A FACT mOM SAilAWAK. 



liaving been one incessant scene of bloodiilietl, is now as 

 safe as the Britisii Channel ; wa an instance of winch, let 

 me tell you that about three weeks iigo a schooner from 

 Sincapore waa cajx^ised at night in a squall, about forty 

 ■miles to seaward of Tanjong Sirik. Out of ninety-two 

 passengers, only twelve, including five Europeans, escaped 

 in a leaky boat, without arms, food, or even decent 

 clothing, Tlioy made the shoro ; tlio natives received 

 tlieni, gaTc them clotlies and food^ and fitted out a large 

 boat to bring them comfortably to Sarawak ; I need not 

 tell you what their probable fate would have been, had 

 they been tlirown on this coast a few yeai-s a^o. To tho 

 Rajah, to yourself, and Farquliar, these poor people owe 

 their freedom J if not their lires.*' 



Here is a recent fact, accidentally introduced into a 

 private letter, — of which tiiis subject is by no means the 

 burden. Mr, Hume or any one else may see it. It gives 

 proof of present sincerity, and hope of stability in those 

 better feelings which began to be evinced even immeduitely 

 after Captain Farquliar's expedition. 



Of the piratical chiefs that came to Sai-awak to make 

 their submission to the Hajah, several had never before 

 seen Europeans. Friendly discussions took place, ijiter- 

 csting stories and adventures were narrated. Thousands 

 o^ natives, belonging to different powerful tribes and 

 communities in Borneo, now look up to the Rajah of 

 Sarawak as the arbitrator of their wrongs and tlie 

 diijponscr of justice. Before this meeting, many tribes 



