1770. ROUND THE WORLD. T[5 



cipal people never cease to drink, as long as a drop 

 of it remains. 



In consequence of this treaty, the Dutch placed 

 three persons upon the island : Mr. Lange, his col- 

 league, the native of Timor, the son of an Indian 

 woman by a Portuguese, and one Frederick Craig, 

 the son of an Indian woman by a Dutchman. Lange 

 visits each of the Rajas once in two months, when 

 he makes the tour of the island, attended by fifty slaves 

 on horseback. He exhorts these Chiefs to plant, if 

 it appears that they have been remiss, and observes 

 where the crops are got in, that he may order sloops 

 to fetch it ; so that it passes immediately from the 

 ground to the Dutch store-houses at Timor. In these 

 excursions he always carries with him some bottles of 

 arrack, which he finds of great use in opening the 

 hearts of the Rajas with whom he is to deal. 



During the ten years that he had resided upon this 

 island he had never seen a European besides ourselves, 

 except at the arrival of the Dutch ship, which had 

 sailed about two months before we arrived ; and he 

 is now to be distinguished from the natives only by 

 his colour and his dress, for he sits upon the ground, 

 chews his betele, and in every respect has adopted 

 their character and manners : he has married an 

 Indian woman of the island of Timor, who keeps his 

 house after the fashion of her country ; and he gave 

 that as a reason for not inviting us to visit him, 

 saying, that he could entertain us in no other man- 

 ner than the Indians had done \ and he spoke no lan- 

 guage readily but that of the country. 



The office of Mr. Frederick Craig is to instruct the 

 youth of the country in reading and writing, and the 

 principles of the Christian religion; the Dutch having 

 printed versions of the New Testament, a catechism, 

 and several other tracts, in the language of this and 

 the neighbouring islands. Dr. Solan der, who was at 

 his house, saw the books, and the copy-books also, of 

 his scholars, many of whom wrote a very fair hand. 



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