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17^,: hood ©f CoPPSPJb areef a.yery ipd<>l©flt.^ifpPfitiWj'Of wh|ch
AgflvtT.^ chingfe have t-^keR advaRtagf 5 for though th<5 Malays.
1 ^ are very fond of traffic, ©s# of tb,eir trade is carried oni®
fjuall Chipefe yeflgls, ®f from *q to 39 tony burthen.
They©. i§ a. market 3$ •. Ojupajag £9$
fe. whiefeA. hp fbei®
feen a man from the country, come to market; ’with
two pptaMf15 *r~afid. fhi.% ^ upt upufwa}. Thsfe b??P§
ioid for tw® 4o«&i &&mk m &
to fapply him with beetle tp.chew;, and ft» | rpunaindpr
of tl^ day |g p&fiM ip.lop®®flg3bpwt the. town. /£%
inland peopLe., who liye at a d^ftpice from the Europeans,.
w s ftioag and a£Hms but
them to filthy difeafes. .■ ■ ,\.i,/•.■ ■ s. - *
The chief-?of thenatives, or tin g oftthp i$Und, is by the
Dutch fta^d $&&% ftEmperpp,) T W p4 ps?.^yB B h
plape eabed haekennahyr about fourmiies diftanfc fpm
ew a u g « * Hfe.a«tho«^y wbp&yundifputedii
whhh i& by the Dutch, ahributedte
oft the P®m^§fe*. w iu. a^o.oh:ihd ,uof<h g p t j^ .T iw K -
The ifland has lately fpifered much by, a , qopajpe.tition her
twem the profienfc knig. apd one. o f hi s nephgws, which
cauftda ciPd war, that lafted, fronvtbe beginning o f .the
year J 786 ^17^8, di#earencps wef e. fettled, by
u 1 %yonu:;o f fhe king- , i f c jn g f tm
mhtedin thgffh djfpute^.b%yP'Pb?ftfiPPfd§ fearcity of pxoyih9ps,
i ^ a t probabiy^!/ron^ the want oft ipdpftsy ip the
natives,, will not, £000 Joe; remedied,. I haid an ogpoftwjity
of makipg a, v^ t to» tbfrkiPg?: d w e l l i n g - a ia^S?
bpufp,, whieh,W>^'d^idpd:WitO‘Opl|y’ three apaptment^, and
fuanuunded, by, a- jjjjffizfye Sgpieesbly fituated,; but very dirty*
as. was. all-: the furniture. • The king,, who is,, ap elderly
/man,
T H E S O U T II S E A S/ Ac.
friari,' received me with much civility^ and ordered refrefh-
nientsf to ; be fet' before riie, which were tea j rice cakes,
roafted Indiancorn ft and- dried buffalo flefli, with about a
piiit of arrack} which I believe was- all he hid. Hi's drefs
Wasfft feht^hb wthppef %iMdd ftoMid His -Wäßft With a filk
and ^Öld belt* ä doofe Krf^pjäelSefy and aedaffö halfdkOrcäilbf
abörif MSähOad. A föWWFbifffbi®® we^ewifh him*
who jiirfMk hf (^h ffepaÄ'^dfter Whfeh^'fhe ktog- ffetifed
with- thff eöftbefti for a-fliort time, arid Whdri liAfetorbed,,
prefented me-Wim a round plate öf riletal, äböüt four inches
diathetfefftbb WhiehWisdfa^^d die^fi^iffO ö f ä rftär. i(A§ fc
had been informed tha^afftaekiworiM bb ari acceptable pto-l
fdrit, I wis prepared' tO;rh aKe ’a - re tui?ri/ • which ■ Wäs welt fedeiyedi
They heyer dilute thelf ^idjifrofid MaMt*
afb able to: dfink a lii^g^hirifity Of J^löfsiat ä time, With-
out beiri^. intfikiedted.
• t¥heri asking Äbsj a Mr^l'feaft is riäädö/td wfelich ah the
irihabitaitfts äfe' ÜivifbdJ The body, Oftef a”feW däfsi is put
Mtba cöffirifWhiehu^^^lfedüpändkept three yeafs before'
if is interred.
T h e ;f)üteb! hävb' bleriiäf ibtne pa$nsi4o'bftaibliih Chrifr
tiaiiity among the na^ye^^ bh?dftlfaiiifOt'<g^ed tfldch
ground, ckcept. irihhe ricighbourhOo'd of COUpattg. The
]DrefenthingTvaftchfiifehed by the name of Earnardus.. His
Indian name is Bdcchee \Banriock. > The feriptures are translated
into the Maluy'iaftgftagey-' arid prayers* afre^performed,-
iri the chrireh at Göüpäiig, by a Malay! cMfgymari, in that
lahguagel
I met,1 at-T'lmbrl-Hvith'tnoihof the ffuifs'thift are deferibed
in Captain Godk’s' firfft vöyäge,?. as natives of Batavia-,- except
the Mangoftan. The bread-fruit tree, called by the
iikewife gföW's liefe with great luxumnce,.
and appears to be as much a native Of this ifland as it is of
I i 2 Otaheite.