A VISIT TO THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO, 



established. At these interviews a cuiiDing and iiitel- 

 Hgent Malay, named Macota, ^vas generally present. This 

 maji was of superior educatioiij and appoai-s to liavo gained 

 much of Mr. Brooke's coiifidencej as did alao Jfuda 

 Malioramed, who was own brother to Miida Ilassim, and 

 a good man on the whole, though subject to fits of 

 sulkincss, 



Ou the 23d, Mr. Brooke, leaving the Moj/alut off tlie 

 mouth of the river, and accompanied by two Pangueransi, 

 Subtu and lUudeeu, visited the river Sadong, of which 

 the Song;i is a branch, where he made the acqimintance of 

 Serifif Sahibc, by whom he was entertained* Datu 

 Jembrong, an Illanun aiid pirate, lived near. Mr. Brooke 

 described him as at that time somewhat advanced in years, 

 atoutj and with a resolute air, but of a most poUtc 

 demeanour ; — as oily-tongucd a cut-throat, indeed, as a 

 gentleman need wish to associate mth. Having made 

 these and other acqu;iintaiices, Mr. Brooke, on the 

 3rd October, again took leave of Muda Hassim, and 

 retiu'ued to Sincapore. 



On Uie 20th Kovember^ he started on his interesting 

 visit to tlie Celebes Islands, of which an account is 

 published iu Captain Mmidj's work, after wliich he again 

 returned to Sincapore, where he refitted, but was detained 

 some time longer bj ill health. 



It was the end of August, 1840, before lie made his 

 second visit to Samwak. Ho found the people in much 

 the same state as at his first visit ; but tkere was some 



