Chapter II: Preface: , xi

CHAPTER I

BROOKE’S ANCESTORS AND FAMILY—HIS EARLY LIFE—APPOINTED
ENSIGN IN THE MADRAS NATIVE INFANTRY—CAMPAIGN
IN BURMAH—IS WOUNDED AND LEAVES THE
SERVICE—MAKES TWO VOYAGES TO CHINA—DEATH OF
HIS FATHER—CRUISE IN THE YACHT ‘ROYALIST,’ 1

CHAPTER II

EXPEDITION TO BORNEO—FIRST VISIT TO SARAWAK—VOYAGE
TO CELEBES—SECOND VISIT TO SARAWAK—JOINS MUDA
HASSIM’S ARMY—BROOKE’S ACCOUNT OF THE PROGRESS OF
THE CIVIL WAR—IT IS ENDED UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF
HIS ACTIVE INTERFERENCE—HE SAVES THE LIVES OF THE
REBEL CHIEFS, 11

CHAPTER III

THIRD VISIT TO SARAWAK—MAKOTA INTRIGUES AGAINST
BROOKE—VISIT OF THE STEAMER ‘DIANA’—HE IS
GRANTED THE GOVERNMENT OF SARAWAK—HIS PALACE—CAPTAIN
KEPPEL OF H.M.S. ‘DIDO’ VISITS SARAWAK—EXPEDITION
AGAINST THE SERIBAS PIRATES—VISIT OF SIR
EDWARD BELCHER—RAJAH BROOKE’S INCREASED INFLUENCE—VISIT
TO THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS—IS WOUNDED IN
SUMATRA—THE ‘DIDO’ RETURNS TO SARAWAK—FURTHER
OPERATIONS—NEGOTIATIONS WITH BRITISH GOVERNMENT—CAPTAIN
BETHUNE AND MR WISE ARRIVE IN SARAWAK, 43

CHAPTER IV

SIR THOMAS COCHRANE IN BRUNEI—ATTACK ON SHERIF
OSMAN—MUDA HASSIM IN POWER—LINGIRE’S ATTEMPT
TO TAKE RAJAH BROOKE’S HEAD—MASSACRE OF MUDA
HASSIM AND BUDRUDIN—THE ADMIRAL PROCEEDS TO
BRUNEI—TREATY WITH BRUNEI—ACTION WITH PIRATE
SQUADRON—RAJAH BROOKE IN ENGLAND—IS KNIGHTED ON
HIS RETURN TO THE EAST—VISITS THE SULU ISLANDS—EXPEDITION
AGAINST SERIBAS PIRATES, 71

CHAPTER V

ATTACKS ON THE RAJAH’S POLICY—VISITS TO LABUAN, SINGAPORE
AND PENANG—MISSION TO SIAM—THE RAJAH’S RETURN
TO ENGLAND—DINNER TO HIM IN LONDON—HIS REMARKABLE
SPEECH—LORD ABERDEEN’S GOVERNMENT APPOINTS A
HOSTILE COMMISSION—THE RAJAH’S RETURN TO SARAWAK—COMMISSION
AT SINGAPORE—ITS FINDINGS, 103

CHAPTER VI

THE CHINESE SURPRISE THE TOWN OF KUCHING—THE RAJAH
AND HIS OFFICERS ESCAPE—THE CHINESE PROCLAIM THEMSELVES
SUPREME RULERS—THEY ARE ATTACKED BY THE
MALAYS—ARRIVAL OF THE ‘SIR JAMES BROOKE’—THE
CHINESE, DRIVEN FROM KUCHING, ABANDON THE INTERIOR
AND RETREAT TO SAMBAS—DISARMED BY THE DUTCH, 141

CHAPTER VII

EVENTS IN THE SAGO RIVERS—THE RAJAH PROCEEDS TO ENGLAND—CORDIAL
RECEPTION—FIRST PARALYTIC STROKE—BUYS
BURRATOR—TROUBLES IN SARAWAK—LOYALTY OF THE
POPULATION—THE RAJAH RETURNS TO BORNEO—SETTLES
MUKA AFFAIRS WITH SULTAN—INSTALLS CAPTAIN BROOKE
AS HEIR APPARENT—AGAIN LEAVES FOR ENGLAND—SARAWAK
RECOGNISED BY ENGLAND—LIFE AT BURRATOR—SECOND
AND THIRD ATTACKS OF PARALYSIS—HIS DEATH
AND WILL, 177

CHAPTER VIII

PRESENT CONDITION OF SARAWAK—RAJAH AN IRRESPONSIBLE
RULER—SARAWAK COUNCIL—GENERAL COUNCIL—RESIDENTS
AND TRIBUNALS—EMPLOYMENT OF NATIVES—AGRICULTURE—TRADE
RETURNS—THE GOLD REEFS—COAL
DEPOSITS—VARIED POPULATION—IMPOLITIC SEIZURE OF
LIMBANG—MISSIONS—EXTRAORDINARY PANICS—REVENUE—ADMINISTRATION
OF JUSTICE—CIVIL SERVICE—ALLIGATORS—SATISFACTORY
STATE OF SARAWAK, 203

CHAPTER IX

PRESENT CONDITION OF NORTH BORNEO—LOVELY COUNTRY—GOOD
HARBOURS ON WEST COAST—FORMATION OF NORTH
BORNEO COMPANY—PRINCIPAL SETTLEMENTS—TELEGRAPHIC
LINES—THE RAILWAY FROM PADAS—POPULATION—TOBACCO
CULTIVATION—GOLD—THE PUBLIC SERVICE—THE
POLICE OF NORTH BORNEO—METHODS OF RAISING
REVENUE—RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE—TRADE RETURNS—EXPORTS—INTERFERENCE
WITH TRADERS—A GREAT FUTURE FOR NORTH BORNEO, 232

APPENDIX

MR BROOKE’S MEMORANDUM ON HIS PROPOSED EXPEDITION TO
BORNEO, WRITTEN IN 1838, REPRINTED FROM VOL. I. OF
‘THE PRIVATE LETTERS OF SIR JAMES BROOKE, K.C.B.,
RAJAH OF SARAWAK.’ EDITED BY J. C. TEMPLER, BARRISTER-AT-LAW
(BENTLEY, 1853), 259

INDEX, 291

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PORTRAIT OF SIR JAMES BROOKE, AFTER THE PICTURE
BY SIR FRANCIS GRANT, P.R.A., IN THE POSSESSION
OF THE AUTHOR, _Frontispiece_

MAP OF SARAWAK AND ITS DEPENDENCIES AT THE CLOSE
OF SIR JAMES BROOKE’S GOVERNMENT, _To face page 49_

MAP OF BORNEO AND PART OF THE EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO,
SHEWING BRITISH TERRITORIES, BRITISH
PROTECTORATES AND FEDERATED MALAY STATES, _To face page 96_

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