MUDA HASSIM'S LETTEK. 



£37 



mentioned in my "Expedition to Borneo," with a reference 

 to the ceremonious reception of a Letter of State. 



" This friendly epistle^ Jmving iLs source iii a pure mind, 

 comes from Kajali Mutk Hassini, next in succession to the 

 royal throne of tho kingdom of Borneo, and who now 

 holds liis Court at the trading city of Sarawalt, to our 

 friend Henry Keppel, head CapttOin of the war-frigate 

 belonging to Her Britannic Majesty, renowned tliroughout 

 all countries —wito is valiant and discreet, and endowed 

 with a mild and gentle nature* 



"This is to inform our friend that there are certain 

 great pirates of SfiREBAa and Sakaseajj in our neighbour- 

 hood, seizing goods, and murdering people on the higli 

 seas. They have more tiian three hmidred war-prahns^ 

 and extend their ravages even to Bangermassim, They 

 take much plunder from vessel h trading between Sincapore 

 and the good people of our country. It would be a great 

 service if our friend would adopt measures to put an end 

 to these piratical outrages. We can present notliing 

 better to oiu: friend than a kris, such as it is/' 



1 did adopt the measures recorded in the above-named 

 work ; measures honoured by the approbation of the 

 Government— by tlie disapprohition of Mr, Hume — by 

 the comments" of those memorialists of Sincapore, who 

 cannot, 1 thmk, have studied what tliey signed, 



6. The last in Mr. Hume's an-ay is my friend, the Hon, 

 Captain Hastings, in connection with whose name he has 

 made the most of a circmnstajice, which had no bearing 



