20 MALAYANISLES. 



Dutch. In 1632, they gave a proof of their refpea by having a 

 noble medal ftruck in honor of the governor, James Speks. On 

 one fide is the plan of Batavia ; on the reverfe a Cbine/g infcrip- 

 tion, and beneath the following Latin tranflation : 



In perpetuam gratitudinis memoriam 



hoc munufculum, nos ciues Chynen 



fes Batauiae L. Mq. obtulimus infi 



gni heroi Jacobo Spexio India 



rum Orientalium Generali Pa 



trono noftro obferiiando. 



Anno 1632 Ady 25 No- 



uembrisj Batuia?. 



P''on Loan preferves this mark, of gratitude by a figure *. 



In all inftances of real rebellions, and of the punifliment of 



Dutch 



Cruelty; ^\-^q flaves, a fpirit of cruelty pervades the Batavlans beyond the 



inhabitants of any other fettlements ; penetrate? but into a grove 

 near Batavia, and hundreds of naked corpfes will be feen hang- 

 ing on the trees, by their legs, arms, of necks, all lacerated by 

 the rapacious birds, and emitting the moft peftilential ftench ; 

 no notice is taken of the death of aflave '. the Dutchman fcarcely 

 ever fuffers for any crime. Sir Thomas Herbert is perhaps too 

 fevere on this city, when he calls it " a fecond Sodom^^ 



Besides Batavia-^ the Dutch have numbers of fmaller fettle- 

 ments on the coaft, to collet the rich productions of the ifland. 

 At Tjierobon is one, which country is governed by a depen- 

 dent fultan. He furniflies them with the produdions of his 



* Hift. Metallique, vol. ii. p. 204, 



dominions ; 



