®f- ifeese people!, but^feetsuperior '-imldhe^bf‘>thhv Erigiifer g®*
vernment, So dreadful indeed fenfecrfeantie ;.m©dfc oi r^vong®
adopted >by tilte Malay^.-that a?f to g as ^hekv'feeliiigsrf<;outinu®
to lie exasperated hy bad »sage*. it is tocessaay. to impress them
minds with fear:>by dhedteNtesIt pmuiutote* But it 'is. consistent
with the nature jef: man to Suppose that mild treatment
and the example of I human manners,; would* by 'degrees’ soften
their minds, ;and restrain feeir-passions- within fee bounds Of
eiviliked: society, without -these dreadful' punishments whigh pral
too ; shocking ewer to reform. The Malays, indeed/; [ii their
present state are, -from their idea&jofr morality; almost teteapat
hie, of being admitted into toeial dife: .1 They h«ve< no idea, of
reyenge being a crime,, and they triumph in shedding|blood on
such an occasion. MothingTndeed' seems,i to * prevent /them, from
putting the most atrocious purpose in to i% x e ^ ^ te ?%henr ;?th^
have once urcsolved .upon iti /The• Introdbcttobof -^Christianity
among them is the.only .means by which this unprincipled
rocity- can-be radically reformed; andit. would cgrtaiftly in a
political view be of -infinite service to us that those ^ailayf ^ft
©upsettlements should embrace tins:,'^^ittn. It
firmest link, which .could unite, them with, this. country. At
present it is very uncomfortable for Europeans to be as much
afraid of. their servants ami attendants as <of -a mad dfgv ;
The Dutch goverment of Ceylon had always * a ffegiment d f
Malays in their .service. That corps for a considerable time
past seemed to farm the strength of their gari'isons, and were
the only troops which either kept up discipline, or displayed
any sort of bravery in the field. I have already- mentioned
that it was from them alone that our troops met with any opposition
either at Columbo or Trincomalee. They seemed, in-
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d e e d / itO f.M v e ;€ m b ib e d such; a-? rB6 t e d w e r s fe m ,fo r -th e E n g lis h *
th a t^ fe e fe 'W&snat first little tappearfifefeaof t h e i r t e e r - b h e M i if ig
o u r M e n d s .. . ‘T h is ' h a tre d !had -been in s ^ le d lly 4 tfe liin g e n e rd u s
p o lic y -o f *fe e D u t e b , ,Whwr,chdea$Or®red to ^ jp jd re t b S % c d t o i e s
b |le h d r i|h in g i hmo hgK ffie- nM v 'e s a t r t o p f e c a b l ^ # t e s t a l | ^ 6f %$g
o fh ^ r E u r o p i u m 'n a tio n s , a n d ' i n i p a rtic u la r -b y ^ e p re k e n ti'% ifh e
, E n g lis h as a n a tio n ob fc ru e lva n d ; in h um a n ity ra n ts ,' -w h o f 'e ^ f i ^
d estru c tion a n d o h p p re s s to c , w h e re ve r » th e y -came. .^Tfese-'-feas®
and.»unjustifiable 'a rts were fO Gt'hoWe ver ‘a lw ^ y s ; jeonfined td k b e re ,
misfgpresdn teg ioh; dbufc th e -.massacre f ^ fm ^ g f i e t e r V a s ''k t : time s
h a d ree&tofe'Jtb as a measure o f p re c a u tio n . 1 Thevi-n fomo u sf a ft
fa b - a t -!/felbOyna has thro u gh' ;f e e .w h o je -dw e fl^ ^ ^ ntB’d
e te rn a l* d is g fa fc c 'o f th e D u t c h n am e . <• T h e r e ?is^anO fche diiri^fcp }
b f ’ th e ir dBd in in able* p o b e y 'w M c fi^ iS dess-*kn own : # u to p e /M b u t
hds -'eieit&d ge n era;! «itufig'Aatlonf ite th e eastern! w o r ld ; * flfh d h e y e a V
P a c k e n h am o f 'f t h e ^ E e s iM j a ^ M p p e n i n g to -be
w lfiW M s shfp 'a b T im a rh te a s ^ o f t h b i s p a c ^ .i ^ n d k w h ic h M M ilifY O
la te l^ «M q il e r l S p he V a ^ ^ n v ite d ^ m lo n g * w i f e *i u & o f f ie e ^ ^ b y w% e #
D u te h * ^ove rftd i^ ’t e a i i g fite rta inm e n t. -fiSdme Circumstanceslpne4
Verified fe e '^ p t a i n ; fib m a ccepting -th e - i n v i t a t io n H i s 'O f f i c e r s ,'
hoWevCr W e n t, a n d fo iih d -With a&tb n ifeme n t/ah d? h o r r o r ,i‘ -featr
fe fe .D u te h -had 1 m a d e r t o s p iM i t y i y p t e t e x t *to ©fotdin 'am ‘o f ^ o i y
tu n it y O f ’ a ^ t o t i n g - f e e m U T h e y weise-hkt »upon lWifeo4 t 1 fe e
least- W a rn in g ;, and th e first iie d te ria iit-a u d o ^ n e f Or/favfe' ffibre’ in -'
fam o u s ly m u rd e re d w ith some S e po ys w h o r a ttem p te d to d efen d
their* ©fleers. T h e ^ s lirg e o n , h ow e ve r, w h o ' Was a> v e r y ' strohg
lh a n t w ith fee -assistance, o f a 'c o u p le d f S e p o ^ . fo u g h t fe is w a y
to /fee bea ch, a nd ma de - g o o d ! his re fc re a te td H h e - sh ip : U p o n »
th e surgeons representing tM s b arba rous eoriduct ’o f 'th e D u t c h ,
c a pta in P a c k e n h am in s ta n tly ga^fe O ld e te ^ te ^ re / b p O k * th e to w n ,