Borneon

One Borneon boat had lagged behind; the Pangeran who commanded deserted the second, and sought refuge with the Tumangong, trying to induce him to fly; and the crew of the third,

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

_Idaans_ [Kadiens], Borneon tribes, and the name generally given to most of the varieties of the Indian Archipelago.

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

But the loss of the direct intercourse with China had more fatal effects; it prevented large bodies of annual emigrants from China settling upon her shores; it deprived them of an opportunity of visiting the Borneon ports, and exercising their mechanical arts and productive industry; and of thus keeping up the prosperity of the country in the tillage of the ground, as well as in the commerce of her ports.

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

The fruit-bearing trees which enrich and adorn the Indian continent, offer, on the Borneon shore, all their kindred varieties, nurtured by the bountiful hand of luxuriant nature.

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

It is bounded to the westward by the Sambas territory, to the southward by a range of mountains which separate it from the Pontiana river, and to the eastward by the Borneon territory of Sadong.

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

I may mention among my other difficulties, that many, nay most, of the Dyak tribes are held as _private property_: any rascally Borneon making a present to the sultan, gets a grant of a Dyak tribe, originally to rule, now to plunder or sell; and in this way the portion of the Sibnowans settled at Lundu are under Bandar Sumsu; but, being a resolute people, he cannot do them much wrong.

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

In the month of March, 1843, while at Pinang, I received intimation from the governor of various daring acts of piracy having been committed near the Borneon coast on some vessels trading to

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

I accordingly resume my extracts with his ensuing voyage from that port, and again for the Indian archipelago, but contenting myself, for reasons which need not be entered into at length, with only that portion of his excursion to Celebes and among the Bugis which particularly bears upon his Borneon sequel.

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

The reflection that we were proceeding up a Borneon river hitherto unknown, sailing where no European ever sailed before; the deep solitude, the brilliant night, the dark fringe of retired jungle, the lighter foliage of the river bank, with here and there a tree flashing and shining with fireflies, nature's tiny lamps glancing and flitting in countless numbers and incredible brilliancy!

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

The Borneon territory opposite to Labuan abounds also, I believe, in the palm which yields sago, and indeed the chief part of the manufactured article was thirty years ago brought from this country.

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel