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SARAWAK

Mr. Brooke's Bungalow at Sarawak

Sarawak

Its Inhabitants and Productions

BEING

NOTES DURING A RESIDENCE

IN THAT COUNTRY WITH

HIS EXCELLENCY MR. BKOOKE

BY

Hugh Low

First published 1968 by Frank Cass and Company Limited

First edition 1848

Published 2019 by Routledge
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ISBN 13: 978-0-7146-2017-6 (hbk)

TO HIS EXCELLENCY

JAMES BROOKE, ESQ. D.C.L.

GOVERNOR OF LABUH-AN,
HER MAJESTY'S COMMISSIONER IN BORNEO,
RAJAH OF SARAWAK, ETC.

MY DEAR MR. BROOKE,

IN availing myself of your kind permission to dedicate to you the following Work, I discharge with pleasure the duty under which the author of the first Volume professing to treat of the inhabitants of Sarawak, lies; and if I am fortunate in securing for it your approbation, I shall consider the time I have devoted to it to have been profitably spent.

You know the circumstances of haste under which it has been written, and I trust, in consequence, much to your kind indulgence for its many imperfections; but should the Volume be found to contain any new or interesting particulars, I shall have the greatest satisfaction in acknowledging that your great kindness, and the facilities and protection you afforded me, alone enabled me to collect and supply them.

With sentiments of the deepest respect and gratitude,

I am,
MY DEAR MR. BROOKE,
Your most obedient and humble Servant,

HUGH LOW.

LEYDEN,
Dec. 13, 1847.

Preface

THE remarks contained in the following pages have been prepared from notes collected during a residence of about thirty months in Sarawak, and the west coast of Borneo, My object, (the collection of plants and seeds,) led me more into the country, and amongst the tribes of aborigines, than any other Englishman who has yet visited the shores of this Island; and I trust that, though vefy incomplete, this Work may, in the absence of others on the subject, be found to contain some interesting information respecting the domestic economy of the people.

On my arrival in England, in October last, I had no intention of publishing any account of the Island; and, in consequence, many of my notes, particularly those on the subject of the languages and superstitions of the various tribes, were left in Borneo, my purpose being to present them to the public, when a longer residence and further inquiries in the country should have rendered them less unworthy of attention.

Though thirty months may seem to promise a less meagre and unsatisfactory account than that contained in the pages which follow, it must be recollected, that a great part of that time was spent before I had sufficiently acquired the native languages to trust my remarks on paper, so that these may be considered as but the result of one year's inquiry.

A further cause of their present imperfection is the want of time under which I laboured in their preparation for the press, consequent on the necessary arrangements for an early departure for the East. It is with the greatest diffidence I now offer them for the public approval, and crave for them that indulgence which, under other circumstances, could not be expected or allowed.

I wish in this place to acknowledge my obligations to the numerous friends, both here and in the East, who were kind enough to interest themselves in my proceedings. To the Earl of Auckland I am under the greatest obligations for letters to the Official Residents in the Straits Settlements, particularly for one to the Honourable the Governor, Lieutenant-Colonel Butterworth, C. B., who on all occasions, and by every means in his power, forwarded the objects of the expedition, and by his and his lady's kindness during my frequent visits to Singapore, has placed me under infinite obligations. To Drs. Oxley and Martin, and C. Carnie, Esq., with many other friends in Singapore, I am indebted for many favours; but I am only one of many who have had occasion to record their kindness.

I need not mention the name of Mr. Brooke, as his amiable character is too well known; but to the other gentlemen of Sarawak I may express my thanks for their kindness, and assure them that in whatever manner the remainder of my time may be spent, the period I passed in their company will ever be remembered with pleasure.

I return my thanks to the gentlemen of the British Museum for the list of Zoology in the , and very much regret that family affliction has prevented E. Doubleday, Esq., of that Institution, from furnishing the Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects. Many other skins and animals than those enumerated have been sent to England, but have not yet been examined.

HUGH LOW.

UPPER CLAPTON,
Dec. 22d, 1847.

Contents

1. CHAPTER I.
   GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF BORNEOBRITISH AND DUTCH SETTLEMENTS ON THE ISLANDITS MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, LAKES, AND VOLCANOESTHE ERUPTION OF TOMBOROCOAL FOUND IN THE ISLAND OF LABUH-ANTHE MODE OF WORKING ANTIMONY OREMINERALS IN BORNEOGOLD FOUND IN SARAWAKTHE MODE OF WORKING IT IN THE ISLAND, AND ITS PRODUCE ESTIMATED BY SIR STAMFORD RAFFLESGOLD AN EXPORT OF SARAWAKDIAMONDS IN BORNEO
2. CHAPTER II.
   THE TEMPERATURE AND SOIL OF BORNEOTHE VEGETABLE PRODUCTIONS OF THE ISLAND DESCRIBED IN SUCCESSIONTHE SUGAR CANESPICESTHE NIBONGTHE BAMBOORICETHE COCOA-NUTSAGOTHE GOMUTI PALMITS USESTHE BETEL, OR ARECA NUTRATTANS AND CANESTHE NIPAH AND MANGROVECAMPHORVEGETABLE OILSTHE GUTTA PERCHATHE UPAS TREEDAMMARWILD CINNAMON AND COTTONPEPPER AND COFFEEGAMBIER AND TOBACCOTIMBER TREESORNAMENTAL AND SCENTED WOODSFLOWERS
3. CHAPTER III.
   THE FRUITS OF BORNEOANIMATED NATURETHE RHINOCEROSTHE TAPIRTHE BEARDEERTHE KIJANG AND PALANDOKTHE PANTHERVARIETIES OF CATSANECDOTE OF AN ORANG UTANMONKEYSALLIGATORSTHE ALLIGATOR DOCTORTHE MODE OF OPERATIONLIZARDSSNAKES AND VIPERSTHE COBRA AND FLOWER-SNAKEINSECTSFISH AND FISHING ESTABLISHMENTSBUFFALOESHARESGOATSPIGSDOGSDOMESTIC FOWLS
4. CHAPTER IV.
   THE KINGDOM OF BORNEOTHE MALAYSTHE BUGIS PEOPLE OF CELEBESTHE ABORIGINESDUTCH AND ENGLISH SETTLEMENTSMAJOR MULLER'S EXPEDITIONMR. MURRAY KILLEDPRESENT STATE OF THE CAPITALTHE SULTANSARAWAK AND MR. BROOKE'S POSSESSIONSDESCRIPTION OF SARAWAKITS CHIEFSITS NATIVE MERCHANTS AND INHABITANTSDYAK SLAVES IN BORNEOTHEIR TREATMENT AND PRICE IN THE MARKETSLAVE DEBTORS
5. CHAPTER V.
   ARAB DESCENDANTS OF THE PROPHETTHEIR IMPOSITIONS AND SUPERSTITIONSPIRACYACTION OF THE NEMESISGAMBLING AND OPIUM SMOKINGCRIMINAL TRIALS AND PUNISHMENTSIMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF SARAWAKMANNERS OF THE PEOPLEEDUCATIONDRESS AND APPEARANCE OF MALAY WOMENOIL FOR THE HAIRA SUPERSTITIONMARRIAGESPRICE OF A WIFERUNNING A-MUCKARTS AND MANUFACTURESPALACE OF THE SULTANMARKET OF BRUNIMALAY FISHINGTRADERS AT SARAWAKWARS OF THE PEOPLETHEIR WEAPONSASSOCIATION WITH EUROPEANS

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