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He was secure on his throne now, but I could not but wonder if that yell, which sent a strange thrill through me, did not bring up recollections of one of the hundred sanguinary scenes through which he and his great uncle, the elder Rajah Brooke, had gone when fighting for their lives and kingdom. The Sultan of Johore's griffin won, and the Rajah stepped back to congratulate him.
"The Malay tells me that there is a small town on the east coast, and that this would be the most handy for landing, as from there to Johore's town is not more than some twenty miles. Whether the road is open, he cannot say. The news he learned, from the tumangong's people, was that there was a great deal of fighting going on between Johore and some of the petty rajahs.
The conversation eventually turned to tigers. "Johore's the place for tigers," the Englishman remarked, pouring himself another peg of whiskey. "The beggars are as thick as foxes in Leicestershire. You're jolly well certain of bagging one the first day out." "I've always wanted a tiger skin for my smoking room," commented the American.
"We want no English on our coast," the chief said. "There are the Dutch, at Malacca some day we will turn them out. "So he was bringing presents to Johore, was he?" "Yes, my lord; these are the parcels," and he beckoned up the men who carried them. These approached, and humbly laid them at the rajah's feet. "I have to report, my lord, that there were twenty of Johore's men with him.
As we were going on board, we met the Maharajah of Johore's servant, just going off with invitations to dinner, lunch, and breakfast for the next two days for all our party, and with all sorts of kind propositions for shooting and other amusements. Some of our friends came off before luncheon to see the yacht, and we returned with them to tiffin at Government House.
He also sent us your report of that business, by which it appeared that you had some extremely perilous adventures, entailed by your zeal to obtain the Rajah of Johore's consent to the cession. Sir Arthur Wellesley mentioned your name in his despatch after Assaye, and Lord Lake's despatches make numerous mention of your service with him.
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