104 Borneo — The Dyaks. 



Brooke possessed, and especially to his having convinced the 

 native population, by every action of his life, that he ruled 

 them, not for his own advantage, but for their good. 



Since these lines were written his noble spirit has passed 

 away. But though, by those who knew him not, he may be 

 sneered kt as an enthusiast adventurer, or abused as a hard- 

 hearted despot, the universal testimony of every one who 

 came in contact with him in his adopted country, whether 

 European, Malay, or Dyak, will be, that Rajah Brooke was a 

 great, a wise, and a good ruler — a true and faithful friend — 

 a man to be admired for his talents, respected for his honesty 

 and courage, and loved for his genuine hospitality, his kind- 

 ness of disposition, and his tenderness of heart. 



