SQLTALL. M 



A much more eligible and healthj spot than the site 

 of our alicils had heea Belected for tlie barracks. Tliey 

 were to stand on higher ground^ and, when fit for use, 

 were to be occupied by a detachment of Madras Native 

 trcKjps, from the Straits settlement. 



On the 6th October we again received 03i hoard the 

 Governor and his BtaS", — his Excellency purposing to pay 

 a visit of ceromony to the Sultan of Borneo, well as 

 to arrange with him certain matters of husiness. We 

 hoisted out the launch before quitting the harbour, there 

 being no place in which the open sea was likely to be 

 Hniootli enough to enable us to do so with safety. 



The next day, the 7th October, we were taken in a 

 heavy squall, with the launch md our small steam- tender 

 in tow ; and, before the sail could be got o/f, tlio launch — 

 which was a batl imitation of the boats used on the north- 

 west coast of Spain — took a dive, and turned bottom 

 upwards. Our steam- tender, likewise in t<JW, did not take 

 in so much as a spoonful of water. 



"We succeeded in picking up the two boat-keepers, and 

 the greater part of the gear ; at the same time we came to 

 an anchor for the purpose of hoisting in the launch, wliich 

 was considerably damaged by her short tow under water. 

 While wo were thus employed, the Ro^dint hove in sight, 

 under jurymasts, having been dismantled. She had left 

 us on the evening of the 5th for Sincapore, and had been 

 caiiglit m the same squall with ourselves. I do not 

 remember ever to have seen so complete a wreck, i\B far 



