CAPTAIN YOUNG *' QinNES.^* m 



false. There arc^ b<5sidos tlic Sarawak, about fari^ com- 

 munities on t!ie coast of Borneo^ all living at peace with 

 each other, aii continuallj invaded, plundered, massacred 

 by the Sorebas and Sakarrans. T!iey are at like enmity 

 with the Is'etlierJaiid Government, which has oft-en appealed 

 to us to carry out our troaties^ by wldcli we s.ro bound, 

 though it cLish with Captain Daniell^a " conclusion/' to 

 treat as " enemies of this great and happy land " a people, 

 who profess to " make no differeuce, when at sea, but to 

 rob and murder all alike." 



Finally, I can introduce Mr* Hume to a gentlenian who 

 has often heard Captain DanieU ospresg a hope that he 

 might be sent against these very pii-ates 1 



In Captain Yomig's communications, as in Captain 

 Danieirs, a wondei'ful difference bet^veen the responsible 

 and the irresponsiblo is seea. We have first a modest 

 little billet to the efiTect that, "as a Grovenitnent servant, 

 he does not feel himBelf justified in giving an opinion 

 on the affair in question/' This note has the orna- 

 ment of his name ^ but as he gets behind Im screen he 

 becomes mora oracular, and reconnts that, " having been 

 stationed at Labuan for the protection of that island/* 

 {li^^mBtwkom f) "and having made tliree trips*' (whither?) 

 '* in his steam-frigato, and one flying visit to Sarawak 

 without seeing pirates, he opines that the Malays in that 

 neighbourhood are not given to piracy, as nftdtrstood % 

 EitglishmeiC — ^he adds that " no pei^on seeing then- 

 prahus could have any groat dread of them as ma-piraks ; 

 that small vessels run between Sincapore and Borneo, 



