History of Sarawak: Under Its Two White Rajahs 1839-1908 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A History of Sarawak: Under Its Two White Rajahs 1839-1908<br><br>My life draws towards its close but the book if and whenever brought out will stand in the future as a record of events that may be considered as the work of private individuals who stood alone and unprotected in a far distant land and who were I may also say fortunately scarcely ever interfered with or the policy of Sarawak could not have been as successful as it has proved. It will I have reason to believe attract more attention in comparatively new countries such as America and Australia where the story of Sarawak is perhaps better known than in England. One word more and that is that the native element has always been our base and strong point: and our lives are safe with them so long as they are wisely treated and relied on with thorough trust and confidence.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.