A VISIT TO THE INDIAN ARCHIPKLAGU. 



8tockadcLl and flanked with batteries mounting heavy 

 guiis. Tho Spaniards have since tlestroyed these works 

 and carried off the giins — -a mCfasure which ia to bo 

 regretteth The Sultan, under the influence and counsel 

 of the Rajah of Sarawak, had become opposed to piracy, 

 and anxious for its suppression. His fortified position 

 gave him weight, which he had frequently thrown into 

 the scale of humanity : and it must now be feared that 

 man J, whom he was able to hold in check, will again 

 follow their evil pmpensities unrestrained, as they did 

 imder previous dynasties. The* resentnient of Spain, as 

 visited on the Sultan of Soloo, ae&ms equally impolitic and 

 nnjust. The pretext was piracy, of which some aolitarj 

 instance may very possibly have been established a^inst 

 a Soloo prahu : but the Sultan was certainly sincere 

 ia his wish to co-operato against that system. There is 

 ground to fear that national jealousy was dei^irous of 

 striking its puny blow at an European rival, through the 

 degradation of tho Sultan of Soloo^ — that he has incurred, 

 in fact, the resentment of the Spanish colonial goveniors, 

 by those commercial treaties with ourselves which were 

 but lately concluded by Sir James Brooke. 



Til at portion of the town which is not within the 

 stockades is built in regular Malay fashion, on piles. The 

 houses rim in rows, or streets ; and ontsido of them ia a 

 platform about six feet wide to walk upon. This is 

 supported undei'ueath by a light scaffolding of bamboo. 

 These rows of birdcage-looking buildings extend into the 



