m A VISIT TO THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO- 



it was sent, accompanied by a formal circular, to all Uie 

 prahus liaving European commandei^. 



" 2Bih.— Nemesis is in siglit ; aud the European force 

 anchored some Tvay out amongst tlio flats of tho Serebaa. 

 Captain Faiquhar came on board this eFoning; and a 

 boom, or council of war, attended hj the chiefs, was 

 held on the deck of the Sim/h RajakP 



On the evening of the 38th, intelUgence waa received 

 that a large pirate fleet, or balla, had left tlie Serobas 

 early on the morning of the 26th, and had stood to 

 the northward. They had thus just slipped out a few 

 hours before the arrivfd of our force. The informant 

 had only escaped t!iem by hrealdng up his boat, and 

 hiding himself in tho jungle, where he saw them all go 

 past. It waB bcUeved that the capture and plunder of 

 the town of Siriki, on the Eejang; was their immediate 

 object. To intercept their return was the determination 

 immediately formed by Captain Farquhar and the Kajah ; 

 and measure 3 were promptly taken for this end. Sir 

 James Brooke, with part of the Sarawak force— about 

 twelve lai-ge well-armed prahua, and two man-of^-war 

 cutters, made for the Kaluka, a river more to the north- 

 east, but having an inland communication with the 

 Serebas, They took up a position across its mouth, 

 concealed from the outside by a bend at its entrance. 



The intervening space between the river Serebas and 

 the Kaluka is a sandy flat, called Tanjong Marrow, 

 projecting seaward between two and three mile.s, Outside 



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