Narrative of Events in Borneo and Celebes, Down to the Occupation of Labuan: From the Journals of James Brooke Esq., Rajah of Sarāwak, and Governor of Labuan. Together with a Narrative of the Operations of H. M. S. Iris, Volumen 1J. Murray, 1848 |
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Página 268 - I laid my depositions before the rajah, and demanded an investigation. My demand, as usual, was met by vague promises of future inquiry, and Makota seemed to triumph in the success of his villany ; but the moment for action had now arrived. My conscience told me that I was bound no longer to submit to such injustice, and I was resolved to test the strength of our respective parties.
Página 276 - ... may know certainly how much he has to contribute yearly to support the government. " ' 7th. It will be necessary, likewise, to settle the weights, measures, and money current in the country, and to introduce doits, that the poor may purchase food cheaply. " ' 8th. The governor issues these commands, and will enforce obedience to them ; and whilst he gives all protection and assistance to the persons who act rightly, he will not fail to punish those who seek to disturb the public peace or commit...
Página 268 - Makota dared not openly attack me, so he endeavoured to tamper with my servants, and, by threats and repeated acts of oppression, actually prevented all persons who usually visited me either on board or on shore from coming near me. His spies watched every party supposed to be well inclined towards me, and they were punished without reason or mercy, and finally, some villain had been induced to attempt to poison my interpreter by putting arsenic in his rice. The agents of Makota were pointed out...
Página 271 - I trust it may be so: but if God wills otherwise — if the time be not yet arrived — if it be the Almighty's will that the flickering taper shall be extinguished ere it be replaced by a steady beacon — I submit, in the firm and humble assurance that His ways are better than my ways, and that the time of my life is better in His hands than in my own.
Página 267 - ... confer upon me the grant of the government of the country according to his repeated promises ; and I ended by stating that, if he would not do either the one or the other, / must find means to right myself. Thus did I, for the first time since my arrival in the land, present anything in the shape of menace before the Rajah, my former remonstrances only going so far as to threaten to take away my own person and vessels from the river.
Página 276 - Trade, in all its branches, will be free, with the exception of antimony ore, which the governor holds in his own hands, but which no person is forced to work, and which will be paid for at a proper price when obtained. The people are encouraged to trade and labour, and to enjoy the profits which are to be made by fair and honest dealing. 5th. It is ordered, that no person going amongst the Dyaks shall disturb them, or gain their goods under false pretences.
Página 194 - ... be done with the piracy there, which so abounds, and is so cruel in its character, as to put a stop to a commerce of extraordinary promise, and to keep the population of the Archipelago in a lamentable state of barbarism. James Brooke saw that Borneo produced material for an unlimited commerce : " Within the same given space there are not to be found equal mineral and vegetable riches in any land in the world.
Página 306 - Pangeran and Illanun walked down, both well armed, and the latter dressed out with a variety of ., charms. Once on the beach retreat was impossible, for our people surrounded them, though without committing any hostile act. The suspicion of the two was, however, roused, and it was curious to observe their different demeanour.
Página 179 - The island of Borneo measures at its extreme length nine hundred miles, at its greatest breadth seven hundred, and in circumference six thousand. With the exception of Australia, it is the largest island known. Occupying a central situation in the eastern Archipelago, in the direct track of an extensive and valuable commerce, intersected on all sides by navigable rivers, possessing one of the richest soils of the globe...