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CHAPTER II. 



SAKAWAK, BKUNAI AND HONG-KONG. 



Preparations for leaving Kuching The Ship grounds Inclines forty- 

 five degrees to Starboard Instruments saved Construct Houses 

 on shore Royalist dispatched to Singapore for provisions and 

 assistance Measures adopted for raising the Ship Zeal of the 

 Crew Speedy and succesfull issue Cockpit Hall Newspaper 

 report of the Disaster Departure from Sarawak Navigation 

 dangerous Arrival at Borneo Proper Visit to the Sultan 

 Reception Brunai, a City of the Waters Floating Bazaar-^- 

 Futile search for Coal Lema Islands Arrival at Hong-Kong 

 ^-Improvements at that Island Its Physical and Natural History. 



ON the 16th of July, preparations were made on board 

 the ' Samarang' for quitting Kuching, but in unmooring 

 it was found that sufficient attention had not been paid 

 to securing her in the stream, and she had been forced 

 by the tide on a slaty ledge immediately below Mr. 

 Brooke's residence. I was then absent, and on my 



