"تقرير جديد عن جزر الهند الشرقية: يتناول ملاحظات وتعليقات النقيب أليكساندر هاميلتون الذي كان يسكن في تلك الأجزاء من ١٦٨٨ إلى ١٧٢٣، حيث كان يتاجر ويسافر بحرًا وبرًا إلى معظم البلاد والجزر المعنية بالتجارة والملاحة، بين رأس الرجاء الصالح وجزيرة اليابان. الطبعة الثانية. المجلد II." [‎١‎٤‎٥] (٣٦٢/١٦٨)

of the Eaft Indies. 14.5
Hand is about xo Leagues long, but of an
unequal Breadth, tho' in fome Parts it isiz
Leagues broad.
T h e r e is a Chanel runs between Tullo-
lout and the Ifland of Borneo^ about two
Miles broad, fome Places narrower, and fome
broader, and from feven to five Fathoms
deep, all the Way through, and there are fe-
veral rifing Grounds along that Shore, fit to
build Houfes on, which is a Rarity on the
Sea Coafts of Borneo^ feldom to be met with.
I heard Mr. Sylvamis L an den, who had been
Chief of Borneo, fay, that he much wondred
"why the Company of England Ihould have
fettled a Fadory at Banjar-majfeen, where
they were forced for feveral Years to keep
their Fadory on Flotes of great Trees tied
together, and made faft to Trees growing in
the Water, on the Side of a River, with Cables
made of Rottans, and when they built a
Faftory, they were forced firft to drive Poles
in the Ground, to make a Foundation, as the
Dutch do at Amfterdam, and raife Earth on
them to build upon.
Captain Barry, a very ingenious Gentle
man, drew the Plan, but died before the Work
was brought to any great Forwardnefs, and
Mr. Cunningham, who came thither from Tul-
lo-condore, when that Fadory was cut off by
their Macca(fer Soldiers, came to the Head
of the Company's Affairs. He was bred a
Surgeon, and had turn'd Virtuofo, would
Ipend whole Days in contemplating on the
Nature, Shape, and Qualities of a Butterfly
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