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friendB liave quoted, — Mr. Earlj Mr. Brooke, (an accepted 

 aiitliority, before he became " wedded to lionoTirs whicli 

 be never wooed/') ^Ir. CraAWord — any otie of these might 

 have corrected liis fmidamentalb/ erroneoiis idea tliat all 

 Dyaks are alike, Kor is this cou&ned to Mr, Ilume, 

 Mr. Cobdcn also, after divulging to the House on the 

 authority of CraAvford that '*the Dyaks of Screbaa and 

 SakaiTan are not Malays,** considers that he has proved 

 they are not pirates 1 Ho can argue more conclusively 

 when lie understands his subject It may bo desirable, 

 howeverj here to record a clear and simple explanation 

 of this point. 



Dyaks tUfler from each other considerably, this 

 diiTercncc being attribufcablc cliiefly to pontmiy — according 

 as thoyai-o "Hill Dyaks," or ''Coast Dyaks." The former, 

 though not free from the evil propensities incident to an 

 UBcivihsed state, may be admitted to deserve what Mr* 

 Earl says of them. The latter— living either close to 

 the sea, or up tlio great rivere whence they go down to 

 the sea — liave, by evil communication with the JTalays 

 who dwell at the entrances of their rivers, con-uptetl 

 their own good manners ; *' have become mixed up with 

 tlie Malays, and Lave adopted with tliem the nefiirious 

 pursuits of piracy and slave-trade, cngi-aftcd ou tlieir 

 own pmcticcs of foraging for heads. Eoforriiig to this 

 distinction, 3Ir. Earl mentions "milder" and "wilder*' 

 J)yaks. " The milder " he says, in the Cliiuese territory/* 

 — -somewhat humanised, 1 conclude, by tlie iiilluence of 



