1845.] si DIWUT. 243 



the inscription being similar to that subscribed to the 

 Treaty, and with a handsome rose-wood desk and other 

 presents, forwarded by Mr. Wyndham. 



Having obtained a document from the Sultan of Gu- 

 nung Taboor, addressed to the Sultan of Sooloo, denying 

 in toto having, directly or indirectly, warranted Si-Dawut 

 in demanding ransom for the six Lascars sent in the 

 prahu to Sooloo ; but on the contrary, asserting that he 

 had sent them free to that Port, in order to their reaching 

 their own country, which Si Diwut had informed him 

 could be effected through the agency of Mr. Wyndham. 

 I was preparing to take my leave when a new case pre- 

 sented itself in a native of Manila, who had been cap- 

 tured by the Ballignini pirates, sold at Sooloo, and 

 escaped hither. Having contracted a friendship with one 

 of the Lascars, and being anxious to return to his native 

 country, he had been advised to ask for my intercession. 

 The Sultan immediately summoned him, and to convince 

 me that he was sincere in his professions, relative to 

 slavery, told him, in my presence, that if he thought he 

 would be happier in his own country, he had his free 

 consent to return ; but having married a Malay woman, 

 a slave of the Prime Minister, that it was requisite that 

 he should leave something to support his wife and child. 

 The Manila man offered to transmit ninety dollars as soon 

 as he could earn it, and would engage himself on the 

 public works in that city until this was completed. I in- 

 formed the Sultan that I had no power to engage for 

 any question relating to the Spanish Government, and 

 that the arrangement could only rest upon the man's 

 promise. But he immediately replied, " I shall be per- 



