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feelings that offers of adhesion, to the cause of Mr. 

 Brooke and his objects in view, were made, and several 

 powerful Dyak Chiefs were induced to tender their alli- 

 ance, upon the bonajide withdrawal of the Rajah Muda 

 and family. 



In the event of the ' Dido ' not being able to assist in 

 carrying out these views, and as my route would carry me 

 along that coast, I volunteered the services of the ' Sama- 

 rang ', to afford convoy, and carry with me Mr. Brooke, 

 and probably some of the unmarried brothers. At all 

 events, it was decided, that the necessary preparations 

 should be made, and Mr. Brooke's schooner, the ' Julia ', 

 was to be tendered for the conveyance of the Rajah and 

 the women of his immediate family. 



Our work carried us along the great Bay, formed by 

 the bight between Tanjong Sipang and Tanjong Datu, and 

 containing westerly, from Lundu, the rivers Samatan and 

 Sim. The depth of the bay is free from danger between 

 Satang and Talantalan Islands, as far as five fathoms, but 

 within that depth a vessel should not enter without a 

 good cause, as there are many sunken rocks. Between 

 the Talantalan Islands and Tanjong Datu, it is very dan- 

 gerous, as the whole sweep of that side of the bay up to 

 Tanjong Datu is little better than a nest of dangers, 

 which, at low water, show very distinctly to the south- 

 ward of Pirate Island ; and as rocks have lately been 

 discovered, four or five miles off Sipang and Datu, on 

 ground pretty closely examined, and where their existence 

 was considered improbable, I think that this caution is 

 particularly called for, where we suspect them within 

 the limit I have assigned 



