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notwithstanding conspiracies of Malay chiefs, and insur- 

 rections of Chinese gold-diggers, all of which have been 

 overcome by the suppoit of the native population, and 

 notwithstanding financial, political, and domeatic troubles 

 — is due, I believe, sokly to the many admirable qualities 

 which Sir James Brooke posseased, and especially to his 

 having convinced the native population, by every action 

 of his life, that he ruled them, not for his own advantage, 

 bnt for their good. 



Since these lines were written, Ms noble spirit has 

 passed away. But though, by those who knew him not 

 he may be sneered at as an enthusiast adventurer, or 

 abused as a hard-hearted despot, the nuiversal testimony 

 of every one who cam© in contact with him in his adopted 

 country, whether European, JIalay, or Dyak, will be, that 

 Eajah Brooke was a great, a wise, and a good ruler — 

 a true and faithful friend — a man to be admired for his 

 talents, respected for his honesty and courage, and loved 

 tor his genuine hospitality, his kindness of disposition, 

 and his tenderness of heart. 



CHAPTEK YIL 



JAVA. 



ISPEKT three months and a half in Java, from July 

 18fch to October 31st, 1861, and shaU briefly describe 

 my own movements, and my observations on the people 

 and the natural history of the country. To all those who 

 wish to understand how the Dutch now govern Java, and 

 how it is that they are enabled to derive a large annual 

 revenue from it, while the population increases, and the 

 inhabitants are contented, I recommend the study of 

 Mr. Jkloney's excellent and interesting work, " How to 

 Manage a Colony." The main facts and conclusions of that 

 work I most heartily concur in, and 1 believe that the 

 T)utch system is the very best that can be adopted, when. 



