: Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia by Simms William Gilmore - Gold mines and mining Fiction; Georgia History 1775-1865 Fiction

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PREFACE, xi

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

INDEX, 291

Rajah Brooke

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