A Visit to the Indian Archipelago, in H.M. Ship Mĉander: With Portions of the Private Journal of Sir James Brooke, K.C.B., Volume 1R. Bentley, 1853 - Malay Archipelago |
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anchored appearance arms arrived attacked balla bangkongs Barram bird boats Bornean Borneo British Brooke's Bruné canoes Captain Farquhar captured chiefs Chinese civilised coast of Borneo Court crew Datu deponent Dutch Dyaks enemies England English entrance European expedition feet fleet force Government Governor ground guns harbour head HENRY KEPPEL honour Hume Hume's inhabitants island jungle Kaluka Kanowit Kassim Kayan killed Labuan land Lanuns letter Lord Palmerston Lundu Macao Mĉander Malays miles murder nakoda Nakodah natives never Norfolk Island occasion officer Orang Kaya party passed persons pinnace piracy pirates plunder Port Essington Port Jackson prahus present prisoner Rajah of Sarawak Rejang river Sadong sailed Sambas Sambas River seen Serebas and Sakarran Serebas pirates settlement Sheriff ship shore side Sincapore Sir James Brooke slaves Soloo spear Straits Sultan took town trees tribe vessels young
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Page vii - They that go down to the sea in ships : and occupy their business in great waters ; These men see the works of the LORD : and His wonders in the deep.
Page 530 - The eclipse of nature spreads my pall, The majesty of Darkness shall Receive my parting ghost! This spirit shall return to Him Who gave its heavenly spark ; Yet think not, sun, it shall be dim When thou thyself art dark ! No! it shall live again, and shine In bliss unknown to beams of thine, By Him recalled to breath, Who captive led captivity, Who robbed the grave of victory, And took the sting from death!
Page 530 - His way is in the sea, and His path in the great waters, and His footsteps are not known.
Page 24 - I proceeded to the rajah to request from him their lives. Those who know the Malay character will appreciate the difficulty of the attempt to stand between the monarch and his victims. I only succeeded when, at the end of a long debate — I soliciting, he denying — I rose to bid him farewell, as it was my intention to sail directly, since, after all my exertions in his cause...
Page 267 - Every officer subject to this Act who shall forbear to pursue the chase of any enemy, pirate, or rebel, beaten or flying, or shall not relieve and assist a known friend in view to the utmost of his power, or who shall improperly forsake his station, shall, if he has therein acted traitorously, suffer death; if he has acted from cowardice, suffer death or such other punishment as is hereinafter mentioned...
Page 578 - Pine (Altingia excelsa) is seen 100 feet above the other forest trees, and resembles the Norway spruce, but its tiers are more distant. Its timber is not of good quality, as it soon rots when exposed to the weather, and the teredo, or auger worm, makes fearful ravages in the fences made of this timber, which seldom stand three years.
Page 306 - Have reft away, for ever, reft from him, The liquid accent, and the buoyant limb. Yet still within him aspirations swell Which time corrupts not, sorrow cannot quell : The changeless Zeal, which on, from land to land, Speeds the faint foot, and nerves the...
Page 445 - There they remain until the time is come when they arc burned together. It is always a near relation who gives the first wound with the kris, but never father or son. Sometimes dreadful spectacles occur ; such was one at which Mr. K. was present. The woman had received eight kris stabs, and was yet quite sensible. At last she screamed out, driven by the dreadful pain, " cruel wretches, are you not able to give me a stab that will kill me...
Page 298 - Beasts are not less savage because they have dens. Is it because the danger hovers as a cloud, that a man cannot tell where it will fall ; and so it is every man's case ? The reason is good, but it is not all, nor that which is most alleged.
Page 407 - For they that led us away captive, required of us then a song, and melody in our heaviness : Sing us one of the songs of Sion. 4 How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?