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by a man-of-war, with the double object of restoring confi- 
dence to the British subjects there and the traders generally 
and of exacting a public apology for the disgraceful conduct 
of the Government in allowing the Muruts to attack the Lim- 
bang people while we were up that river. Captain BICKFORD 
at once complied with my request, and, as the Pegasus drew 
too much water to cross the bar, the boats were manned and 
armed and towed up to the city by a steam-launch. It was 
rather a joke against me that the launch which towed up the 
little flotilla designed to overawe Brunai was sent for the 
occasion by one of the principal Ministers of the Sultan. It 
was placed at my disposal by the Pangeran Di Gadong, who 
was then a bitter enemy of the Tumonggong, and glad to 
witness his discomfiture. This was on the 3rd November, 
1884. 
With reference to the heads taken on the occasion men- 
tioned above, 1 may add that the Muruts were allowed to 
retain them, and the disgusting sight was to be seen, at one 
of the watering places in the town, of these savages ‘‘ cook- 
ing’’ and preparing the heads for keeping in their houses. 
As the Brunai Government was weak and powerless, I am 
of opinion that the agreement with the Limbang people 
might have been easily worked had the British Government 
thought it worth while to insist upon its observance. As it 
was, hostilities did cease, the headmen came down and visit- 
ed the old Sultan, and trade recommenced. In June, 1885, 
Sultan Mumim died, at the age, according to Native 
statements, which are very unreliable on such points, of 114 
years, and was succeeded by the Tumonggong, who was 
proclaimed Sultan on the 5th June of the same year, when 
I had the honour of being present at the ceremony, which 
was not of an imposing character. The new Sultan did not 
forget the mortifying treatment he had received at the hands 
of the Limbang people, and refused to receive their Chiefs. 
He retained, tuo, in his own hands the appointment of Tu- 
monggong, and with it the rights of that office over the Lim- 
bang River, and it became the interest of many different 
parties to prevent the completion of the pacification of that 
district. The gentleman for whom I had been acting as Con- 
