111. THE CRUISE OF THE ' CURAQOA: 



killed or Avouuded and the cannon tak'en by tlie besieged, 

 who were thus masters of the field of battle. Croker was 

 buried on a height, at a spot pointed out by himself to the 

 Missionaries when setting out for the attack. At some yards 

 below the fortifications of Bea are to be seen the tombs of 

 two missionaries who were massacred by the natives. Speak- 

 ing of tombs I will mention here that the natives bury their 

 dead in graves they dig not far from the sea ; when 

 visited the biirying-groimd my attention ■was called to the 

 tomb of the father of the reigning King, undistinguishable 

 from the rest, and whitened over as they were. All these 

 gi'aves are foinid upon a slight elevation, and are properly 

 attended to ; some of them had stripes npon them from 

 one end to the other — a stripe of white stones on one side, 

 black stones or a sort of red coral in the middle, and 

 green stones on the other side. It had a very good 

 effect. 



The day after our arrival I accompanied the Conuiiodore 

 in his official visit to King George. Apprised of our coming 

 by his secretary, the King had the polite attention to send 

 us four men with a bamboo litter to take us from onr boat, 

 and bring ns dry shod to shore. The royal flag, red, with 

 a cross of the same coloiu' in the middle of a white square in 

 the upper corner near the staff, floated upon a stone platform 

 near the palace. On entering we found the Kins di'essed in 

 a blue coat with naval buttons, a white waistcoat and shirt 

 of the same colour, with a black satin neckcloth, black 

 trousers, and shoes. At his side were Mr. Moss his secre- 



