188 A VISIT TO THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO. 



natives require, to induce tliem to turn the valuable 

 productions of the island to account" 



Few, nfhat does all this amount to ? It bears in no 

 way upou tlxe character of tl»e trtlws chared with pirac^^ 

 but on a part of the question which we are not yet 

 discussing, — the suppression of tlie evil, and most par- 

 ticularly where the good is readj to spring up. In the 

 nciglibourhood of Sarawak, or in any otlier neighbourhood 

 where commerce waita but for securityj pre it security ; 

 extinguish that pest, of which the signs are everywhere 

 the same— an almenee of commercial life ; an unbusy and 

 desolate aspect upon every shore and river-side within its 

 influence. Whenever Dyak or Malay shall jnanifcst an 

 inclination for commerce, and a ta-ste for foreign manu- 

 factures, surely it Is our duty and interest to foster it, and 

 so to stand between them and their murderous and 

 piili^ng neigiibours/that their commercial demands may 

 not neccBsarily be confined to gunpowder from Dailford, 

 and muskets from Birmingham, 



But let us see what Mr. EarFs work contains cloai'ly 

 a]ip!icahle to the vert/ Dyake of Serebas and Sakaekax. 



Mr. Hume " lias given great attention to t!ie subject 

 and yet his greatest errors must iu charity be ascribed 

 to misconceptions, whidi even a IMe unprejudiced 

 attention would Iiave prevented. His mndana/ to 

 erroneous impressions once conceived must be referred 

 to oiher phrenological pcculiai'ities. Eveiy writer wliom 

 he can have consulted— certainly all those whom lie or his 



