190 A VISIT TU THE INDIA^' AKCHrPELAOO. 



brandishes it stilX — -but only to woiuid liimself ; let mo 

 lielp him, by republishing one of his latest cuts. 



" Sir J*\me9 Brooke caused many huEdred WEAK 

 SAVAGES to be slaughtered under the aEegation that tliey 

 were pirates, who, according to his own published 

 statemente, are wholly incapable ciilmr of offeme m* 

 defemt\ Tvhether against Europeans, or the more ciTiliscd 

 inhabitants of the same countries ! 



2. I ]>ass to Mr. Hume's second witness, Mr. H. W. Earl, 

 author of an intoresting work, " Tlie Eastern Seas," 



In liim Mr, Htimc parades an excellent authority as 

 on Ills side, who la a decisive witne^ against liizn on the 

 point at isBue. 



The Honourable Member cites Mr. Earl as " declaring 

 that tlio Serebas do not deserve the character given to 

 them."* 



In that gcntlemans work T have fiiiled to find any men- 

 tion whatever of tlie Serebas by name. Truth, however, 

 IB my object ; and therefore 1 will first exti'act the few 

 passiiges, which on cursory perusal might appear favourable 

 to these people ; and then a page or two, wliich will 

 place beyond dispute what is the testimony of Mr, Earh 



lie has four chapters on Borneo, comprising particular 

 notices of Sanlwak and the north-western tribes. The 

 following passages occur ; — 



Page 254. The Dyaks, or aboriginal inhabitants of 

 Borneo, constitute by far the most interestuig portion of 

 its populfition." 



