Mil. RROOKE^S VIEWS, 



clearly saw tliat, if ho could succeed in removing those 

 Gviia Vihidli were a fertile source of oppression nud abuse, 

 he might hve to seo Sarawak inhabited by a flourishing 

 and happy people* But, if my readers would appreciate 

 all tlic difficulties "vvith which Mr. Brooke had to contend, 

 they must be referred to his early jouriiaJs, which are 

 rdready well known. What he has accoinplished since 

 their appearance, up to the present tune, I shall endeavour 

 to iitate iu another chapter 



