tM n a t i v e s . ^ W Ç â ^ feè efr
.febtô'o f E tlfT H ^ ^ ^ r |c ^ a ^ r is » ) i^ s çhttSgfe stifled the European
gehttemien-wb©. tfere; showed to remain >a,t •<£©© e$d ©£, fcba hall
' where the general's guard was i^aMèipQ^ During ïjie audience,
th è raio f>M*réé, ;do®Bùlii torrents without intermission:;, ’apd "mn-
tinued to dï> so un til^îflidu g en ^ ^ I .^ s i p ® his ^p^foh;rj3^fJi; t@
tMhtiâmp,. iqvhçrë.he a r â f e d about fcrè--iiv._tbie morning,
. PsbaUstddji»itlï É#gii$.
Aftorthis audience, some days • wer§,v pëi'inijlted. b&r
,foçe àhtdàer could be dabtained ;. ;as it is a standing ^ ax ira
î^thithe5<0»ndKLns never tor hurry forward gffeijçs, ©f i% hjfoflj
a n f% in f t e n ৠamdeitÿ for tbeiii being, Modgbt,,to
sioru. I aai- thnvfcted - th at tbfete ? àiher-eppe thiS/otn'fÿnoidk
«ai f f t r ipeeseiit: 'occasion ftcost them mp. snjpU ; s ; h ^ ;i <sf-ub%
sinessi; :às). thetr suspicions ,of us weare^ tQpgjyiplpnt, to 'allow
^Üeîi| Minds Ê© den|©yâny esst wbil.e wç continued Jp J j faiy
oBaiatæy. T ;
At il» "second audience the general . introduced n îh f l tin e a s
*rf ïh© embassy, and made those «temaflds.wbmh'Jfe was
Zteeà idi dp: pn behalf of Great Britain. ^ Çoj»Gpmmg «a.
ture o f those demands, andi7tbe answers retnrnqd theip,,fl,
do hot >naiaider myself at hbefdyl/to^givje ^ny .statement,’ as'
fcheyj wêrriamafeters of private * négociation- Ope. pirgupis^pcc
however was talked of as having fjbeen daid.Mfçre.hLs
Gandfen vsièjesty the gener^ iopf fthi^ ^§^i©p, ; p,
'«quest■•- marie -on the • part of our government,.., ,thpt ' that prince
tefoulfl' #lhw -a road rto be made, pnd;. .a qonjinunicajtiop t®.?'be
.opened, f tw Tkinoemdlee |o Æohnnbo/ithrQpgli his terri Wjpg’
a »little to tile north of Gandy. This would have .been a m^t*-
ter iof -vast convenience jf and | importance to our government, .as '
, to the Court o f Candy. 407
Kithèttô Éipàll or lë tte lM ^ s 'had to. be -conveyed b^v a
^^milkMsÂrôUÉë " aicÂ^tthëlïSMj-âCOasfc pd$$ Maaâar and Jafhapa-
tam ^ ’ënd f à f â f b l ë ithron^h the,
CMidian *M>'i4tpièst Tlii ktog hô^èoer fdîpuld' on no accotint
this. proposal ; b u t. expressed :.bis deéidëi; aversion to
Mÿ" Mtférdèrursé of ;t-OHT»pï*£> existing;; between his subjects and
Wè'%urdpêajSàl AtÂéi'iga/î'n’e time,mhdwév®ï<&he expressed a
dè'âir.e&T©ri'i'K4’è rin arqi'câbld 'terms JWïth.th© British, whose power
•hët‘ hclôfi^fÜdglâd ha® bénite *' sd|Wfiorotti'^dhat-’of ^he Dufecia.
Whalê?ef‘'^thOF*4àanSpifid -# th ^g^,rd 46' /the -bbjects of .the
èm b a ^ ti‘wlâ^^^dmifeh-'ifelie? féSült o'f »önjecbiöe ;töi he^set- "down
» üi# :àtâ\Êâtilâf ^
' * Bët^êfe^tfe^Mi^tence' and thé folùwirtg-'^ehfbi-' the- purpose . 9
fa k ^ ^ te a v ë ; èefÔM rHfêSsàgëS'i’and' ôôftivhrsattblasqtdôk place
îbëtv^eèii^eââ^ïâ lÉ a d ife ^ î1 ^ândi 4M |Migar ©ft polid&ii tô|nes>.
tvas -employed'îbyi thé Cand'ians1 tö pre-
^ l h - afê'hhteîbbui^c 'bëiwéên-'Those ci®fiöür 'éSôort, paîticulkrly
flfe tMâlaÿs" &M■■ M S l^ i^ p SJäftil‘Ä ö ih in'
ÖfifP Éîiâièfé WM attended the4lgèiîeral 4ö(>tMf bouiît uterb pre-
‘^ e ty ‘ 'possible ïneahs frbm^ëôhteking withs thë m -
'Ê$S? în sfiitë^f'Thësfeÿ precarttioHSä' however, ; several, pieces
W iûtorhiâÆoii' Veite p¥öcüf4d ' Whiöh rhay- be tanked to advun*-
tage hêfôafté1. SeveM Malays to *the king’s 'service idund
' ^ » ^ M i ' t y 'tf 'expressing fheir 'sorrow ajt> nbt having it in
their. to return '4© Coldmb© with their-told companions.
]^ost of those Malays, had bBen slaves to ' the Dutch, and^ had
on account „of ill treatm6hfe‘toad^‘%hdir rdsikpe-fe) iJtlie Cahdian
territories. They would have gladly’returned to their former
masters, and submitted To aim «punishment for their desertion,
rather than live in continual appiehensiorf from the capuces of
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