^Meé ‘ü i^ h ë ^ iè ^ y a a ^ . ^goyQritóeöbj ; ^11 wnl' possês^i®®
'M ékI ktÈé
dinate Superintendance' ;öfb which is>fiv'ëh' :fo .'Éhe Mbideliers;;: ör
éa’Öffe'Mtógistóite^k^ ^ ^ f e r ’al^yigelÉÉetf from; ambhfltth©iclkss
rif tKëg rfobi'é§=fstyle'd.Höffldrë^« aSdJ Mahondrews.vj! Q^hdsëfirxagisi-
•tf8§e8tsWöp€9^fifedÖ?^ both-' the dötetyy (;-parte>^aHd thé village*
iöid!' é&itófè' a : power similar tó riui^riëdntryi andicity fhgÉfë&
%ates in' Grrèaf Sritairi. i ïtis^Sie iWïféfehöilthei^^Q(^lèiièr9fffe
aséist 'W 'eOllëêtibg
thxesafnd coBtrilM;ioite, assembling^;fte peasantsfoPfbvfetüelt;
^èviöé’rf prëcitfihg provisions and othêr 'Supplies' £© ^&P-diflfei.
ï’erit gaMsohfc When-required, ^pö^ditfg* éo<$^1^ïib&iv5§^{l£
's tö tó rir MjggrigC htBÉÏöïi: .töritóSp&gpj-s
llfeir btMn®s;Jto-|0^ ^ v ^ t h e gconduct 'of the natives, and ‘^ fe t
Vent either public ér 5 individual 'ttf§&èï#<£f&iire ‘siMaiMb^1 fe&y
löss.' H
< The Möodeliers have under thém .ajl itifëiaQr?4lh§s <qf öpëtiy
Officers/ 'whé>hféf 1 also chosen - from" ai»öng‘fhe; ! 1 foMi-gW^.S Théir
business is to assist the MböÖéfliérSj'anddatyy
execution. In those patfe iwherè it ft*'nb£J‘thought Veqnisité- W
.quarter a body öf troöps,-1 there is^ p o lic e óöfpt’rif tbë^rfafivek
apbóintëd.;td ra®iförce the' cimmand^W
district | * they aref;eomposed Of • OöügartièS’ 'ör èërjfeavé^,^jéra^féè,
-ör corporals, and: Lascatinëêl ör cömihoh; éöldiëi^/ :and NfipSM
thé 1 sahie; éffiöës as’ our;sheriffsx 'tiled,'bf öói^töhleil; •-- # # ë ^ fa%
armed with short swords'add Spears: a :large body’ of‘ thërif'db-
tend thëA góvétfcör: in his 'töxifs round the Hsl&htf, arid riri" b ^ f
occasions, either1 for state ;pr 1 expediency. <
“ The Moödeliers as well as th e inferior èfesé !b#: pblïéö officers,
are under thé immediate orders of the cómmandirig-bfficer af
Éhe, military pbst ' to< which«Aeâr'tdifetr^tn'or K | | fis attached,
witkfihe.îfeféeptionkof a i i i e w ^ r l e s ^ f ^ è , bordefesoplidhe Can-
dian' territory r-^h era it- hast .«©.tyfegen .'found, expedient to hold
any mihtàry^itationsii , I t igg through. thpseiic(%m manrTwjigynffj rp-r a
tbabakll reports';vinfe^l^eri^and c s in p là iû ts o a r^ b a r^ îto*tth e
.^ewbr-riar. ’h%e iModdeiier^atifcbfesaimoJtîime'rhaik.e' a',x?çpérf 'i&£
what^ass'eSlJin.ithhibCre&pettfvePistr^ts ib?«,thg? Mabâl oB|*Ma
Ma - JVfood'fflter^i.hhen Ghi^ftiof. the whole*iordor^ 1 wh’Q regjd.es in
the pia^bf^OwBiOj^ Coluihba -and|hef|ljonx>hisj part» lays,-j, these
rep»t^ibof®reother.g©vernor.f<, T h e r e npàrtieplar, M o t h e r s
appoiixte^l toosxxperintend th e r barkixxg^bfs^the » ciniiapxon ’ ,who
in^è@tW^j:élse)ù anch aaegrespsxjsible to th e European
.officer whet is ihfepaséd with the management iéf- that, depart-
- rnëhfe'j^'fj
.-i'The aiobles or! ,Mahondnêws, from' among, whom theiiMoode-r
liers arê ehosên/ sform a particulars caMteohptètely. distinct ;frojn
the others,-and bothdheir Ja p p ^ a n ç e j • dress, and planners det
note sxxperiorifey^ito ,'tb'e ,-rgst »of f:fbe ngfciyesiMl
- The* Mahortdre®ws»as;ettfairerv th a n .th é other;Oingfese,vptfoba-
bly^owing.’ to theib being lessi®xp®sed rj^o ithaaSiUri^p,'}« Whenj they
go abroad Uitieir; rank arid wealth entitliesi éhem tto . be 'carried
inxieoblies ©r ;palankeens; or if.th ey p re fe r-;g e iin g it)la q th e ir
attendants hold, the leafiof the talipot, ov®& -their Jieada. When
-they appear -in public^ or waitjOii JEuropeansi,,; a numerous body
either- o f theirlown savants or. ofe the* peasaiàfe of their district
are employed to carry*.their umbrellas /and bgteî' ifeoxes. ,,The
latter are made- very handsome as- if to demotehhe quality of,.[the
o-wner : thjgy aréepsoally;c^»i®iy^«toBtois!ebâhdi,- sitepa ©scalar
mander wopdf inlaid. I n . their own hands^tliey carry a -small
silver box, ram b lin g a -Iralich* ,•