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paid sufficiently for his ransom ] and, witli tears in his 

 eyes, for the first time begged that he might be put on 

 shore, " If I let you go/' aaid the Rajah, "how will you 

 find your way to your frieiida ; for three days they have 

 left their houses ?" *'If you let me go *^ answered the boy, 

 will find my way ; I know the jungle well, and my 

 mother Tft ill not be far away, as she does i^ot know what 

 has become of me." The Malays who were present said 

 it was yery true ; and that at bis age it would be quite 

 safe to trust a Dyak t,o his own guidance and instinct 

 When the Eajah told Lim he should have his liberty, and 

 gave him some clothes, he soon forgot his tears ; and 

 having received eycrything he asked for, such as a wine- 

 glass, a tin of preserved meat> and a few minor articles, 

 he was aasious to get away, to shew lixs mother what the 

 Tuau Besar (Great Sir) had gjren Mm ; a packet of food 

 ■was made up, sufficient to last him tlu'ce days, to which 

 was added a bottle of water. He embarked in a canoe 

 under the care of a trustworthy Malay and a well-armed 

 escort, and was landed near where Ms mother's house 

 ODce stood : he was guarded beyond the reach of any of 

 the scattered bands from the expedition, and then left to 

 find his own way. 



Thii boy had excited much interest among the 

 Europeans. From Ids brother, who subsequently visited 

 Sarawak, it was ascertained that for two days llanjah 

 had wandered on in the jungle patli before he met any 

 of his tribe : he had been careful of his proviaions, and 



