VOYAGE 



H.M.S. SAMARANG 



CHAPTER I. 

 VOYAGE TO BORNEO AND THE SARAWAK BIVEll. 



Determination of the Government to survey the approaches to the Ports 

 laid open by the new Treaty with China H.M.S. ' SAMARANG', 

 26 Guns, commissioned for that purpose Experiments with Fox's 

 Dipping Needle, &c. Importance of marking the localities used 

 for Magnetic Observation Make for the Cape of Good Hope by 

 an easterly course Thermometrical Experiments at great depths 

 Anchor in Simon's Bay Meet the Antarctic Expedition 

 Arrive at Singapore and Borneo Enter the Sarawak River 

 Hospitable reception from Mr. Brooke at Kuching Excursion up 

 the Sarawak with Mr. Brooke Visit the Antimony and Gold Mines 

 worked by the Chinese The Dyaks Declaration of their attach- 

 ment to Great Britain Return to the ' Samarang ' Preparations 

 for sea Visit of the Rajah Summary of Observations on the 

 capabilities and resources of the Sarawak Territory under the 

 government of Mr. Brooke. 



AT the period of my return to England in the month of 

 July, 1842, in H.M.S. ' SULPHUR,' when few hopes were 

 entertained of the termination of hostilities in China, I 

 tendered my services on the chance of regaining that 



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