INCHI.—Mister—a lower title than Tuan. A title foreign to Sarawak, and in that country only assumed by foreign Malays. ABANG.—Lit. elder brother. Datu's sons are styled Abang, and also Malay Government chiefs below the rank of Datu. LAKSAMANA.—An Admiral. IMAUM.—High Priest. HAKIM.—A Judge: lit. a learned man. AWANG.—A title sometimes given to the sons of Pangirans. DAYANG OR DANG.—Lady of rank. A title given to daughters of Datus and Abangs. WAN.—Another title given to Sherifs, but more generally to their sons. It is probably derived from the Arabic word Awan, meaning a helper or sustainer of Muhammad. The following Malay geographical terms should also be noted:— BUKIT, a hill. DANAU, a lake. GUNONG, a mountain. PULAU, an island. SUNGI, a river. TANJONG, a cape. KAMPONG, a village, or subdivision of a town, a parish. ----- Footnote 1: Sultan is a title foreign to the Court language of Bruni.—Sir Hugh Low, G.C.M.G., _Sarawak_, 1848. Footnote 2: _Rajah_, correctly Raja. Plural is expressed by duplication. Footnote 3: In Bruni this title also is now debased by being granted to all natives, Chinese included. Footnote 4: St. John gives the di Gadong as Minister of Revenues, and the Pemancha as Minister for Home Affairs.—_Forests of the Far East._ Footnote 5: Pronounced by Malays Sherip, or Serip. Fem. Sheripa, Seripa. Sayid is another, though in the East less common title, assumed by descendants of the Prophet. Sir Richard Burton in his _Pilgrimage_ says the former, men of the sword, the ruling and executive branch, are the descendants of El Husayn, the Prophet's grandson; and the latter, men of the pen, religion, and politics, are descended from the Prophet's eldest grandson, El Hasan. Siti is the female title. Footnote 6: A corruption of Tuan-ku (Tuan aku), my Lord, as it is often so pronounced. CHAPTER I BORNEO [Illustration: NEPENTHES, AND RAFFLESIA TUAN-MUDÆ.] Next to Australia and New Guinea, Borneo[7] is the largest island in the world; it is larger than the whole of France. It sits astride on the equator, that divides it nearly, but not wholly, in two; the larger portion being to the north of the Line.