
natural miltness and diqriesfy brf their'dispodtiaM',
they ”e^celr al5 otfifer Indians.' 'Tn a Tcoiintry ‘ ®<3 -‘poor,* tbéte
â rl^ n d e e d few temptations’% be &ilfô&es£t!br ’^hhjusft V1 and IP
iFpferh’Sps * tlîe rarity oT fcîiïnles ^ h ic tf has-iiiade thètadminis**
tratibn * <ff jostifcë bè' p*ertaîl±ed!: to rémain so1 Ï8fig deTèctiVfe'.
î bave W\VC menlîcÉlS?âll ffie ®roâfhslârifees?(Woflhÿ bPriotCfr
wÊch I ^ ^ ^ % F ^ w ! t h ' T e ^ # ^ tc ( ' th ^ h a T w eM * OëÿfitôP
wfio;* ^The^ ddrnimon S f 1 'Vheîr '^nhtWé ®p¥fiicé.; The
C ln â iim ^ stiù f up^as' they are" from J mrêreMt# twttitlî!vTfofëigif
countries, and: proud" of'(ïmmeihorial^'ïnd^ftlbnée^mî^ht be
supposed‘"to enjoy' amidst their ’ mtiw^mouhtàins» arii# food's a-
life^of“'tranquillity and "Happirtfess to *be Tfcnfed 'ïé r àrfidng'
those busy nations whose minds àrë._ irtflàméd ify ■Tuttùry and
agitated "with th ed h îrsT Of !gain:^ But this is^ from
the' èase*. The oppression ’of ' THerf^^èvèülo fs ; ' thè‘ fee® tari'#
dréad of Europeans, and the superstitious fears' ari&ng ffofeà
thfe' nature of their climate, which'‘continually hatiht' them'/
deprive this "isolated people of all the enj oyménte-W Mich
congermbto their situation.' Tt is’-^toT ‘bë hoped Jthat bhr^Goun-"
tiymén^'by à genêroîis and well-regulated 'policyf Wilt 'Spéëmly.
diminish their sources of unhappiriêss. Much W the' gldSrri5
which overhangs the minds of th e Candians toot- i# ïîs ë f from
,th% oppressive exactions and destructive ^friroads^of/the Dutch.
After the last and most severe blow whïclr the nàtrtà& sustained^
bii bemg deprived of Pulallom ' which gtippflied 'thfeni
with fish, , and the still more indisperisablè1 article^oKsaSt, they
formed à resolution to abandon for ever a country Which could:
not even* supply them with , the necessaries of life,’but as the
price of slavery. They were not,"however, permitted to, pu t '
thjs last Effort! df despair into execution': the Dutch wëre pbssessed
of, every outlet of the island; and the passage to the
. is l^ ^ p f^ ^ a x p is e ram , where they had> determined ;to;; seek for
. refuge^ w^i^guardoft 1 ^ , a s.tr^g^post t.iw&h the«, Europeans
had established at Manjppj\ This,post rproyed an insuperable
bar, both to - their, p lq ^ ^ ^ s e r tm P f th e ir native,country, and
tq 4^theirp^ec^vmg,-,any; fjpm, friends $qr, the :pppogite
--contineptta^j
^ p u t although ? ^ n§ 'o I* ^K ,^ d ^ g t^ rfds ipay..pfeygnf the •e^
cape ro f; thp natives frqane |he island,, jg eyi^ant, that such
plans c am ,i^ epprmderi tjicra effipacjpus/agep^s . p i^ , improyg-
.ment. I t will r e ; q i a i ■ iS t a mild!
and steady, pplicv . to ^ c ^ to a t e those prd^ftfees iwith, -Whifik
iiTOrrjdcnt ^Grudj^ has.jn sg k |d ; them, agaipst^Europriaijs. Bat
the a d v ^ |^ g p 3^hfeh may^be^ derived f from itji#ii-i friendship
.^x> p ^ a^p n ?iVc ^ t |in l ^ ; render a new system, at, le^tlwgpth the
p x ^ rim en t X ,^ ild , r and liberal, rp^cywi$ more «mgepial to
th O e d ip i s - ^ j m^v countrymm; and I am h)ippy M^ob^ery<L
timtt the'measures ajreadvadcpfed by, o,ur govern men t i n 7 c e v- ■
Ion firp pTspch .a nature as to,, ^ haye .greatly,, .cppciliated Jjae
minds of thej mat^e^^'^ipe. reigning prince has had ^SQ n ippro
than,pnce.to , he srat^e4,jWith our^dvilitips. About!-Jyg „ypa^
am f i m | M . a Malabar .princess of, Ijis owm pppptry and
ie b h faM a meakrelation o f the Rajah, of Ramna^. §l\epa§sed
into d ie . isj^JL h y t ^ w avlof Manaar: l i d r h e Idnk.aG^now-
ledged . Ins .obligarion{ to thej officer , sta(ipned t.h e |S fc ftlip ,di—
vUitie^shewn her! m,.her progress, to Candy. fA ^ ^ p i s y of
tjiis nature, with some ^well-timed' presents and\,,cppeessions.
mikt hav^more eftect^both.op^the prince and ppopk. than alls
& armies which the . former pos^efesors p f .islapd wa?teds
in fruitless wars against them. 11181