[124]. Keppel, op. cit. We have taken our account of the expedition up the Batang Lupar mainly from Keppel's narrative, the only original history of these operations hitherto published.
[125]. He was afterwards pardoned and permitted to reside at Sekrang town, where he died.
[126]. Labuan, however, proved a failure as a trading centre, and in that respect has taken a very secondary position to Kuching.
[127]. Journals, Keppel, op. cit.
[128]. The pirates and their supporters, however, preyed upon Islams as well as infidels, and religion was a dead letter to them in this respect. Quite contrary to the tenets of their faith, true believers who were captured were sold into slavery.
[129]. The son of Sherip Japar. S. Japar died the following year.
[130]. He was married to a niece of Datu Patinggi Gapur.
[131]. His son Haji Usup joined the Government service in 1862, and was afterwards appointed Datu Bandar in the Rejang. He died April 1st, 1905, after having served the Government faithfully and with distinction for over forty years. As a magistrate he bore a high reputation.
[132]. The ring Bedrudin sent had been given him before he left Sarawak by the Rajah, who told Bedrudin to send it to him when he had need of him; it was seized by the Sultan before Japar escaped from Bruni.
[133]. He meant Bruni, which he had hoped to have restored to its former state of prosperity.