130 A VISIT TO THE INDIAN ARCHlPKLAGa 



therefore wish my readers distinctly to keep in vicvf, tlmt 

 the pirates who are the subjects of this chapter are ike 

 Malftt/s and Dj/rth of Serehm ; that it was against these 

 Maki/.s mid Dtfaks, conjointly, that I had to act m 

 the years 1843 and 3 844, and against whom Captain 

 Farquliar was engaged in 



When I mention tlie Serebas as pirates, I inchide with 

 iliese the Sakarran Byaks. The Serebas inhabit the interior 

 of the river of the same name, and the country near the 

 sources of the Li pat, a branch of the Kahika river. The 

 Sakarrans U?e on Uie left-hand branch of the Batang 

 Lupar, and on the Kanowit^ the Kalibas, and other 

 tributaries of the Rejang. All the tribes and their 

 several divisions have inland comnnmication witli each 

 other; and when a piratical ball a is fitted out in one 

 river, all who are disposed to join it croJ53 overland to the 

 place of rende;?voua, and assist in manning the bangkonga. 

 At other times the Malays of Serebas (about 1500 in 

 number, armed with lelas ami musketry,) compose the 

 principal part of the lighting men in the Dyak bangkongs. 

 The former was the case in March 1S49 — when Sadong 

 was attacked by the pirates, and one hundred people 

 slaughtered. The latter plan was in force when the 

 Serebas were engaged by Captain Farquhar four months 

 later ; the heavy Malayan prafius had been left behind, 

 to enable them to bajfHe an enemy whom they knew they 

 we;^ not unlikely to meet at sea : to each of these 

 occagions I shall liave to refer more particularly, 



