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    valuable m tba O ^ iBeaexaaarket . Qo £ * fee has . boett iatefy introduced , and wili ampty repay its cnkiFfttian ; indigo , also roould become very impott--taut under u free ami enlightened

    system of government . All the ai&-aneroais varieties of fruit , produced in the , islands of the Arehipelag © , are fttmman to Borneo . Tbe maiigtistui sad pomegranate appear , however , to be superior to the same fruit elsewhere- The rivers , and coasts abound

    with fish of many different sorts , most of which arse extremely good . The . alligator and crocodile are numerous in the rivers , iwit are very little feaared by the natives , and , indeed , nray be said to be very harmless . Although

    the neighbouring islands of Java and Sumatra haw the tiger in abundance , yet Borneo is perfectly exempt from wild beasts , of any dangerous kinds : a small species of bear is found in it ? and the rhinoceros exists in the interior

    Heer are very numerous , being seem in herds of many thousands . Wild swifie are also extremely numerous : and wild buffaloes , and almost every species of the monkey , from the orangootan to the smallest species known . Snakes of many kinds exist , but , not

    in very great quantity , and £ ew are of a venomous species . The doubleheaded snake , I have seen a pretty large specimen of , but whether it be a kisufl natures or otherwise , I am not able to say with any degree of certaLaty . GdUl is generally distributed of

    through the-whole ^ extent the country , and the mining for it affords em * pioyment to little short of 100 , 000 Chsraege emigraBLts , who are constantly coming from and returning to China > vith ti&eir gains . The natives confine their searches after this ^ preckms metal

    to the # * mds of the rivers m the dry season . Th ® import of Bornean gold Into Calcutta has been for some ye * re ( previous to lint Dutch restoration to the oontrotii of the Malayan Arohipe-. lago ) upwards irf j £ 5 QJM * 0 annually . The « wmial procktue of the island is

    pTohably upvvnrds of ^ 500 , 000 , the chief part T of which goes to CS&tna . Chopper lias lately been found , ^ uwi ie now wrought m the western parte of libeisland . Iron one , of most ^ KeoOLJenC qoatitv ' , is abundant , cpod thougb fait partially / wrought b y tfe « ignorant aa » tivep , it wottld , in tW ^ nds of JBuro ^ p ^ ans ^ suffice to aftpply all tiie ^ Arete-

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    q ^ S ^ q . ' Pit' eoai iff iu gre ^ a&tui oance ^ and eo ? ne » f liie fiin ^ ace « 6 to be es ^^^ ed to tJbe wr toa ^ gr « at-extettt in several places A ^ p haltwm or t ^ irth oil , which form 3 « o vakmbl « ao

    Article of produce in Pegu , is here ii > abundance , but quite neglected . Pl ^ - tma is found Among the gold , but thrown away by the natives . Though many other rateable mineral productions doubtless exist , yet as beii % unknown to the natives , I shall close the

    list with the diamond , which is found in various parts of the country , chiefly in that of the Aborigines , in conside rable abundance , and of different sizes and water . One of the largest diamonds in the world , weighing' 36 ? carats , is iu the possession of the petty Malay Prince of Luceadana .

    Tlie population of Borneo eonsists of Aborigines , under the names of Pant * Dyac > N gc ^ u , Maan , Bugttet , &e * , ^ OHsesm&g the whole interior of tiie country , and south and north-eastern coasts . The Paul are the most

    ferocious , devouring the slain , and sometimes some or all of the prisoners after a feattle . The Dyac is a step further advanced , or rather less degraded , ki inteUigence and civilization ^

    and having had coBsiderable acquaintance with them , I can speak of their habits with a greater decree of certaintyfchan those of any of the others' . The Bu ^ uet , or Bukit , are timid , and

    inhabit ( as their name implies ) the secluded gle&s of the mountains , aad on the appeara&ee of strangers abandon their Huts and hide themselves in the > caverns . -Salt is etxdianged wifch some of them in the most inaccessible places of * he country , for from one half to 4 he whole of it »

    weight in gold . The coasts ave mostly mHabited toy Malayan ^ Javanese and Ohine $ e colonists 5 tike two farmer \ Hi 4 er indepetideHt ^ rifK } efi , ^ etier » Hy of A ^ a *> ic , mifi * - sion&ry , tradb&r , or pirate extraction Potttksna , vn tfee west «© oast of th ^ island , and now-one of i&e most flon ^

    n ^ hiMg , was fotttoed ewiy 4 n Che 1 « M eentuty by « n Arfct > pira * e , ¥ fafa the e * e \ w of L «« fte « t . BttAjarMaesMi wm founded by ail 4 £ ttf } a ^ about # f ^ e ^ eotwiaa ago , and m tht most div » li « ed tmd populous > s « at € oft the islmid , ^ f tei ^ Bow * e ^ Pro )^« r > wtii ^ is chiefly Chinese , though the- ^ f % » e « fee -nofidmsilt f ^ M « lay . -rk « K AMri ^

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1822, page 14, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2508/page/14/