On approaching the capital, the _Pearl_ saluted my flag, and after coming to an anchor higher up, she hoisted the flag and saluted that of Sarawak. A guard of honour received me on landing, where I was met by my old friend and shipmate, Charles Johnson, now Tuan Muda. He had changed his name to that of Brooke. A nice boy, spoilt by assuming a name he was then unfit for! _Pearl_ had not escaped the _Dido_ rocks, and Captain Ross brought on board _Salamis_ a piece of false keel and sheets of copper, which divers found displaced! These accidents are sad bores, occurring too at a time when I wished to establish a reputation at the Admiralty as a cautious and careful chief. [Sidenote: April 18.] _Pearl_ started against the afternoon flood-tide to precede us to Labuan. We remained a few days to enjoy the hospitality of the Tuan Muda, who repeatedly expressed the good effect our visit would have--the influence which would be felt to the farther end of the Rajah’s dominions. All the native chiefs came to visit me, the “Rajah Laut” (Sea King) as they styled me, but most of my original friends who had fought for the suppression of piracy had passed away. All the occurrences of that stirring time were fresh in the memory of the children, and old Patingi Alli’s son was now one of the principal chiefs, a most useful and worthy man. His gallant old father was killed with many others while serving with the _Dido’s_ boats. In the evenings we rode with the Tuan Muda along a two-mile road, cut through that ever interesting and magnificent jungle. [Sidenote: April 20.] About three in the afternoon we took our departure, the Tuan Muda having supplied us with turkeys and geese that would have done credit to a Norfolk farm. A sumpitan, a necklace, and three Dyak swords, some deer horns and alligators’ eggs, were among the curios we brought away. The Tuan Muda is quiet, reserved, and gentlemanlike, with a determination not to be surpassed, with a sense of justice--qualifications fully appreciated by the chiefs. [Sidenote: Labuan, April 22.]