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influence over the Governor ; for he had endea- 

 voured to pcrfuade him that the regency of Ba- 

 tavia would not approve of permifliou being 

 given to our ihips to make any tray at Am- 

 boyna. And yet, the Baron knew very well, 

 that a year before, two fmall Englilh vefTels, dif- 

 patched from Bombay for the Pejew Iflands, 

 had been received here without the fmalleft dif- 

 ficulty. They had, at iirit, put into Bouro, 

 where, not having found proviiions, they had 

 come and taken them in at Amboyna; and thcfe 

 vefTels were very far from having the fame claim 

 as we : perhaps the unexpected appearance of 

 foreign fhips in this road, for two fucceflive 

 years, required that the Governor fhould take 

 every fort of precaution, in order to cover his 

 refponiibility: he received us in the beft poffible 

 manner. We were really concerned that he had, 

 on our account, put on his full drefs ; he was 

 almofl fuffocated with heat under a very heavy 

 black velvet coat : fuch a drefs is extremely 

 inconvenient near the line ; but the Dutch Go- 

 vernors wear it becaufe it is a prerogative of 

 their office. 



Some refreshments were ferved up. I vvifhed 

 only for water, and I poured out fome of that 

 which appeared to me the cleareflj but its fait 

 tafte induced me to believe that the fervants had 

 made a miftake, and prefented me with fome 



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