wards, while pursuing a pirate up a creek, his own light gig
being far ahead of the heavier boats, he came up with the chase, which
with his small party he gallantly boarded, several of her crew being
killed, among which was Chappoo, a pirate chief long the terror of those
seas. Altogether, in a week's cruise he had destroyed a 14-gun battery
and 100 piratical craft, and had taken upwards of 200 guns and 36
pirates, besides having killed nearly 400 more. He had, in addition,
retaken six vessels and liberated sixty prisoners captured by the
pirates.

One more example alone can be given of the expeditions against the
pirates of those seas. On the 30th of January, 1849, news was brought
to Sir James Brooke that a large fleet of pirates had attacked the
neighbouring village of Palo, and had threatened with destruction the
inhabitants of the Sarabas River. A force, consisting of H.M. brigs
_Albatross_ and _Royalist_, with the _Nemesis_ and _Renee_, under the
orders of Commander Farquhar, immediately got under way, accompanied by
a native flotilla, under Rajah Brooke, and proceeded to meet them. The
_Nemesis_ steamed out to sea to prevent their escape in that direction,
and as soon as she was descried by the pirates they made at once for the
Kaluka River, where they were intercepted by the native boats and those
commanded by Lieutenants Welmshurst and Everest. The pirates then made
a dash to reach their river, when they came in contact with the
men-of-war's boats. It being now dark, there was considerable danger
that the latter would fire into each other, or into the craft of their
native allies. The password was "Rajah," and the Malays screamed this
out at the top of their voices when they thought any of the Europeans
were near them. Commander Farquhar seeing two large proas escaping
seaward, ordered the steam-tender to chase. The nearest one, having
barely escaped one of her 6-pounder rockets, made for the river, but in
her course was encountered by the _Nemesis_, which dealing death and
destruction to all around her, ran her down, and a fearful scene took
place as her crew, above sixty in number, came in contact with the
paddle-wheels. A large Congreve rocket from the smaller steamer entered
a proa which had stood out to sea, and completely destroyed her. The
battle continued till past midnight, when Commander Farquhar, taking the
boats in tow, commenced the ascent of the Sarabas, to prevent the escape
of the p