|i$ TOREEN'S VOYAGE. 



Mahmud Houjpi'm Baftja, who was mafter 

 of the place, was a vaffal to the king of Siam. 

 He was exceedingly interefted for the promo- 

 tion of trade in his country. lie was (as all 

 the other Malayans) a Mohammedan ; but tole- 

 rated heathens and Chriftians. He would not 

 permit the widow of a Frenchman to go away ; 

 but made up matters fo well, that me married 

 a Chlnefe Chriflian, in order to have the Euro- 

 peans who come there well received, for he 

 wanted to ingratiate himfelf with them. We 

 could not take in the quantity of tin that we 

 intended, as he infifted on keeping fome for 

 the fliips that were coming after us. 



Oxen, buffaloes, and chicken, are very 

 reafonable. The woods are the habitations 

 of tigers, which are faid not to attack men : 

 but as they carry off the dogs from the houfes, 

 one dares not venture out far. Monkeys are 

 very numerous; fome are large, with very 

 long tails, grey hairs, white beards, and black 

 ikin ; fome lefs ones have fhort tails bending 

 upwards. A parrot (Pfiitacus galgulus) was 

 no bigger than a goldfinch. Its colour was 

 dark green on the back, and light green un- 

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