time 
numbering 200 men, were at last reduced to 100 ; several had also 
departed to Pasir and Koti, villages on the east side of the island, 
lying over against Celebes, and which for 40 or 50 years had been 
subject to the king of Goa on Makasser. To Pataman was the head 
of the free Bugis, who were about 300 strong. 
The chief had brought an old ship here with 48 guns, and his 
lading consisted of some opium, Chinese stuffs, iron anchors, grap¬ 
pling irons, lead and Spanish Dollars, of which 300,000 belonged to 
the chief and 700,000 to the Company. With this he purchased pep¬ 
per, Stc.f 
■* Valentyn, vol. iii. p. 249. 
■f tc When the English left their country they were 30 ships strong, divid¬ 
ed under two flags, 15 proceeding to China, and the other I5under this Cap¬ 
tain forgeueral) Moor, whereof 8 proceeded to Bengal, 4 to the coast, 2 to 
