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I flipped this evening- at the Batavian hotel, in company.With two
French gentiërrfèb,- 'whb; h a f f e n fo' fettaiate as; tö sf<&p#frömte vbatid
tof^MaIayslV£ Thë #i%fes.^jad attacked^therhtitóhè ffreets ■ s’a ciroün&i
ftahce. which 'faftón -’b&ppQ&sy and particularly|-tb;fcangëfcgiy$k&' pafö
the fbrësts after- it is dark. ‘
I repeated myexeurfions through the city. »
| Several, gehtleihen o fA p Ambaffadhr’s 'M te b t ih g ïa&èrh ill1, ■ '■ they
were ordered to go on hoard their refpeffive ffrips,' and large , «pl an*
titles o f fruit were pttrchafed for their ufe and- refreshment.
In the evening I went to ièe thé tragedy o f Mahomet-, and'paid a
rix-dollar for admiffion. The theatre isfituated in thë rriiddleöf h> fe¥ge
garden, which is a place o f public refort for the Batavians o f every
rank and denonainatiön, It i s 'a fpacipus brick • braiding, ffëebratéd
with great elegance, and fitted up with front and fide hbxël/ and gaf-
kfïëSi its orehdftraiaMb contained hfofetable bhnd of mbfic;v
> The play, as far as I could judge from thchtfttudes ofiihe’ aiftofs1,
arri thé'ekprefiBóh o f their countenances, - for the whpfej;was9in- the
Butch language, -was Very Well performed. 'the entertainment was
-Bamaby Brittle, and afforded a great deal o f arriufement. - The%aar-
dience was very Brilliant, but the more fplendid part b f it aföïe' from
the fuperiof figure, appearance, and beauty o f fome Englilh ladieS-.
who graced the boxes on the* occafiotu
At noon there was an auction, or, as it is here termed, ari'huteiy,
of certain lands and eftates, belonging to fome o f thöfe fortunate individuals,
who, having éfcaped the dangers o f the climafej'yetfiffi with
the large fortunes they have acquired here, to enjoy thë eotnforts'and
luxurious eafeof Europe, ,
-*793*'
March.
C 37. T
-T h e fe fafes cannot- take place, but; under -the-infpe&ion o f the Com-i
miffary General,'-bn his-deputies, •’whcyirtiifi: always be pkfent on the-
Odcafibn. iTr^Steiceiisr^vefl o f -thefe atfff iOns-throughout Tthe fcity and-
fobuhbsr -by^certain - number o f men, who beats gongs.'to. boUea tjae
p^opfe-atqgethef’iri -the. different ftreets, w-ben-a perfon-authorifed by ,
the ‘Gonpnifiary- General' reada<xsv-er the articles to he,- fold, and the
co»diriorisj.af*lafe :i;in ev&y father refpeff, thefe fades aro conduced in*,
theifarne mannertas.thofdnnC-England. ,'
- -Capt.. iMafckintofii Icarne on fhore, and fpurchafed a French brig,. Friday ig,
to anfw^r the purpbfe of the Jackall, from wlioni w t ha^. heen,fo,
long feparated, that we defpaired o f feeing her again.
. fW n s n 'iM - 'r u > - .
r. This evening f have '^afon'to Confider.,aslope, o£ the Satnrdi*
o f mytlif^*h&y-h>g^4 aped Vr@ffi-a.gang W
fortne'd a'defigh,-&s ‘they h a f f a n ^ c f f 'fo,d^
feroy riia.
’ T i * 1 principal part-of' the--baggage le fo ^ g ^ g '/ q ,^
fuit&lhaving been already font, on board the, -refpe^iye .fhips, I was
charged,by..M'r. Maxwelf to fee that ther?lf o^'the .pac^age^, and a
cheft-of.doliarsi were put on boar^§ p r e a .^ r ^ ^ thgt p^p^le, an$
dlderedVb gb.hommiwith the pr.palfthe boom, remain there till
-Mr- Maxwell' amved, which,he. p r o f f if f td ^ f fe in h a lf an hour,
l^acgosdmgly/fet.^ff, an4'arrived;.gt|therfbpem
when! Ili&iklgiflthe' - b o a ^ i t o ^ ^ p j^ ^ ^ b u f e - ^ a j / ^ ^ ^ iu l l
waited the arrivaJiQf Mr. Ha£we£j ,
mained till nine o’clock, when the boom was thfo^m'acroTs- tfieiVafr,
W thchridge drawn up. 1« » H i C_
'rious faature, a%I: well knew that -
hut By a fpeciai fajder
-danger o f Tofing the p r o p e r ty^ n d ^ rn y .S S lt^ ffl i-e
wefe continually M W ® M KBSil
examining the articles on board, but of being m yfelf faenficpd