Hose occupied for years very important posts in the Rajah’s Government, and on that account their experience of the people and the country must be invaluable. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS H.H. THE RAJAH OF SARAWAK _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE THE AUTHOR 2 From a Painting by Mrs. ALFRED SOTHEBY THE RAJAH’S ARRIVAL AT ASTANA, AFTER A VISIT TO EUROPE 8 PART OF DATU BAY, NEAR SANTUBONG 14 A ROOM IN THE ASTANA 22 DATU ISA AND HER GRANDDAUGHTERS 26 SEA-DYAKS IN WAR DRESS 34 SEA-DYAK WOMAN WEAVING A COTTON PETTICOAT 58 MAIL STEAMERS’ WHARF AND TRADING VESSELS AT ANCHOR, NEAR EMBANKMENT IN KUCHING BAZAAR 62 TUAN MUDA OF SARAWAK ⎫ H.H. THE RAJAH MUDA OF SARAWAK ⎬ 98 TUAN BUNGSU OF SARAWAK WITH HIS LITTLE SON, JIMMIE BROOKE ⎭ THE DAIANG MUDA ⎫ H.H. THE RANEE MUDA ⎬ 102 THE DAIANG BUNGSU ⎭ THE AUTHOR AND IMA, IN THE MORNING ROOM AT ASTANA, KUCHING 136 SUN SETTING BEHIND THE MOUNTAIN OF MATANG 150 DAIANG SAHADA, DAIANG LEHUT, MRS. MAXWELL, AND THE AUTHOR 158 VERANDAH IN DAIANG SAHADA’S HOUSE AT KUCHING 164 DAIANG LEHUT, DAIANG SAHADA’S DAUGHTER 166 INCHI BAKAR, SCHOOL MASTER, KUCHING 174 MALAY BOY STRIKING FIRE FROM DRY TINDER 200 SALLEH, A TANJONG CHIEF, PLAYING ON THE NOSE FLUTE, WITH TWO TANJONG ATTENDANTS 254 HUT CONTAINING EATABLES TO REFRESH THE GOD OF SICKNESS, BATANG LUPAR RIVER 260 PANAU, A SEA-DYAK CHIEF 282 AN ENCAMPMENT UP THE BATANG LUPAR RIVER 288 BACHELOR HOUSE AT MUNGGO BABI, BERTRAM’S RESIDENCE DURING OUR STAY 298 MAP _Front Cover_ MY LIFE IN SARAWAK CHAPTER I