correctness, it does not. appear theyj-have any,era'£,'aft lea^t since the introduction o f APPENDIX,
Mahometao.is.rn, the-Hegira seems! to be used.' The B d g i s names ofi’the itfifeths, add
the number of 'days.they contain,1 are. asfollbw. '{: ■
Sarowand,_. ^ .Sfii;l#g|p''
;«.V..'.sSQ^. ••
i Sujewi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
rPachekae.......................... rii.-i'3r -.
JP p sfo........................ ............ ,.,,..31- ,
Mangasevan ................................32 .
yMimgasuti&e .. .'.'.V..30‘diiyY.
^MUngalcmMse, .; iv ; /K-SjMtJ;
"'P-ill'cCgunde'-'. t'AK
Besakai I'. i y . 1!".1. .301 "
J e ta r . iw . H H H M H bI H
|rt^o^,Ttdmsigp\df, tim®i»B& fei^nths» an^l y-earsJ mus»(rhav^tdkenk place a t 'a much'
e a rlie r d a te ; .as homejof the earlipst'.'ofi'tliei'present’lin e 'of-kings; and' file -length o f
their reigns, are particularly- mentioned!.j- ,y
. I have before.stated th a t ilaRer^S'-.*pract^sed4tfi^^Wfslahdf«p(i't■b'at,' the statea^noi?
only supply slaves for domestic consumption (if -I. mayniisa th at p hrase tatfut ftlr e x pbft
and-commercial traffic. There,-are examples^of whole villages becoming 'slaves^ an’cl
there is.scarcely a state or family of ran k ontfne-'isia’nd fhat> has nbit'-ifs'hssorttn’enl o f
these degraded beings, manyrof- whom a re reduced to th is’eonditron by the" m o'sfcruel
an d insidious means. g I
Of.the thousands-exported annually from. M a k d s a r , i thegreatestrportioh- consisted of
.persons wlwjhad beeirkidnapped by people acting under the authority o f the-Eiii-opeari
residents, or the princes'of tbd-country;-----
• The-sale o f their subjectsrcodstftnt’erb'oife-Vihibf gouFcVHf£fkel,eVenue o f the Rajahs';
and the factors in slaves. It is f-eported o f
■one factor thatrhmbxpoTted nine hundred in a year. T'he'paymeat.or Jctmfritffitmn!! td
•be made to the Dutch, was either measured in gold,/silve'rybr slaves. In'a treaty made
between the people o f ’G i t a and Admiral Speelmany we find that- theyp roM se^ tB ^ d y
s.o mUc]i',of, the;precious mefals, or one. thousand'.-Slaved' Those" sl’affes that' were 00-!'
gained-by Iaw,ocitdSs§ent,'were pgjled D in g eH ; those £idnapped,'rf>ur&f;"'
Therespeotive prices for slaves at Makdsia: Wer'e faS'follo'w.
F o r a grown lad,.legitimately obtained . T7-. h'!V%S®! dbllar^?
F o r a young woman, d i tto ...........•>.............. . vp?. . .4 0 'o >
'F o r a grown lad, kidnapper! J. t . .<•. 1 ..; ;d. fEr" f>
F o r,» ypnng-wdidKO^ ditto» fej& ii
It appears from the report: • o f a commission appointed to inquire' into;th'e”aBuses! o f
the slave trade in Celebes,! addressed to the council o f policy,- and dated Makasetr, thA
21st September 1799J tliat the Dutchtgovernment of-Batavia, from the year 1699 (the
period o f the first Dutch settlement at MakaSar), had sent repeated1 orders for the prevention
ofabus.es in the slave trade in Celebes; with wBawefflfcf^-thVfollowmg^exWact
from the sajqejrfeport will shew.'
’ “ The abuses*which have successively crept in, and tlmyih^rigftespvihiiilf1 hre now
p -practiced, jwohfain > slaves, are'isb.mahifolrf^nu^pm'plexin'gAthat^it^ wdffild-'be very
“ difficult; for us to enumerateor to trace them. In attempting' suUh1 with' all