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Capt. Thomas Forrest<br />
In Mindanao on the return journey, Forrest was the guest<br />
of Rajah Moodo, the heir apparent of the Sultanate of<br />
Maguindanao. He stayed from May 1775 until January 1776,<br />
overhauling his boat, which had been leaking badly. Among<br />
his illustrations<br />
of Maguindanao,<br />
Forrest compiled an<br />
elaborate genealogy<br />
of the sultanate<br />
from the time of its<br />
founding by Serif Ali,<br />
its first Muslim ruler,<br />
who had arrived from<br />
Mecca more than<br />
300 years earlier. In<br />
He had an amazing<br />
rapport with people<br />
from all places and all<br />
outlooks, which must<br />
have played a major part<br />
in his successful journeys<br />
around the region.<br />
all his endeavors Forrest was dependent on assistance from<br />
local people, and he invariably found it. He had an amazing<br />
rapport with people from all places and all outlooks, which<br />
must have played a major part in his successful journeys<br />
around the region. Eventually the Tartar Gallery sailed into<br />
Fort Marlborough (Bengkulu), the British trading post on<br />
the west coast of Sumatra. This was his home base with the<br />
Papua New Guinea<br />
Forrest’s sketches<br />
Triple masted ship similar to the one<br />
used by Capt. Forrest<br />
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