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but I fear the settlement does not flourish under their 

 management. The whole of this country is under the 

 immediate influence of the Governor of Sarawak. The 

 exports are birds '-nests, wax, scented oil (Miniak Katiow), 

 and large quantities of rice. 



Williamson having delivered the message with which 

 he was charged, we left with the ebb, and anchored 

 at a creek on the left bank of the Batang Lupar for 

 the night. Here one of our men, who had been ill all 

 the voyage, died : we tore off part of one of our sails, 

 and having wrapped him in it, made all haste for 

 Sarawak, where we arrived at six o'clock on the following 

 day, just in time for dinner, which we were glad to eat 

 again in a civilized manner, our food having been, during 

 the greatest part of our voyage, boiled rice and curried 

 fish or fowls. 



