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were really the same as the Baram people, and that they were on the 

 same soil. They had been divided and made enemies on account of 

 mistakes and the foolishness of unimportant headmen, but he was 

 anxious to meet the Baram i)eople and glad to make peace. He in- 

 tended visiting us at Claudetown, and if the Iiaram peoi)le wished to 

 trade with the inhabitants of his district, he would be responsible for 

 the former's safety during their sojourn in the Batang Kayan." 



The secret of this splendid and almost unexamjjled success in 

 ruling a savage race is to be found in the fact that "the confidence of 

 the natives has been won and retained b}*^ an unbroken record of prom- 

 ises fulfilled and benefits bestowed." Thus the}' have been educated 

 into the belief that the single aim of their white rulers was their wel- 

 fare. "Since that belief was firmly established, native public opin- 

 ion," to use Mr Hose's words, "has always been on the side of the 

 government, and it is on the moral force of that pu))lic opinion that 

 the whole framework " of Sir Janies Brooke's system of government 

 rests. It should be said that the personal influence of the Resident 

 is also an im])ortant factor in his success. He speaks six or seven of 

 the Malay dialects — an important matter, for " you can never get at a 

 man's heart if you speak through an interpreter." Professor Haddon 

 testifies to his "wonderful energy and enthusiasm for the natives." 

 He knows personally the greater number of the people of his district. 

 Many come to him with their troubles. " Time after time promising 

 young natives come down on a visit to Mr Hose and stay with him 

 for da3's or weeks at a time, and in this wa}' the people learn what a 

 white man, a respectable white man, is like and what a government 

 reall}' means. Thus Mr Hose's residence is a sort of university, 

 whither the pupils come from all parts of his district to learn a little 

 as to the meaning of government." 



Nor while attending to his official duties is he neglectful of other 

 interests. He has pre}>ared an admirable map of Baram District which 

 has just been published by the Royal Geographical Societ}'. Dr 

 Bowdler Sharpe speaks, in behalf of the British Museum, of the " ex- 

 traordinary efforts to advance science that have characterized Mr 

 Hose's residence in Borneo. He has crowded into our museum enor- 

 mous series of mammals, birds, insects, shells, and every kind of ani- 

 mal. Not only has he given to the British Museum the first fruits of 

 his work during his sixteen years' residence in Borneo, but there is 

 not a leading museum in the whole world that has not received collec- 

 tions from this indefatigable young man, second only to those given 



