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"There she was, coming up before the wind. A strange-looking, outlandish craft she seemed as she drew nearer. "`I wonder whether she's one of those Dyack or Malay pirates, I said. `If so, we may as well let the boat turn over. "`No, no; let us trust God, and hope for the best, said Jack. `Cheer up, Miles! She's sent for our relief.
I asked; "you and he were just pulling away across the river at night to escape from the Dyack pirates." "Yes; I have been thinking much about it since I told you. I would not have to go through that time again for a good deal if I could help it.
They are almost exclusively confined to the interior, where they enjoy a fine climate, and all the spontaneous productions of the tropics. They are believed to be the aborigines of the island. The name of Dyack seems to be more particularly applied to those who live in the southern section of Borneo.
Brooke in this undertaking is the interest he feels in the benighted people of the interior, who are known under the name of Dyack, and of whom some extraordinary accounts have been given. A few of these, which I have procured from reputable sources, I will now relate, in order that it may be seen among what kind of people this gentleman has undertaken to introduce the arts of civilization.
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