Chapter I: Pages 1-11

THE Hudson's Bay Company's Charter, 1670. British North Borneo
Company's Charter, November 1881, as a territorial power. The
example followed by Germany. Borneo the second largest island in
the world. Visited by Friar Odoric, 1322, by Berthema, 1503; but
not generally known until, in 1518 Portuguese, and in 1521
Spanish, expeditions touched there. Report of Pigafetta, the
companion of Magellan, who found there a Chinese trading
community. Origin of the name Borneo; sometimes known as
Kalamantan. Spanish attack on Brunai, 1573. First Dutch
connection, 1600; first British connection, 1609. Diamonds.
Factory established by East India Company at Banjermassin, 1702,
expelled by natives. British capture of Manila, 1762, and
acquisition of Balambangan, followed by cession of Northern Borneo
and part of Palawan. Spanish claims to Borneo abandoned by
Protocol, 1885. Factory established at Balambangan, 1771, expelled
by Sulus, 1775; re-opened 1803 and abandoned the following year.
Temporary 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-rájahan, 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.