XXIV INTRODUCTION. 



strations against the pirates, at the termi- 

 nation of which, the Rajah of Sarawak 

 returned to Bruni, for the purpose of re- 

 storing order, a task which had been con- 

 fided to him by the admiral. Thence he 

 returned to Sarawak, taking Muda Hassim's 

 son with him, and the rest of the ill-fated 

 Rajah's family. 



In about a month after his flight, the 

 Sultan was permitted to return to Bruni, 

 whence he wrote Mr. Brooke a penitential 

 letter, imploring forgiveness and promising 

 amendment. A similar letter was also des- 

 patched to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, 

 but his power, as a source of offence to the 

 British Government, is gone for ever. 



