Sm A VISIT TO THE INDIAK ARCHIPELAGO. 



a^riciilturo, art, science, furnish iii tkcse days j-easons and 

 suggestions mdi as had not yet dawned on Rome : nor 

 can I help pointing to Sarawak as an example and an 

 encoura^onieut to the philantliropist, who. would re-mould 

 and humanise the barbarian. Of what has been there 

 efibcted I shall say more hereafter ; but even the Mmian 

 example does not enttrelj fail us hero. " Porapey/' says 

 his biograplier^ "had in this expedition taken about 20,000 

 priaonersjj and the question was how to dispose of them. 

 He could not entertain tlie thought of putting them to 

 death ; and on the other hand, it was not safe to leave it 

 in their power to renew the late mischiofe. He reflected 

 that man is neither brutal nor unsociable ; that violence is 

 a view contrary to his nature, and may be changed by a 

 change of haMtation and mamier of living^ as even the 

 fiercest of wild beasts are, bj such rQetbods, made tamo. 

 Ke resolred therefore to remove his prisoners far from the 

 sea- coast into the inland parts, and thei-e disperse them. 

 He settled many ia certain cities of CiUcia, which were 

 almost deserted \ and especially in Soli which had been 

 lately ruined by Tigrancs, It was afterwards called 

 Pompciopohs, from the name of its restorer. He likewise 

 transplanted a considerable number of tliem into Achaia, 

 and even into Italy/' In short lie placed them betfond 

 iemptaimtL 1 have in a preceding chapter referred to 

 similar measutrea adopted by the Dutch in a few 

 instfmces.'* 



^ (Tjuijiu enii^ijied llio pLntea fao iookt Ijiit without Hupprcfiiii:^ pmttiji". 



