throw' theihseives into1 a phreuzy, that no sentiment eitherXQf
humanity or -fear may-Hurn .them asidefrom. their-ibloody purpose.
Some,, who dre-anxious to-clear human nature .from such
stdlhs/ withonfetnonsideriwg -that they, arise frpmmtuation and
circumstances,- attribute »the -unparalleled barbarity ffafhe Malays
to the quantity of; opium which .they -ffikeu framatl^ icXn fai^y
ins consequenceiori.»which theyt-are Xii an-almost perpetual /state
^ jdeirium. /This delirium, ;hovtever* longer uontinua
anee than till- the intoxicating quality.Qf'tthej drug..has spent its
force. In the intervals they.are.eompletdly>masters.6fithqpiselTes.;
it is then they plan their bang
which they take is proportioned toutheir: determination to per-*
petrate the, | crime they are about., to.i commit. In .‘■fecty.^heir
iifetitutto®" and their religion are sufficient to, accourit-jfor their
character,-iwithout seeking, for; auy,htheriEeaitse,..and without ae-r
cusitig nature of. having produced monsters. <
The manner in which .the Malays 1 .undertake -Sosraceomplish
their i*eveiige gives the most striking.example o£ their..ferocious
dispositions* . When- a Malay has suffered an y injuiy-or Igripfe}
antic, real or imaginary, and ever so slight, the .most dreadful
thirst ;of revenge appears to - -take possession o f ; his .whole; .soul,
He makes »a; vow .to destroy. the object - of -his. vengeances, te/-
gether with every other person who. comes in his.way^Ujtiflv be
meet death from some hand or other.a To prepare himself for
this dreadful exploit-, he takes m large- quantity®# bang, then
draws bps poisoned kreese,. and rushing headlong Xhtosthe* str^I^
stabs indiscriminately every one that comes in his way ; wri the
shme fimesnrying aloud, amqh, amokiu or.%ill,‘ kiU*i h‘o p 1.yheiiee
this horrid mode of revenge, is -termed by Europeans, running a
much The fury of the devoted wretch is indescribable, apd the
miSctóbfi^hffètfbdqes«f|l^^ygïsèl®^tl^^ie<a' lucky'-‘shot brings
hiffiHMvraO IIUSI natiVë^i hifïÉin theiHfanost -consternd'tiohf
'■■èt^uMiraly afff ^éfsdn^ biat ari European dstes*-- ventureto
hitfl. I t isföS^dëéd^l^ri^i^^ffïïicredible dangers to. hunt
down rithb ‘jtnad s d $ E d'éfends^hihaiblfddfepferalMy^toithe
lyt^'^M^'^ë^itfe^hriinXrtally^^QÜnd^d^ofte-iÖc'GÉitBiiési./M&de--
ftroy' m aftfl f f awstablÉi• dris^poisoned; ‘kreese. | The
D utchbgoveihhknt a t ©èytó^:ffchindi iMiMUèessaiy 4 'oVffepress. this
fêibèih^pr'düritèlby the^ se%;#iM:;pum&%mehte.? A rèwardiiof Shne
or two-- hundred rix-dbllars tKed'estruetionéor capthre
^te$$an '-rr muck-;tand^Steb^lf them’- aS,iW®-ek:taken
alil^'-wetë'ptft ‘to "'death Wïtirifljfei.'lnoj.lï' «^r,uoiatmgvtói^óids'.i!4
'ri?The' iïl’e^feneyll5^>ifihobs,‘; in the Dutchj-settlement^éete's^a t-
triblltaÏMëHd' the“ manner in which; th a t hation behaved to' their,
M a l a ^ ^ p ’eri'dfÊh^'^Thiet étave§taa^ servants?-oMhe Butd^swere
chiefly 'ó'é&ipbsed rëfi that raceX'lhMdrifelm^mbng,'- this -cfass that
X)f VaWghvXiny which’-weph&ve described usually
óccurred.'^iT'hê^G'Füe^ capriciöóss? and insulting behaviour-: of
ïheir^iriastefs 'éxaSperated' their-natural- ferbeityj, and fhelfim-
p.össibilfty 'o'f obtaining” legal XedresX from: their tyrants stimulated
them to seek-'vengeance ini'the destruction fof-|thei.r|mas-
ters, themëèlves, and the human spheiest A t ;Batavia,» and the
Dutch sétiïeröents to the eastward^ Where"their coedueh- is ; most
despotic' and^ciliel, mucks are greatly ,iftofe{' frequent, than in
Ceylon, ‘o'r a t'th e Cape o f ‘Good Hope. ' ‘Since-the arrival pf
ther English a t^ é y lb h , thé batbatbiis practice has ahndst been
unknown4^ 'a n d 'a feW^piivate murders XomibilStedrion thefSepoys
and Bldiik people i n : the Petti'h^whrfe the^onlyi crimes of this
natGre attributed t'tö'Malays during my stay at Cplumbo^ .No
o th e r' cause can be assigned for this difference i n . the conduct
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