Ambong

This mountain, estimated to be 14,000 feet high, is about forty miles from Ambong, and with the aid of a glass we could discern cataracts and ravines innumerable.

Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery Frank Marryat 1840

The scenery in the bay of Ambong varies from that of the Borneo coast in general.

Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery Frank Marryat 1840

The contents of this letter being forwarded by the authorities to our gallant captain, he determined upon proceeding to Ambong, accompanied by our old ally, the Phlegethon steamer.

Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery Frank Marryat 1840

From Labuan we proceeded to Ambong, a place where it was supposed that an European female had been detained as a slave.

Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery Frank Marryat 1840

A letter from a master of a merchant vessel was received by the authorities at Sincapore, wherein it was stated on oath, that, having lately put into the port of Ambong, in Borneo, an European woman had been seen near one of the huts of the village; but that on their approach, she disappeared.

Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery Frank Marryat 1840

We found nothing at Ambong to lead us to suppose that European females had at any time been made prisoners by the inhabitants: they were apparently a quiet, peaceable people, living entirely by agriculture.

Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery Frank Marryat 1840

After making a survey of Ambong, we only waited to take in a supply of fresh beef, and then started the Phlegethon on her return to Sarawak with Mr. Brooke and Mr. Williamson, while we shaped our course in an opposite direction on our way to Manilla.

Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery Frank Marryat 1840

I may here remark that the bullocks at Ambong were remarkably fine and the price of them ridiculously cheap.

Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery Frank Marryat 1840

Ambong is a pretty little bay, with a Malay village built in the bight of it, and there is

Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery Frank Marryat 1840