SIR THOMAS COCHRANE^ EVIDENCE. STl 



a rooinfiil of people, althoiagh under tlie certain know- 

 ledge that he would imniGdiately fall hiniKolf ; indeed, lie 

 would have no hesitation in concluding the tri^edy by 

 self-imiuolation, A fatal confidence in their possessing 

 the foolijig^ of ordinary men led to a catastroplie on board 

 one of the sliips umlcr my command, by which some 

 valualjle lives were lost," 



And these instructive obscrv^atioiis on the peculiarities 

 of the people are accompanied with the following 

 peculiarities of their " murderer." 



" I found him one of the most mild, considerate and 

 single-minded men I ever met with ; aad one who, in 

 every convei-sation I had wiUi Mm on the subject of 

 Borneo, expresvsed himself in the terms of a father and 

 friend to that people ; and I had ample opportunity of 

 witnessing how entirelj they responded to that feeHng. 

 It was singnlai* and striking that on parts of the coast 

 where I am certain that no European had been previously 

 seen, almost the first word pronounced by the people was 

 the name of Brooke/' 



Such being the general character of the man, and his 

 every act during the expedition in question having been 

 in perfect keeping with that general character- — I ^^ill just 

 add to those already recorded in their proper place one 

 other proof " from parliamentary documents, and then 

 Mr, Hume and myself sludi part company. 



In a note addressed by Lord Palmcrston to Sir James 

 Brooke, bearing date the 10th March, IS 50, his Lordship 



