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ligent Foresight, like the good St. Pierre, than to make 

 them merely the necessary results of a physical arrange- 

 ment of the earth's surface, like the ingenious author of 

 the " Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation." 



Not very far from Tampassook, while we were surveying 

 a small bay, numbers of canoes came alongside for the first 

 time during ^our examination of this part of the coast, and 

 offered fowls, yams, and sweet-potatoes, in exchange for 

 empty wine bottles, which they seemed to covet in an 

 especial manner. These people were principally Malays, 

 very poor, very dirty, and very ill -looking ; they assured 

 us, however, that they were good men and not pirates, 

 and that their ruler or chief was a brother of Muda 

 Hassim and of the unfortunate Budduruddin, and in the 

 evening, a Pangeran arrived from the town, which he 

 called Kabatuan, situated up a river of that name, in- 

 forming the 'Captain that the Rajah was sick, and re- 

 quired medical assistance. I accordingly, with the per- 

 mission of Sir Edward, took a seat in the Pangeran's 

 canoe, and proceeded to visit the village. As we left the 

 ship, I noticed that all the Malays took off their krisses 

 and placed them under a mat, a proceeding, possibly, to 

 remind me of their friendly intentions. Escorted by 

 numerous canoes, we rapidly ascended the river to the 

 distance of about eight miles, at which point I found, on 

 tasting it, that it continued perfectly salt. Large and 

 strong stakes were here thrown across the river, and 

 suddenly turning short round, the boats entered a narrow 

 creek concealed in the left bank, where there was only 

 room for the passage of a single canoe at a time. Pro- 



