[254]. Life of Sir James Brooke.
[255]. Idem.
[256]. Extracted from Governor Edwardes' letter to the Tuan Besar of May 25, 1860.
[257]. A sailing gunboat of 50 tons, just launched, and manned with a crew of twelve Englishmen and twenty Malays.
[258]. Dagang, a brave Balau Dayak, who subsequently filled many positions of trust, as Police Sergeant and native officer, now retired on pension.
[259]. The Telian.
[260]. Under the pretext of "having a proper regard for British interests, and the honour of my country."—Governor Edwardes to the Tuan Besar, July 31, 1860.
[261]. St. John, op. cit.
[262]. St. John, Life in the Forests of the Far East.