r3 INDIA BEYOND THE GANGES. 



found them here from the 13th of M//T/^ to the 21ft of ^^r//. 

 The n tives of this ifland took them in large nets, and boiled 

 the fat for the fake of the oil. 



The inhabitants of Pu/o Condore, fuppofed to be originally 

 of Cochin-China^ are fmall in ftature, of dark complexion, long 

 vifagcd, with Wack and lank hair, white teeth, thin lips, fmall 

 eyes, high nofes. Their religion is idolatrous; they worfliip 

 chiefly the elephant and the horfe, fimilar to the objeds of ado- 

 ration in 'Tonquin. 

 English Set- In 1702 Jilan Ketchpoky dire<5lor of the EngliJJj TLafl India 



Company at Cbujmu on the defertion of that fettlement, made 

 an attempt to form one here. He engaged in his fervice a num- 

 ber of MacaJJars, who were to ait as foldiers, to affift in build- 

 ing, and to ferve during three years. At the end of the term he 

 bafely refufed to fulfil his contrail. Thofe iflanders, remarkable 

 for the fidelity with which they execute all their agreements, 

 are as determined to revenge aay injuries offered to them : in 

 the night they put to death Ketchpole, and moft of the EngliJ}:)\ 

 a few, on the firfl alarm, efcaped in a boat. The MacaJJars re- 

 gained their liberty, and infiidted a moft juflifiable punifliment 

 on their perfidious mafter. 



Here Dampisr''?, crew was welcomed by the people coming 

 on board, and offering the free ufe of their women during their 

 flay. This is a prad;ice in Pegu, Siam^ and Other places in the 

 parts of India cis Gangem. Prior, in his Alma, is very humorous 

 on this fulijedt, in the fecond canto: 



In China, Dampier''% travels tell ye,. 

 (Look in his index for Pagelli) 



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