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This cessation of trade was a poor remedy against the sea robber: it was to rob oneself instead of being robbed, to commit suicide for fear of murder.

They felt further depressed, as they went to the spot where sea robbers of old were hanged.

It was, in fact, aiding the pirates, instead of putting them down: since the Bornean Sultan was himself the actual patron and protector of these sea robbers, instead of being their enemy!

Hark to the stories of those wild sea robbers!

He was no longer the wild sea robber, but a refined, courteous gentleman.