, <( 4^ b
■t^vering^ut a fifrip o f liheifK^nd^HI^ wiift^ ahH a kind of black
Krbanl$hjtKeir*fe$s. **The ^ reft Jpa’id greartffjdlience,
was ^iftinguiftiedf by weanhg adffSife BMckfgb^nJf ’%%|i?J'Sr a.
ftnff like crape,.; • und.gr - he ^we©/ ,^#|®de pair ^ blfck lilk
1 roMefs®*- Over his ftfen l'd e r^ a '^ th ro ^ g^SW^cord* ¥6 yVhich was
^iff|)erf&ed! heft-in ’fcKlF^eihbrdTdired^a^^P i^ry &Xqu?ftf£ Wtork-
.'manfhq& Hi« ‘heatf^Sg'>alg& coi%re%«#thr { htirfhh
was,- in; common with the reft, without fhoes.
’,. ^'tMe'i.diftante <?f k few? yardsfrlM1 the^-Kui MiMtrtlMr temple,_
whbfc exftrlor iferm was the lame as m e 'ó th ^M la iifg s. - The'^Mde
'was* fomilÈedf'-ör'tfs" If'muft have beeil-’-ëdiSSérê'd-hy tM io / ornamented
jvith iém e old fire-arms, cutkfles,* ahè*tWeê’$aggêfs.
'Onë‘ fwlvel^-afid förhé^^^g^Tpohtb&hsj''^ r ^ i3l2:icl"' :abfófsfadfi^roiSff:
there'fWetbsSfo ïe'^?rdP ^ ^ ë s |^ h 3 ,eleafèS.(Jg%inS^Ó!f^Qïftfeoiïs‘dagger,
O^fcd by the AfiStie " l^ § s j.p ile d -u # ^ a in f t. a ba^SbXpoft^, in
itHe middfeiof the building. It b \ 4 ^ ^ è b t ' , ; f r ^ rj f t i f e - ^ o f
.thefe -people, that ^they were riot' ac-eüftqmed tö^thê^bï^'t/f nrSarnjp,
las 'tbeyiappëartib 'to: éonfider theft “warlike' ihftnxments a s f o '^ ^ p ’öf
adoration. 'ThiS'bpirtióri was -confirmed' b y ‘the 'aïa¥fo''slfiu ;kftöhlfn-
men't theyt&iêprëffe'd'oömydifcharging'a ihüfqueibt-|fffë btiffik ó f a
-t-reei; and thê’e-agèrriëft wjth which ’they‘examined the- 1 |paée'
'the ball b a d ^M fe d . But‘this‘did -riot 'cc/htentbthgi^fi rmr fMy poft-
ftriveS{fos eMra^;- the ball,- which-'fHfey fhewed’” tcT ^ch'';omef fwith
lnnafks*6f‘extrferftè;a'mazérh’ent. - *
We ~ remained neal^riWci^hdfirs5 'hfi^ in b r l,' gndf'ehtefeqcjh^ a
'treatyWith the c h ie f/% j^rocfire^tisJaslmany buffaloes,' ^ tp*as'tfiuch
^ponftiy, fnift/6cc^aSicbuId''bP^aredifrdfit me iflarid, Una ftgw mch
he-was to be paid his-ovirn priddiytq tfes^pro^&htfdrine^SdUy- agreed,
^nd promifed that the comrniftionfhould be immediately executed, ^and
:the different articles be“ feady next day. * After the
agre^irienf was thus amfcablyFeffled, the chief dffdrefi us ^i regale‘.of rice
iand fifti, of which We all' tailed.. He tften pointed'" to lorn® c@epa-hut
• •■ , .. - -- trees,
y $ K 49' )>
frees, as iTito<know.aff|we.ihpuld'yhufe,tQ.,hav.g^any of.them: and no y.93.
£ooner wasn't „fignifien-;thyhim-that,a prilfen t jo fy that fruit lyould be *
“veiyXaCceptahlej J^ar^a,nt^pbe^,S‘|his pepplemvere lfiftantlyprdered
O H B g a It s;jfiamrdfing to fee with what -figility. .they
dapbed iq v ,th o le 'v c iydo tt^ tr te s , ajiid _as rtKt} threw' dawn the
BujMaBthws })d®^dm^ediatdy -lkinnei, and ’Kapded them ..roynd to
fffei. Company. '-We thegfejipqjt^. qu-r ,'lqaj^^h^ the mandaMg;^ gnd’fop
oyf ways to the-(jp.gaehniHW,l/e%halt canbe^'whie]r wcr^ pudding, ancf
one-ofthem appeared to ,b% o f Sye|yt ingeniqg||'csnjffudlipn.
. -.TiiedHand o f j^ylojCpndprg;has bftt few i^abiHnts. and thofe it pof7’
felfes" are n^t^c^c^e^Js^etlp.erip any town,s|tfut|ilfeye‘ in,bamboo huts,
fcattered.upiandcL^wn,thgJc^n'fn/ lt.prddticc-s ’noJ,‘fiuit buf^Gofi^-nuts
arttfewafer-melcm^f iuul!jio gr.un'!bu#lbmc'coarle fitel It has,
plenty®jf (buft^lbes, HtitH a^kind. of ^hlff-'duck, l'and‘ the'ccimthoh' ,
fowls, forpe y ly vh iq h ,arg_ rtbme^frated .wl&-’them. 'Thjs /Hand,
hdiw'efer,vhas a 'nobi'e bay, wrkcn prodtlcbs 'a filh .that,refertioles our
whiting,’ iff great abundance, anddias a faf^anchor^e, except'along
the fhore; \yhegqi'ffojr,a|iqilt three, quarters- of^almile- it ‘i^' fulHof
%Tb§ti4and iqjfebjedt/tq.tbe^ King o f .Cochiii y!lpnaS and lies
intthqjChjnefejqcearr. IfLopg. one hundred and.'feyen-deg; twenty-fix
fmnlfeafts Lat. two deg. forty minvnprth. "■
0 n 'jet^ rningrt^K-.lh ips njet ,wi,4 a yery^ heavy lauj|ll,Tat-
tendbd with violent r^in.
^'l-Tlhis^rtiorrang. I went-,cdhoie iwith a party, accompanied* by' Mr.' PMday 17.
Maung, ih orjor ta.receive the feveral{ articles, for which^a bargain had
been ma^e. with, the mandarin orirtrorpre'cedin g day,' ’
Oh our landing1," and'going to 4he' hut oelongihg1 to "the-Chief, we
fqlinjd,'.'<to our utter alfonilhment, that the ^people had defefted their
habitations, and carried off eyery article \yith them: even the teqxple
H was