Of LA PEROUSE. J}^ 



Bouton. We this day faw, in fomc of the 

 houfes, fcveral looms, w iih which the inhibi- 

 tants were making liinilar cloths, much in the 

 fame manner as our weavers manufacture linen. 

 Thefe iOanders employ cotton thread dved of 

 various colours; red and blue appeared to mc 

 to be their favourite colours:. 



About four o'clock in the afternoon v/e re- 

 paired to the villaj^e of Bouton to fee the Su5- 

 tan; we did not know that it was ncjelTary to 

 bring him fome prefeiUs, in order to h:ive ac- 

 cefs to him. As we had nothing to oif^r him, 

 he was not vifible. However, his fon and LlZ 

 nephew received us near the fort v^heie he 

 rclides. I'hey difpliiyed not a little aite-ltatioii 

 in repeating to us^ that the whole iHand v;:;^ 

 under his dominio'i; that he was t'lC alir of 

 the Dutch Eall-Lidia Compan}- ; and that ii's 

 enemies were his. li.ey related to us, thii rbe 

 inhabitants of Cei-arn, haviny; not lono- iince 

 made an incuriion on their coads, f.jur of thcui 

 had been talien and delivered up to tlic Kinr/j 

 who inflmtly caufed them to be beheaded. 

 Immediately after this recital, tlicy prevailed 

 on us to advance a few yards, and fiiewed us 

 v.ith an air of fatisfadtioi'i, the heads of thcfe 

 unfortunate beings, expofed on the walls of 

 the for:, at the end of very long pikes. 



The Village of Bouton li lituated on an emi- 



