[333]. They could not bury their dead in an enemy's country—the bodies would have been dug up and the heads taken.
[334]. Then Resident 2nd Class 2nd Division. Now Resident of the Rejang. He joined the service in 1897.
[335]. The Sarawak Gazette.
THE ASTANA, KUCHING.
CHAPTER XV
THE RAJAH AND RANEE
The Rajah shortly after his marriage returned to Sarawak with the Ranee. This was in 1870.
When the Ranee arrived in the country which was to be her home for many years, and where by the exercise of a kindly and tactful influence she was soon to gain the enduring affection and esteem of all her people, Kuching presented a very different appearance to what it does now. It was a small place then, with but few roads, with no places of recreation or amusement, and with a very limited society. But it possessed the charm of romance, of beautiful though sometimes to the English exile wearying scenery, and above all an interesting and lovable people, proud and courteous, yet simple and childlike in many ways. Kuching is more than double the size now, and all the recreations and amusements in which Britons delight can now be indulged in there.
