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The ship struck several times while threading her way through a line of dangerous shoals to the eastward of Bangay; and on the same evening we arrived at Balam-bangan. The Royalist had been despatched about a month before to Sincapore, to obtain provisions to enable us to survey the coast of Borneo.
He still takes considerable interest in the affairs of men and each year sends the spirits Layag and Bangay, as stars, to tell the people when to prepare their land for the planting of crops. See page 154. Other spirits, less friendly, have existed from the first time. Of these one named Siling causes much trouble by confusing travelers through the forest.
About the year 1766, four ships, filled with troops and every thing requisite for the formation of a colony, arrived at Balam-bangan, which was formally taken possession of in the name of his Britannic Majesty. But unexpected difficulties arose one after the other. The natives of Bangay, about three miles distant, were hostile, and made repeated attacks upon them.
It blew so hard in the night that they were obliged to bear up for Bangay, the north-west point of which they discovered next morning at day-break. Going ashore they instantly made a search for fresh water, which they soon found, and considering what they had suffered from thirst, it is no wonder that they drank to excess.
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