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Borneo. They are equally bad characters, and are here 

 terrifying the people of the place, and extorting goods 

 from the Dyaks of the interior. 



The instructions of Mr. Williamson are to impress 

 upon the native chiefs the necessity of resisting such 

 demands, as the Rajah and Sultan have agreed to sub- 

 stitute a fixed revenue, instead of the exactions of such 

 people as these, who, collecting property in the name of 

 their masters, keep by far the greater share of it for 

 themselves. The contents of Mr. Brooke's letter to 

 the Patingi having been made known to the Mulana, he 

 has sent a message to Mr. Williamson, to beg him 

 to read a copy of it to these two men, in the presence 

 of the people of Kalekka, to-morrow. 



April 19 th. In the morning, we again visited 

 Mulana, having previously sent on shore to inform him 

 that we were coming, according to his request of 

 last night. As this was expected to be an important 

 meeting, our young Dattu took more than ordinary 

 pains in dressing himself. His jacket was of blue 

 cloth of very fine texture, and plentifully but neatly 

 embroidered with gold; his seluars were of crimson 

 silk with gold-thread worked into it in very pretty 

 patterns. His sarong or waist- cloth, was of the 

 finest make of Sarawak, and his Kris, which was 

 stuck into its folds, was beautifully ornamented with 

 gold. The dustar or head-dress, was a dark silk hand- 

 herchief, with a broad edge of gold lace, and folded 

 with great taste. He looks remarkably well in this 

 finery, being of a pleasing countenance, and elegant 

 and slender figure. He is the son of the old chief, 



