vern&rh’Vitere 'either sufficiently enlightened ®r d in te re ste d 1t®
terhevdce in 'them. .-.As they Wetee...ii^aally ®aen -©i ®o ;ted4teaMWi,
cafiff£ entirely ©f 'mercantile habits,, .'they, scould J im -3 .-extend tfeair
'viewTtbdastaolit advantages:;; rtad .-if ^tlhoy/roeukl jaeowftud&te fe,
tbrtune by -aSS e»>tlie-aBativiSi they littie regrodcd
boW |ir^fdiGiaJr;akcti eoiiduet might ^ iw e to th e <fdt®pe infce*-
feesfcs -of 4 heir *So®itriy.:' .
| T h e '' ’ rdRewed":‘oppressions - ©fdtfee 'Thifeeh wetd-ithe eondfeant
•agfal 'fbr^tfee renewal vof. hostilities daetweenj itthefe vgked -the natives..
' ioag:Icerarse -of warfare rendased rifrtie 43ftjd<tefefte y fy ^
%live\ and 'deiddrotis. The dDufesh wo»0 ;&e.(jce’ni;l^ f>r-@|)ti}s-ed
even%i " d o # combat ; 's'everal o f ilietr forts werfc taken.; and
Whenever they S'ttemjited to .parte
fef ‘fcheHsi&nd, .■they; ^ldom- M l e d ' i t e r g e ; p a rtie so f th e ir
'tmee h i aftemptii^^n force the woods /»«d. jdr by the sm t
brakes with which'"their vigilant (aridffteiiv^i e y ^ ^ where
■surrounded: ttekte^ltat^EhiJepeafe. discipline and Dutch fjsert-
sevefanee ifrecpuently -surmountedalk bhe^e diffididtjee . = oTke; rKiijg
Of' Gandy saw those ■Woddsj which’ Ire iiofdfed 'tjpdh g$■, irnpeufo
tfable barriem, burst 4httmgh; and (die ®dt(df*r^ld^?Si appsea©*-
fed-in those v&llesj where Indeed there pdfe
Bs- their native possessors (never »apposed .-they have-been
opproaelied ;by vt fee. The -King was ttvj.ee dfiyen from <his
fi&pitBl I of O smfy, -and tfcrded tto seek ffe® refuge in (the jndun-
tains -of Digliggy, the highest h a d meat impenetrable iin his
kibgdam. ' iH t e l ^Bdrorarj he tfeuad hithseif decMtre rfrana 1the
pursuit of ithe nlnemy, and ‘contented difesseif 'Withmsurpiming
add cutting- off dheir -convoys of -provisions 'and .stores '»eftt tup
from the coast, 'till 'they should *'of th e ir; own accord ^abandon
fefo dbmihlons. T h is,'a fte r a ll‘their 'Victories, they' were ,.eoaistaidly
obliged to do, and with the logs o f a great number of
their'Hietii^
I have often heard1 pbrsonsv • «nacquainted with the Interior
ofJEeyiok, express- tfeeh?; surprise that a* teaet (tfV land '.in thej
heart of in dMaftdy eut off ‘horn all external supplies, and every
Wh^re sdrlTmflded L by'®utepea« settlements, should so long have
r^iiai^ed in 'the hanrfsttT a 'people nei1her^|lrofi'g- nor warlike,
itf'Spte’ of repeated efforts to Wrest;4t‘hopi them. -I own that
vw g rs^ a ^ ^ e ^ ao p d in a ry ,. uMil-
1 1hadi''iaffl36,pp(^4dhfe^ of iihVesti^iMng^he-idau^s 'sbti tjte spot.*
me jathe^
W'dadpr “tM t . ^ etet- should^ haVe beeif fpOHOtrated by iux> theiny,
dfett." th^t“they“f 'wfefb''Tmable to reta«|i-possession >iiof it:y The
wftfte^li&iMry is: high c ftadJ m@uiifeaino4lst th®o ^pi^a^wis m e
stdep, harrow,,: ‘and ieehS^dey i^ ^ |% lh ^p ^ rsp iis’! citV
^uhgles -iaiid' -woods' ewe^tiwhere -ihsteuct
vieW1’, and thi^ 'are’ pnl^' penotrabde - l>y n»rr#»- and iiitoioate
to;the natives the.msetves.- ijBesides the |d iii-
Wlty^cff'tdekiFing a p a ^ a ^ tlirenigh s#jh obstacles^ ebeify?'Op-
pottunity'’ ik^prhsented td '1 those :r:whm know the
diMbyii^-; tlfe hssailahts Wittout: exposing»them-*
seftVis ’'tid - tli^ iMst hasrtetdy, -and thhl • iSStlte, ^asfi jiltin g
Vdiich1 -thet'hatiye! t?^yfehese (%ept'imaally ‘practise. They ihpo.w
tvM 'lfe t^ y y afe 'miable*!^k'bpl with discipiineeor.vbraA'ery
df^fivFfbp^ini -in-Lthe .ppeii held ;- their ■ skillWjfU war : therefore:
ebiisSts" isi 'pasting - themselves ; : in- . proper - pplitipas lianaorng, the
bushes^ Suddenly fallkig :'-apbii 1 the. enehiyV1 and then: i hastily
SSiiotlMN^. ■hefdi'e.die has an mppor-.
tuiliiy' o f - d!bservi3ig: th e * ■' Course th$y -hav*®! taken. By this'
»tetherdtof ijwarfdre,• th e -Dutch sufferedias, ■ inuehaalieothdifkvipf