factory at Brunai. Pepper trade. Settlement of
Singapore, 1819. Attracted trade of Borneo, Celebes, &c. Pirates.
Brooke acquired Sarawak 1840, the first permanent British
possession. Labuan a British Colony, 1846. The Dutch protest.
Their possessions in Borneo. Spanish claims. Concessions of
territory acquired by Mr. Dent, 1877-78. The monopolies of the
first Europeans ruined trade: better prospect now opening. United
States connection with Borneo. Population. Malays, their Mongolian
origin. Traces of a Caucasic race, termed Indonesians. Buludupih
legend. Names of aboriginal tribes. Pagans and Mahomedans.

CHAPTER II. PAGES 11-33.

Description of Brunai, the capital, and its river. Not a typical
Malayan river. Spanish Catholic Mission. British Consulate. Inche
Mahomed. Moses and a former American Consulate. Pigafetta's
estimate of population in 1521, 150,000. Present estimate, 12,000.
Decay of Brunai since British connection. Life of a Brunai noble;
of the children; of the women. Modes of acquiring slaves: 'forced
trade.' Condition of slaves. Character and customs of Brunai
Malays. Their religion, gambling, cock-fighting: _amoks_,
marriage. Sultan and ministers and officers of the state. How
paid. Feudal rights--Ka-rajahan, Kouripan, Pusaka. Ownership of
land. Modes of taxation. Laws. Hajis. Punishments. Executions. A
naval officer's mistake. No army, navy, or police, but the people
universally armed. Cannon foundries. Brass guns as currency.
Dollars and copper coinage. Taxation. Revenue; tribute from
Sarawak and North Borneo; coal resources.

CHAPTER III. PAGES 33-62.

Pigafetta's description of Brunai in 1521. Elephants. Reception by
the King. Use of spirituous liquors. Population. Floating Market.
Spoons. Ladies appearing in public. Obeisance. Modes of addressing
nobles. The use of yellow confined to the Royal Family. Umbrellas
closed when passing the Palace. Nobles only can sit in the stern
of a boat. Ceremonies at a Royal reception; bees-wax candles.

Mr. Dalrymple's description of Brunai in 1884. Quakers' meeting.
Way to a Malay's heart lies through his pocket. Market place and
hideous women. Beauties of the Harems. Present population.
Cholera. Exports. Former Chinese pepper plantations. Good water
supply. Nobles corrupt; lower classes not. The late Sultan Mumim.
The present Sultan. Kampongs, or parishes and guilds. Methods of