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It is both right and just that it should be so, because in demi-civilized or savage countries the natives are often unable to protect themselves, and an attack upon them savors of piracy.
It is now two years since I left Singapore, 'the boundary of civilization. I have been out of the civilized world, living in a demi-civilized state, peaceably, innocently, and usefully. "Feb. 8th. After ten days' delay at the mouth of the river, got out." Captain Keppel's voyage in the Dido with Mr. Brooke to Sarawak. Chase of three piratical prahus. Boat expedition.
Antonio, the patron saint, which, considering it is a Portuguese town, and situated in such a demi-civilized part of the world, may be called rather a neat one. It contained about twelve hundred houses, and seven churches, most of these, however, were in a miserable state. There were not more than fifty Europeans on the island, the whole population of which does not exceed four thousand.
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