g perpetrators, especially as the numerous-gang: of: bondsmeri.-.And :<man-stealers,
« though compelled at present to resort to other avocations,'are .yet at thé call, o f cor-
r“ .*rupt employers, and live in the hope that occasion may again.offer o f freely returning
i f to itheir pursuits,-without apprehension o f any consequences. -This" truth wfllib e
« more generally appreciated,! i f ;we explain the course , through which these" people
“ are led to engage ufHthe desperate trade o f kidnapping? vThe' bohdsmen, whorare
“ thus employed by slave-traders,' are génerally dissolute adventurers ifr'om tKe‘ native
1 states,'who repair tô M a k â s a r , perhaps, with a little property which they-lose by
a gambling ; their next resource is to borrow from some bn,e o f fhemumerous D iitch
« /orlchinese speculators (slave-traders) a sum o f money, and wjiieh is-only^to be had
a t the exorbitant interest o f fifty per c en t^ o r , as expressedfinvthe lo ca lr terms',
« £ Q n e :w cm g per month on the Spanish, dollar.’- A debt thusrdisfolùté'ly"contracted
a j8 p o t.lik e ly to b e retrieved"by patient-industry. ■ "Butowéfe’-sUeh'a' dispösitro'n' tô
££ prevail', the opportunity is scarcely'afforded; and the'obligàtiîjnûs.genergilly allowed
« to accumulate until the aebtor-is about to pay the price'in. b is c a g tiv ity .. Te-retrievè*
« himself from this dire alternative," he has recourse to the trade'of kidnapping^ and
££ the ready employment he meets with, added to the sudden gains whichhh'&h'apés'. to
<t acquire, stimulate him to repair his fortunes in thîs.iïregulàr-"anâ7despërate ipurs'uit'.
“ Such are the bondsmen who are the active agents 'ofifslave-traders.'iri 'M d k â s k r * ;
and while thé abolition has bad the twofoldefféct o f diminishing the'irtnùmbers and*
“ . o f checking their depredations, it niust be obvious itbat thisîsMufatyfrefo'rm ita li
.“ .only endure whilst the spirit whieh-produced it isifostered. 5$Ghe;®bmffiis&ion in''I?99
“ -forcibly depicted the utter incompetehcy o f the most rigid prohibitiöbsiHmfcestricting
H the barbamties which then prevailed but there is"yeta strongerTaetywliich’-bears
“ equally upon the traffic, on whatever footing it might bè .re-admitted ; it^fsj; that
“ the resources' arising from what were considered lég a l côndemmàtibnsi tovslavery^
“ would be totally inadequate to supply the market-under any prcdsableilihiitatjanll
‘£ As the demand increased, the more frequent condemnations, on* frivblotlsipreten'ces
“ would naturally'ensue, i f indeed such a practice in any degree, could'be-considered
“ leg a l J but the temptations to open violenee'arisingifrbm themutnerous "acces'saries,
“ and the direct or indirect participàtion'of public functionaries, added'to' the com-
f‘ parative cheapness o f stolen men, are such! 9trong‘inducements to 'r e v iv e ancient
abuses, under an actual demand, that no' hope'could be entertained? o f controulmg
“ . them. - On the other hand, the maintenance o f the! abolition;: laws,' US'1 theyrhavé
“ hitherto tended to correct in a remarkable degree thé monstrous'practices'? which
“ obtained, must, in their ultimate operation, effectually reform; .nof-éiily- the habits
“ and dispositions o f the inhabitants o f M a k â s a r ', but check those' frequent condemna-
.« tions which in the native states may be chiefly imputed to thé advantages that- Were
generally made o f them.' T o illustrate,-:in a familiar instance, the effects o f this
, f ‘ amelioration brought about by the silent 'operation ’o f-the .prohibitoryilaws ; oh
( ( the first arrival o f the English, the inhabitants o f the adjacent- villages did not
. « dare to come to M a k â s a r in parties o f less than five or six men well armed. This
“ was
<l was equally; the. case throughout the country, as there was an open sale for almost
e< any number- o f people that) cobid-be stolen. The Wse, however, is now entirely
“ altered, at least within the inflhe^ee-of the British authority. Men, women, and
“ children^, ar.e now. to be seem moving singly about the country in a ll directions,
“ without fear and Without.arms. .^Formerly a man going on a hunting party, or a
“ peasant to tilp'his groundy went^armed as i f going to war; at the present day
“ numbers o f people; may be seen in the paddy fields without a spear amongst them.
“ I may add,' that these Reflects are not confined to .th e Gonipany’s provinces, but
“ are felt nearly throughout the states o f G&a'} T e l u , and T u r a ta , where there can
“ be no;'doubt- that a few years would be sufficient to realize, ted erlth e present system,
“ a great increase to population, ancl the more .important introduction o f commerce
“ and civilization.
“ T h e principal:pirate settlements are K a l i and T u l i T u l i , situated on the
“ north-west eoast. The depredations of- these, hordes are’ generally carried on be-
“ tween Javarand the Straits o f Saleyer; ’ their :haimts sere .’the islands near Seleyer,
“ also G u n u n g A p i , and the islfes at the; eiitrahce : o f the B a y o f S em b d w a , and in
“ general the Bmall isles included between the coasts o f Java to the w est, Borneo to
* the north, and Celebes to the e a s t ”
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