erland Mail from England,
and returning therewith to China.
[33] Date of submitting the above proposed route and estimate to her
majesty's Government for consideration.
[34] The MS. having been under water in the wreck of the Great
Liverpool steamer, this name and some others are illegible.
[35] A sort of gong.
[36] Tumbawong is a place they have deserted, or been forced to quit.
[37] A head-house.
[38] Gadong is a small Malay village on the Sadong, considerably
nearer the sea than the Bandar's village.
[39] This occurred during Seriff Sahib's time; the Dyaks were
frightfully oppressed.
[40] The goods brought down by Mr. Williamson were on a public trial
confiscated, and the parties concerned fined. These Dyaks from their
distance and timidity, were afraid to complain, but will in future
not be imposed upon. It would be a hopeless task trying to prevent
the Malays playing their tricks on the Dyaks; and the only chance
of freeing the Dyaks from these exactions is by inspiring them with
confidence. In Sarawak this has been done, and may easily be extended;
for the Dyak, though greatly depressed by a course of persecution,
I have always found ready to state his complaints whenever he has a
hope of redress. The Orong Kaya Pa Jampat of Mang-garut was freed of
the debt claimed by the Samarahan Pangara; and the other complaints
referred to my decision have been either rectified, or steps taken
to do justice, and to render the Dyak tribes of Sadong happy and
easy.--_Note by Mr. Brooke._
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