sts, and in high esteem at China. There is no quarter of the world
which abounds more in that species of the sea-turtle (called by the
Malays pakayan) which yields the shell; any quantity may be had on
all the shores and isles of this bay.

The interior abounds in camphor, which can be had in any quantities;
so vastly abundant is it, and so little does the Orang Idan know of
the extreme value of this commodity, that a bamboo of camphor may
be procured in exchange for a bamboo of salt. The petty towns are
Sandeck, Bowengun, Patasan, Pone, and Milawi. It produces in one
year two hundred piculs of wax, fifty piculs of tortoise-shell,
ten piculs of best camphor, and as much inferior; ten piculs of
birds'-nests, at ten dollars the catty; 1st camphor, twenty-five;
rattans, one dollar per picul; tortoise-shell, one dollar the catty;
wax, twenty the picul. Articles required are the same as at Borneo
Proper. Rice, provisions, fish, and fruits are abundant and cheap;
the sugar-cane also.

The province of Paytan is the principal district for camphor of any
in the world. Whole forests for miles everywhere meet the eye, and
the produce from them is the finest that can be conceived, large and
transparent as Chin-chew sugar-candy. The principal towns are Pitan,
Kinarubatan, Kulepan, and the famous town of Sugut. The coast is so
full of coral-reefs, and has been so very indifferently surveyed,
that it is only frequented by prows; there is a road from Sugut to
Bankaka in Maludu Bay. Much wax, tripan, sago, &c., is produced here.

Labuk has the towns of Camburcan, Labuk, and Songsohi; its produce is
somewhat similar to that of Paytan, with the addition of clove-bark
and birds'-nests.

Sandakan. This celebrated harbor has been already mentioned as one
of the finest in the world. The towns within it are Towsam, Duyom,
Lu, Bokean, Dom or Doung, Seagally-hood and Tong luly luku; all
these are governed by Datus from Sulo, who have expressly settled
here to collect the prodigious quantities of birds'-nests abounding
in this district. They are procured here at ten dollars the catty;
and sent to Sulo, with tripan, wax, &c. The Sulos are very jealous of
any ships going in here, and will leave no attempt untried in cutting
off a vessel going in, although an English port.

In the province of Mangidora lies the great river Kinnabatingan,
which is navigable a vast way up, with several towns of Orang Idan
on its shores. The other towns are Salas