CHAPTER XT. 



THE Malayan, or Malayan and Dyak town of Serekei, 

 having been frequently mentioned in the preceding 

 pages, a short narrative of a visit to it, extracted from 

 my journal, may be interesting to the reader. 



The expedition left Sarawak on Wednesday the 6th of 

 April, 1845, its object being to carry a letter to the 

 Patingi of Serekei from Mr. Brooke, the late Mr. 

 Williamson, then interpreter to the Rajah of Sarawak, 

 being the Ambassador, assisted by the Dattu Bandar, 

 and a man of high rank and ability, Serieb Hussein. 

 Mr. Williamson, the Dattu, and myself were in the 

 " Buaya " (Alligator) war-boat of seventy feet in 

 length, and carrying a six pound brass gun and 

 two swivels, with a complement of fifty men : the 

 Tuanku, (his highness), Serieb Hussein, was in a 

 smaller boat, also carrying a gun. 



Having left the town at 2 P.M., we lay during the 

 night off the fishing village at the Moratabas entrance 



