and it Was in consequence1 £jSon*'rfeddced• "to* aihds1. The Dutch
inlrafeitahls, add ail thfese who Wei€-;^#iei?MdHn' the massaerev?
fifed precipitately, intb the interidf island f | Several'of the
perpetratoirs "of the crime "’’We*rev afterwards taken, and vs’uffered-
~for their treachery.,’
In the samp'yeat, axi uhfortuhate affaii: - took place Am-
boyna, Where 'the Malays murdered lieutenant 'M'Cra!$|^&^|;he-
company’s * servlet' who happened tokbe 'quartered the^e; and
severdl moreOf the English officersywould have «feared his fate*
had they uot been rescued by the_ trioopsf Iiwill ’not take upon-
me to say-how & the Dutch weite implicatedin the crime; feu«
from their usual policy, and their: conduct-ion o th e% ^ c ^ b # ^ ;
i t Was, strongly .suspected' th a t they had; instigated -thep-Malays
to perpetrate this savage'act?
By such artfe as' I ’ have described; the D u tch succeeded > in
inspiring rifee$ Malays with the N most rootefr *®eg$Bn' to. emy
countrymen; ' and there was no piece o f-'a tro e ^ Vwhioh Mfeey
were; not ready ,to commit on our troops. Sevefal of- the Ma~'
lays^have _sih.ce -told me, that on our taking posseSSi^n-Of EeylOn,
their niinds had been exasperated to such a decree -by misreT
presentation, and an assurance of the Dutch that? the English
would give them no quarter, as to determine them to do us
all the mischief in their power. The cowardly and bdse- conduct
of the Dutch, however, both in yidldihg without resistance
to our troops, and in abandoning the Malays, who ■•fought-their
battlesj to their fate, has completely alienated the Malays from
their former musters. They now " look upon the Dutch with
contempt, and call to mind their former tyrannical behaviqur;
while the bravfe and open coiidhet of the English has gone far
-to do away their former prejudices against us. After 4he capture
of Cdlhmbd^thhtMalay^fo&He first time during}our long
intcEepui^ ifith- /India*" e^tqre'ct into -bU^j-serviOel The -ydgijjieiit
stationed ’there* fin '$fi $he Dutch wasitjl'ought oyer
to til# British, and-the cOpamand „giyen t’^ i^ p ta in Whitlie,- one
.,QlSWfchef'<E‘^st‘c-Indite® mpafe$$3iofficers^ "tBy/ Biscvassiduotisbjexer-!
tfOm' and1 judicio.QS/^feridhct > ife^lfee^mankfgementt^Ofii them' during
a if®n&d‘e'rifflre q jme^tdm ^rpMj«was'}brosughthto >a.very. exceltefit
state;Of'discipline, aftd »tendered much.attached to, 'our; government*.
«- £ They - hav'e^inc^!feeheLye4 uniyersdlly / with -great' respect
and,'Obediebeertd<il^irpEhropean/;©ffieersj-' and from being always
-welt ha%' -contracted' a> sincere. regar^deto our sendee.
>'$§o®iji ^tSr-fthe' arrival pfe governor; N orth.pni.the island, he
ne^T^^dell^/'t^ik/!qp|>ps^: and put it „on.1 a - larger»- and-) xniore : re-
«^eetafeld^igShKshment.. /Another'rEmopeaniofficer besides, captain
Whitlie jwas* Assigned,, to it; th e. companies were offieerecLby
'their own native «‘captains and subalterns'.; and-the governor at
‘the particular-request*'of -‘the carpsoiook upon- himself th e star
tion of their colonel. Another change hastirice been;introduced
into- th e establishmerit/of' this "regiment:-i the command has been
given-to -colondl jChamp⪈ officers ib r at j have - been I Sent from
Europe-, and it has obtained a < place among our -other regiments
o f the line; -
The Malay troops are'armed and-clothed much in the same
manner as the' European, with the exception, of shoes,; therwear-
ing of-Which is contrary, to the rul«^'Ofi‘their religiqh§,<instead
<dilfem5-;th^?i'usei a^pfertieular species of sandal;. Along, with
their' other arms they- always wear their ;kreeses. or poisoned
■daggers byi'their sideS : in the heat of an engagement' they often
throw down, their musket and bayonet, and,1 rushing upon the
enemy with these kreeses., carry terror and destruction wherever