betssador, a promise - was imadetthife
their boat and effects, shouldibe restored. They returned
ih a few days oil boardafter having' undergone, .cctasi-
derable fatigue* and much iMsfereatment from the.- inferior
officers, into whtSsel bands they fell. In «thencispiefe,
the accident was attended withsfche advantage of furnish*
tirg an ofiportunitytofdcnowing'the atitUalvStateiifethat
patt of the country through which Mr . Jacbson -wafe
conducted.
He mentioned that,
“ coast o f the peninsulk of Ttiron, he proceeded along
“ shore till he got to the isthmus poiht, when ;the sea
■‘ breeze set in. He then made for/tbe entrance df Eab
“ foo river, opposite Callao island, and knowing that it
“ was a branch o f a larger river, of whieh ahdtherhrainch*
“ ata little distance, Ml-intduhe hark»? of Turofo he
‘ ‘ deteibuned;to-return. by that way teethe?, shifts that
4‘ thmugh sieveral windings of therivesipfbr
“ upwards of twenty inilesp he arrived, about eight
“ o’clock at night, before a large town, bnilt-afong»sthfe
“ bank of the river, where he stopped about a boupkeof
“ boras, at the ehdof which time two men* feaefe having
itm lighted bamboo in his hand, made Signs to hinfctotgo
I# ashore. They called out, also, to two armed.1 gallies,
*f whichwere near the boat* to take hold o f it. Upon
drisbe went on »hole, and was received by a guard
“ of fourteen men, who conducted him to a house in the
town, where he staid during the remainder of the
night; After some noisy debate the next morning, ,
among the persons who seemed ttpftdirective others,
aneofthemwenttoff in a great hurry ,• while Mr.Jack-
^ofev.andj the i boat’serewt-were .-mowed to a,fort-a little
way beyohd^'the iown. where theynwereconfined,
handcuffed, and treated with; great inhumanity, till the
^arrival- ofi ajpi-KS'on- of authority '.above, the rest, who
appeared ;v.ery | muehl >dfepleased: at such- behaviour.
Thes^ ptisoier® r were afterwards marched for two
days,-several miles through the country ^exposed; to the
seciffs and menaces,of their conductors and the people»?,
until atdength theynreached their boat* and embarked
for Turonbarbour.
.“ .The eo-untry, Mr. Jackson-added, to the south-west
»df TurOm and as fax as.heicouldjobsejrwe, in that direction
i was level and -Sfittifea..; The soil was; chiefly
clay* mixed with sand| ofna> reddish colour. 11 He; met
with man y rivers - and canalsi; full of boats of vaftbus
sizes. There were j u n ks of about on®? hundred and
thirty tons. i T h e y lay before a town o f about three-
fourths of .a mile in length, built df.redbricksv All the
rlargebuildings wereimucbdaipagedinmariyfplaefiSj.as
tiflbylviedeBE^. The town'Was aT»ut tweke miles foom
the sea,; md twenty-four frOm thatiof Turon or Han-
san. He passed, through twojather considemblhstowns.
In one of them was a plentifuf maTket, from daylight
Cochinchina.