We    went    afterwards    to    the    court-house   (police-
station)  and  then  to  Rajah  Indor 's  house.     When  I
asked   Rajah  Hitam  if  they  had  any  grievances  to
complain  of,  he  expressed  himself  as  quite  satisfied  ;
I  found,  however,  that  it  was  possible  to  make  one
or  two  changes  in  the  revenue,  especially  in  abolishing
a  tax  on  salt  fish,  which  presses  heavily  on  the  poor  ;
its  abolition  will  be  of  considerable  service  to  the  lower
classes  in  the  district.     I  spent  most  of  the  afternoon
finishing  and  colouring  some  sketches.     I  have  got
one   of  Malacca,   another  of  a  sunset   after  leaving
Malacca  territory,  two  of  Sungei  Ujong,  and  one,  a
large  sized  one,  taken  from  Mr.   Kaye's  plantation.
I  also  took  one    this  morning  at  Sabah.     When  we
got  out  of  the  river  we  steered  northwards  to  the
Bindings.     There  was  rather  a  heavy  sea  and  a  fine
dark  red  and  yellow  sunset  behind  the  islands,  so
we   put    off   dinner   till   we   got   into    smooth   water
between  the   largest  island,  Pulau  Pangkor,  and  the
mainland.     Properly  speaking,   it    is    the    mainland
which    is    called    Binding,    the    word    meaning    wall,
because  the  coast  at  that  spot  is  high  and  precipitous.
The  entrance  to  the  river  is  a  very  fine  one,  with  a
good    harbour  ;     here    we    anchored    for    the    night.
Mr.    Bruce,   the   Superintendent   and   the   Penghulu,
Hadji  Hakim,  a  very  nice  old  man,  came  off  to  us.
"  July  l8^.  I  g°t  up  at  daybreak  this  morning,
and  painted,  and  wrote  a  dispatch  before  breakfast.
