[90]. The Bruni, not the Sarawak Malays.
[91]. Mr. Brooke.
[92]. Idem.
[93]. By which he was generally referred to, both in documents and verbally, by the Malays of Bruni and Sarawak. "Rajah of Sarawak" was a complimentary title given to him by Europeans only. He has been frequently styled Muda Hasim by former writers; this would be unintelligible to a Malay.
[94]. Such was this ascendency that they became the founders of the present ruling dynasties of Bruni (Chap. II., p. [1]), Palembang (Sumatra), Pontianak, Sambas, Mindanau, and Sulu, and probably of other native states.
[95]. Land-Dayaks.
[96]. Shortly before Rajah Brooke's arrival, Sherip Sahap with a large force of Sekrang Dayaks had attacked the Sau tribe of Land-Dayaks in Upper Sarawak. Many were killed, their villages plundered and burnt, and nearly all the surviving women and children, to the number of some two hundred and fifty, carried off into slavery. The Rajah eventually recovered nearly all.
[97]. Meaning Rajah Muda Hasim.
[98]. Bruni.
[99]. Duit, Malay for a cent.