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From:
James Brooke
To:
Henry Norton Shaw
Date:
12 December 1858
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Royal Geographical Society: RGS Corr. Block CB4 1851-60 JAMES BROOKE
Summary:

Brooke requests a copy of ARW’s papers relating to Sarawak and Sadong. [Wallace, A. R. 1856. Notes of a Journey Up the Sadong River, North-West Borneo. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, 1(6): 193-205.]

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From:
James Brooke
To:
Henry Norton Shaw
Date:
24 December 1858
Source of text:
Royal Geographical Society: RGS Corr. Block CB4 1851-60 JAMES BROOKE
Summary:

Brooke returns ARW’s papers relating to Sarawak and Sadong. [Wallace, A. R. 1856. Notes of a Journey Up the Sadong River, North-West Borneo. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, 1(6): 193-205.] He is critical of ARW’s views on the tendency of the Dayaks towards extinction. Brooke is unwell and expresses a “cool” attitude towards the signs of death.

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