190 A VISIT TO THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO. 



A gait- water tltief," — Slmh^ip^d^, 

 And I boUeve that^ according to law, Iw is n pirato, 

 " who coTnmits at st>a tliose acts of robbery and depreck- 

 tion Tvliich, if committed on land, would amount to 

 felonj/^ 



And, according to international law, those persona form 

 a piratical commumi^ who consent together thus to violate 

 the univeraal law of society, in tke spirit of universal 

 hostility* 



To leave noUihig unanswered wliich Mn Hume has 

 valued as an ai'gumcnt, I will fii"st take hu principal 

 points of " evidence " in ordcr^ and then briefly add what- 

 ever else may seem to hear upon those strong views/* 

 which I desire, hut scarcely hope, to give Iiim the " great 

 satisfaction " of admitting to be " erroneous " views. 



The materials on which Afr, Htimo relies to establish 

 his arguments are as follows : — 



1, The journals of Su- James Brooke, as quoted by 

 Captain Mundy, 



% The works of Mr. II. W. Earl, author of " The 

 Eastern Seas." 



3* Two letters from nameless officers, and two from 

 Captains Young and Daniell, of the East Inclia Company s 

 Naval Servient 



4. Letter from " a Gentleman." Mr. IL Miles- 



5. Address from Hercliants " of Sincapore. 



6. Letter from Captain The ITon, George Hastings, B,N. 



♦ Kent. 



t Frodacoil as four dLatiDct auLhoritio^^ 



